View.getControl(win, controlName)

Return control instance specified by the control name and its target window or frame name.

Parameters:

win (String or Window object reference): window or frame name, or one of the following predefined names:
• self : this window object;
• opener : window object that has opened this dialog window (use in JS code within a dialog);
• dialog : currently opened dialog window (use in JS code within an opener window);

controlName (String): unique name of the control; for custom controls, this is the name that the control has used to register itself; for standard panel controls, this is the value of the panel id attribute.

Example:

Get the console/form control instance from the console frame.

var console = View.getControl('console', 'project_search_console');