hi there..

well.. i see your problem... your txtemail control is inside an user control!!!!

so you first have to look for the user control inside the placeholder, then you have to look for the txtemail box inside that control..

that's why you never find it...

and also you are never giving your user control an ID... please add one to it so you can find it...



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Gonzalo

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Gonzalo,

How do I assign my user control an id? It's an ascx file (UserControl.ascx) which just contains <asp:> controls. It inherits the UserControl class from the codebehind (UserControl.ascx.vb).

Peter,

I am already doing that to set other properties on the class.

In fact I have multiple controls in UserControl which relate to a User i.e. Name, Email, etc.

I set them to be visible or not depending on whether I want to display them or not.

So as I already have the UserControl class (cUserControl) I can easily add this property, but I'm loading the control and adding it to the placeholder in the Page_Init event now.

I need to access that value when I get to the Page_Load event?

Do you think I can safely move the page_init code back to the page_load event?

This would really tie things up!

Thanks,

Paul






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using your code, simple as:
if you keep that line (and the one that's load the control) on the form_load and outside the postback you will find the control every time you need it...

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Paul,

One answer, like Gonzalo said, is to keep the control outside of a specific method. Declare the control variable in the page class scope, instantiate it wherever you need, and you can access the control anywhere on the page. It will behave just like a control created declaratively in the page's markup.

-Peter

Wowee,

Works like a charm! That's so cool.

When you're fairly new to things you tend to overcomplicate matters - the solution here is elegantly straightforward.

Thanks guys, your advice was top dollar.

All the very best,

Paul



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