Thanks Charles, this seems to work quite well.  Carole

> ASP.net Unleashed Page 214 shows you how to walk controls.

Heres an adaptation of that code.

Call Trace_Controls(page)

SUB Trace_1Control(p1Ctrl as control, p2CtrlName as string)
                 with trace
                         .warn  ("SUB Trace_1Control","start")
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & ".ClientID=" & 
p1Ctrl.ClientID)
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & ".Type=" & 
p1Ctrl.GetType.ToString())
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & ".ID=" & 
p1Ctrl.ID)
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & 
".NamingContainer.ToString()=" & p1Ctrl.NamingContainer.Tostring())
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & 
".Page.ToString()=" & p1Ctrl.Page.ToString())
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & 
".Parent.ToString()=" & p1Ctrl.Parent.ToString())
                         .write (p2CtrlName,p2CtrlName & ".UniqeID=" & 
p1Ctrl.UniqueID)
                         .warn  ("SUB Trace_1Control","end")
                 end with
END SUB

Sub Trace_Controls(p1Ctrl as object)
                 DIM ctrl1 as control
                 FOR each ctrl1 in p1Ctrl.Controls
                         Trace_1Control(ctrl1,ctrl1.id)
                         Trace_Controls(ctrl1)
                 NEXT
END SUB


At 09:18 PM 1/23/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>I am attempting to loop thru the controls on my page and inspect the
>CommandName property to possibly disable specific buttons for certain
>users.
>
>When I attempt to loop thru the controls:
>------------------
>Dim control As Control
>
>For Each control In Me.Controls
>      Response.Write("control id = " & control.ID & "<BR>")
>Next control
>--------------
>I get only the name of the form (and a few blank id's) returned.
>
> >From what I can tell -- I need to loop thru the Child controls in my 
form.
>
>First of all, is that my problem?  Second of all, how do I do it, I
>cannot locate an example online or in .NET books.
>
>Thanks for any advice!
>
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