Access a component inside a Tab component - codenameone

I'm new using Codename One. I'm doing an app which have a Form, that has a Tab component with 14 tabs inside, every tab has a gridlayout with 42 buttons, and I want to change a property in one button.
The problem is that I don't know how to reach that button.
tabG.getContentPane().components.get(index)
tabG is the tab component, and I can reach the tab that I need, but after that I don't know how to reach the button index I want to change.
I tried
tabG.getContentPane().components.get(index).components.get(indexbutton)
But even can't compile this code.
I'll apprecciate any help.

When you create the tab you need to prepare information to find the component later. E.g. if all tabs derive from the same class then just do something like:
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If this is more complicated you can use setName() or putClientProperty to prepare hints for you during form construction.

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