Fetching all controls on a page ordered by their ID

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Here's a simple to way to fetch all the controls on an ASP.NET page ordered by their ID's

C#

    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        var ctrl = from ctr in this.Controls.Cast<Control>().OrderBy(c => c.ID)

                   select ctr;     

    }

VB.NET

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    Dim ctrl = _

     From ctr In Me.Controls.Cast(Of Control)().OrderBy(Function(c) c.ID) _

     Select ctr

End Sub

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Suprotim Agarwal, Developer Technologies MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) is the founder and contributor for DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He is the Chief Editor of a Developer Magazine called DNC Magazine. He has also authored two Books - 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls. and The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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