How do I explicitly interact with control while indexing 1

[faust13]

I'm trying to index through an array of controls, I can find the control I am looking for. However, when I try to interact with the control, .Net doesn't seem to understand the control I am referencing.

It works fine if the control is textbox, but in this case it is a combobox. Am I missing something.

Here's my code:

Dim i, j As Integer

For i = 0 To (TabControl2.TabCount - 1)
If TabControl2.TabPages(i).Name.IndexOf(tabName) <> -1 Then
For j = 0 To (TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls.Count - 1)
If TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j).GetType.ToString.IndexOf(&quot;ComboBox&quot <> -1 Then

MsgBox(&quot;Found the combo box: &quot; & TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j).Name.ToString)

'Now, let's set the combobox selectedindex
'This is where it breaks. .Net throws a compilation error here
TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j).selectedIndex = 1
End If
Next
End If
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[JohnYingling]

Try
DirectCast(TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j),ComboBox).selectedIndex = 1
OR
CType(TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j),ComboBox).selectedIndex = 1
OR
CType(TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j),object).selectedIndex = 1

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[faust13]

John,

I used:

CType(TabControl2.TabPages(i).Controls(j),ComboBox).selectedIndex = 1

It worked perfectly. Thanks for your help!

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