Hi,
I have a user control that is used in several other user controls.
The control has some buttons and i want to set their properties from let's say from one of the user controls. i have this code:

protected Button btnPrevious;

and the property
public bool EnabledPrevious { get { return btnPrevious.Enabled; } set { this.btnPrevious.Enabled = value; } }

from the other user control i have this code in the Page_Load method:

WebControl1 Top = new WebControl1();
Top = (WebControl)Page.LoadControl("path to the control");
Top.EnabledPrevious = false;

but the button Previous remains Enabled.
Can please anyone help me?

All i figure it out is that the property is set but ultimately it isn't processed, and remains true

Let's decompose your code:

WebControl1 Top = new WebControl1(); //<-- Creates a new instance of the control class
Top = (WebControl)Page.LoadControl("path to the control"); //<-- Loads the control from the source file, overwriting the previously created instance

You are creating new instance of the control, where you really need to get at the instance created by the markup that include the control. Unless the instance "Top" is the one getting added to the container (the outer user control) this code will do nothing.

Presumably in your outer control markup you have an instance of the control. You need to access that instance by the ID provided in the markup. Then you can manipulate its properties and disable the button.

-Peter
peterlanoie.blog

Yes that was the problem.
i did't need to make new instance. i just needed to take the id from the markup.
thanx