Using rendercontrol with parameters?

shenku · October 13th, 2005, 08:02 AM

hi there.

I am rendering controls using their path information then outputting the HTML. Something like...

Code:

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
HtmlTextWriter textWriter = new HtmlTextWriter(new StringWriter(sb));
UserControl objControl = (UserControl) LoadControl( inControlPath );

if (objControl != null)
      objControl.RenderControl(textWriter);

return sb.ToString();

Now my problem is that in order to render a specific control the way I want to, I either need to call a specific function within the control or set a property on the control or pass a parameter to it...?

Does anyone have an idea how I can do this?

Appreciate it...

Imar · October 13th, 2005, 08:54 AM

Hi shenku,

Instead of casting it to a generic UserControl, cast the results from LoadControl to your type. Then you can set the property you want:

Code:

MyCoolControl objControl = (MyCoolControl) LoadControl( inControlPath );
objControl.SomeProperty = someValue;

Does this help,

Imar
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shenku · October 13th, 2005, 09:21 AM

Shot.

That has pretty much worked. I couldnt use a property so just using a normal method. Instead of using the type of control (because its all dynamic) I used standard control and reflection to run the function.

Nice.