Hello,

I have a problem with custom controls and raising events (asp.net, vs2005, frameowork 2.0).
I am making a simple TestControl to learn how custom controls work.
Most things went fine, but now I ran into a problem that
a custom event is not fired. See code piece below.
I have commented the lines that cause the problem.

Problem: for some reason, the event-declaration is not executed,
so 'MyEvent' is always null, and thus the event is not fired.
But the question is: why is the declaration not executed (why is 'MyEvent' is always null)
and what can I do about it?

Can anybody help me please?

Regards,
Martin
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namespace TestControl
{
    [DefaultProperty("Text")]
    [ToolboxData("<{0}:TestControl runat=server></{0}:TestControl>")]



    public class TestControl : WebControl, IPostBackDataHandler, IPostBackEventHandler
    {
        [Bindable(true)]
        [Category("Appearance")]
        [DefaultValue("")]
        [Localizable(true)]


        // ----------------------------------------------
        // Declare delegate for event
        public delegate void EventDelegate (Object sender, EventArgs e);
        public event EventDelegate MyEvent; // *** This line is not executed. why?

        protected virtual void OnMyEvent(EventArgs e)
        {
            if (MyEvent != null) MyEvent(this, e); // *** here, MyEvent is null. Why?
        }


        // ----------------------------------------------
        public void RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
        {

            if (eventArgument == "Add")
            {
                this.Value++;

                EventArgs e = new EventArgs();
                OnMyEvent(EventArgs.Empty);
            }
            else
            {
                this.Value--;
            }
        }
        // ----------------------------------------

        protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            Page.RegisterRequiresPostBack(this);


        }
        // ---------------------------------------


        ...

    } // end of classs


}