I'm having trouble populating the text property of a label from a codebehind file yet if I put the code into the actual webpage it works.

Eg, this works directly in the webpage:

<script language="vb" runat="server">
    Public Sub Page_Load()
     label1.text = "Hello"
    End Sub
</script>

But if I have the same code in a codebehind file like below, it doesn't work.


Public Class _Test

    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Public Sub Page_Load()

        label1.text = "Hello"
        label1.visible = True

    End Sub
End Class

Hi there,

With in-line code, VWD sets the AutoEventWireup property to True. With this setting on, the ASP.NET runtime is able to find the Page_Load method for the Page's Load event.

However, with a Code Behind file, this setting is Off by default, so you need to explicitly say that the Page_Load method is the event handler for the Page's Load event, like this:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
  label1.text = "Hello"
  label1.visible = True
End Sub

Hope this helps,

Imar


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Hi Imar

That worked perfectly. Thanks for your help. :)