Hi

I picked an example from the internet to show my problem. I add a linkbutton to a placeholder and add a handler 'bt.Click' for an event 'HandleEvent'. The event itself should now be in effect:
Private Sub HandleEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) handles bt.Click

I understand that from this point I can leave out the 'handles bt.Click'. This is exactly what I want, because in real life I do not know in front the name of the LinkButton. But the event does not fire without a 'handles whatevercontrol.click'. There are many many examples of events on internet without a 'handles' clause, but why does this never work with me?

When I add 'handles MyBase.init', within the event i can get the name of the page (sender.ID = the name of the page), but not of the control (the linkbutton or dropdownlist).

I actually do not add linkbuttons in my placeholder, but some dropdownlists. So my event should handle dropdownlist.SelectedIndexChange. But I have the same trouble.

Any ideas are highly appreciated!!

Sub SimpleSub
   Dim bt As New LinkButton
   With bt
      .Text = "MyButton"
      .ID = "MyButtonID"
      .CommandName = "TheCommand"
   End With
   AddHandler bt.Click, AddressOf HandleEvent
   placeHolder.Controls.Add(bt)
End Sub


Private Sub HandleEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
   Response.Write(sender.CommandName)
End Sub