All objects defined in XRC are either sizers or windows (in particular, both texts and buttons are windows, i.e. they derive from wx::Window). As FindWindowByName() only finds windows -- and not sizers -- I think its name is perfectly appropriate. FWIW here is a function which I used in one of my projects: 
# call with parent window and the (string) XRC id, returns 
# the corresponding window
sub FindByXRCID($$) {
    my ($win, $idname) = @_;
    my $id = Wx::XmlResource::GetXRCID($idname) or 
                die("no $idname in XRC");
    my $ctrl = $win->FindWindow($id) or
        die("window with id \"$idname\" ($id) not found in " .
                  $win->GetName());
    return $ctrl;
}

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In reply to Re: [fixed] Wx with XRC, get handle on objects by VZ
in thread [fixed] Wx with XRC, get handle on objects by wilsond

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