Save Control name in variable

I don't have compiler here, so syntz errors are possible, but here's one idea to do it: foreach (Control tempCtrl in this.Controls) { if (tempCtrl != null && tempCtrl.Name == "textBox1" && tempCtrl is TextBox ) ((TextBox)tempCtrl).Text = "My text"; } Of course you could (and should) wrap it into a method. private Control FindTextBoxByName(string name) { foreach (Control tempCtrl in this.Controls) { if (tempCtrl != null && tempCtrl.Name == "textBox1" && tempCtrl is TextBox ) return tempCtrl; } } TextBox myTextbox = FindTextBoxByName("textBox1"); myTextBox.Text = "My text";