title: For each <item> in CheckedListBox. <item> returns as Object and not as Control
body: <p>I have a CheckedListBox previously populated. I want to loop with a "for each / next" through all items in the CheckedListBox and do a lot of "stuff" with each iteration element of the checkedlistbox. </p>
  
  <p>example code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    For Each item In CheckedListBox1.Items
  
          If item.Checked = True Then
  
              'do stuff like
              item.BackColor = Color.Blue
  
          Else
  
              'do other stuff
              item.BackColor = Color.Brown
  
          End If
  
      Next
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the problem is that  is an 'Object' type and not a 'Control' type. If I force the iteration var As CheckBox, it throws an InvalidCastException saying that type 'System.String' can't be associated with type 'System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox'</p>
  
  <p>I know I can easily work around this but I want to use a for each /next loop since I have a lot of code in that loop (and With can't be used) and always poiting directly to the object is something I wish to avoid and I really need the code to be as simple as possible.</p>
  
  <p>I actually spent one afternoon looking for this but couldn't find any answer.</p>