How to get all the forms inside my app

Question

I need to get all the forms inside my c# application and add the .Text parameter for each one to a combobox control and i need to do all in one method (void)

myCode:

System.Reflection.Assembly[] assembly = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
foreach(System.Reflection.Assembly asem in assembly)
{
    foreach(Type t in asem.GetTypes())
    {   
        ComboBox1.Items.Add(t.Name);
        //here i need to get the .Text param
        //where Name is the Form name
    }
}

Possible duplicate of [C# Get form names of project A from Project B](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16118946/c-sharp-get-form-names-of-project-a-from-project-b) — Idle_Mind, Oct 11 '15 at 16:47

Uwe Keim · Answer 1 · 2015-10-11T14:01:55.460

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You can use the Application.OpenForms property to get a list of all currently open forms.

You cannot iterate all the types since you don't get the running instances but only the types. If you don't have an instance of a class, the class does not exist in memory.

(Just because a class is instantiated does not mean that it has a visual appearance, even if the class derives from Form).

edited Oct 11 '15 at 14:01

answered Oct 11 '15 at 13:57

Uwe Keim

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@the2xbeaast How would that be ever possible? If you don't have an instance, they do not exist in memory. – Uwe Keim Oct 11 '15 at 13:59
then how to call each one without write each one ? and doing it in a method. – the2xbeaast Oct 11 '15 at 14:01

How to get all the forms inside my app

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