Get parent form name in custom control

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Hi Experts,

How to get the parent form name in custom control.

For ex: If the custom control is placed within tab control in mytest form, then my expected result in custom control shall be mytest.

I tried using following options available with custom control
1) this.parent.Findform() : returning null value (this works if the custom control is placed in form directly) fails if the custom control is placed in container i.e in tabcontrol,groupbox etc.
2) this.FindForm() : returning null value
3) this.Parent.Parent: not expected result
Note: In usercontrol there is option available as this.parentform which returns form name. same is not available in custom control

Appreciate to get help in this regard.

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Kartheesh M

Posted 7-Jul-10 21:03pm

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Johnny J. · Answer 1 · 2010-07-07T21:32:00

I had a similar problem, but I don't remember exactly how I solved it. You should be able to find a clue in this article and the accompanying code (it's in VB, but that's a minor detail that shouldn't change anything):

Dirty Button[^]

It works for me at least both when the control is placed directly on the form and in a groupbox/tab control

I could be wrong, but I think actually that this.FindForm() SHOULD return the correct form object.

[EDIT] I just checked my code, and I did indeed use this.FindForm() to get the correct result. Don't understand why iut doesn't work for you?!?!? [/EDIT]

Christian Graus · Answer 2 · 2010-07-07T21:10:00

Solution 1

You need to use reflection to get class names. Otherwise, the best you can do is to get the form title or something like that.

Posted 7-Jul-10 21:10pm

Christian Graus

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Johnny J. 8-Jul-10 3:40am

Reason for my vote of 1
Not correct in this connection