How to change a property for all controls on a form?

[ddvlad]

I've been trying to change the FlatStyle for all Controls that support it in my form. However, I have multiple containers (panels) in it and code such as this just won't work:

foreach (object o in this.Controls)
if (o is ButtonBase)
(o as ButtonBase).FlatStyle = FlatStyle.Flat;

I thought a recursive method might help, but it somehow doesn't. I tried to look for another collection and check its controls as well, but it still doesn't work. Any sugestions?

Thanks.

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[DaZZleD]

a recursive method does work

public void changeButtonBase(Control ctrl)
{
     if (ctrl.HasControls)
     {
          foreach (Control ct in ctrl.Controls)
          {
               if (ct is ButtonBase) ((ButtonBase)ct).FlatStyle=FlatStyle.Flat;
               changeButtonBase(ct);
          }
     }
}

and you would call it like
changeButtonBase(this);

(didn't actually write it now in VS but it should work)

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[ddvlad]

Thanks for the sugestion. I hope it works.

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