How to get a list of all child nodes in a TreeView in .NET

you need a recursive function to do this [or a loop equivalent, but the recursive version is simpler] - pseudocode:

function outputNodes(Node root)
    writeln(root.Text)
    foreach(Node n in root.ChildNodes)
        outputNodes(n)
    end
end

I have an extension method that I use for this:

public static IEnumerable<TreeNode> DescendantNodes( this TreeNode input ) {
    foreach ( TreeNode node in input.Nodes ) {
        yield return node;
        foreach ( var subnode in node.DescendantNodes() )
            yield return subnode;
        }
}

It's C#, but could be referenced from VB or converted to it.

Use recursion

Function GetChildren(parentNode as TreeNode) as List(Of String)
  Dim nodes as List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
  GetAllChildren(parentNode, nodes)
  return nodes
End Function

Sub GetAllChildren(parentNode as TreeNode, nodes as List(Of String))
  For Each childNode as TreeNode in parentNode.Nodes
    nodes.Add(childNode.Text)
    GetAllChildren(childNode, nodes)
  Next
End Sub