control ID's

[Jill Graham]

Hi,

My web page loads the controls dynamically using
Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")

The control myControl.ascx contains several controls with following ID's :
"_content1", "_content2", "_content3", ...

Once the control myControl.ascx has been loaded into the web page, the ID's
have been changed : "_ctl0:_content1", "_ctl1:_content2", ...
and the method Page.FindControl("_control1") returns nothing !

Does anybody know how I can continu to use the Page.FindControl method ?

Jill

[ccallen]

Try setting the parent control's (myControl) id in the containing page.

Example:
mc = Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")
mc.ID = "MyControl1"

If you place the mc into a someother control (ie. PlaceHolder), then you
will need to take that into account when building a path to it and its
children.

ccallen

"Jill Graham" <jills_graham@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:emLuDXfLEHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> Hi,
>
> My web page loads the controls dynamically using
> Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")
>
> The control myControl.ascx contains several controls with following ID's :
> "_content1", "_content2", "_content3", ...
>
> Once the control myControl.ascx has been loaded into the web page, the

ID's

> have been changed : "_ctl0:_content1", "_ctl1:_content2", ...
> and the method Page.FindControl("_control1") returns nothing !
>
> Does anybody know how I can continu to use the Page.FindControl method ?
>
> Jill
>
>
>

[Fred Hirschfeld]

You actually need add public properties (or methods) to you control to
access the values in the embedded controls.

Fred

"ccallen" <ccallen@windowpane.com> wrote in message
news:er5VgwfLEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> Try setting the parent control's (myControl) id in the containing page.
>
> Example:
> mc = Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")
> mc.ID = "MyControl1"
>
> If you place the mc into a someother control (ie. PlaceHolder), then you
> will need to take that into account when building a path to it and its
> children.
>
> ccallen
>
> "Jill Graham" <jills_graham@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:emLuDXfLEHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> > Hi,
> >
> > My web page loads the controls dynamically using
> > Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")
> >
> > The control myControl.ascx contains several controls with following ID's

:

> > "_content1", "_content2", "_content3", ...
> >
> > Once the control myControl.ascx has been loaded into the web page, the

> ID's

> > have been changed : "_ctl0:_content1", "_ctl1:_content2", ...
> > and the method Page.FindControl("_control1") returns nothing !
> >
> > Does anybody know how I can continu to use the Page.FindControl method ?
> >
> > Jill
> >
> >
> >

>
>

[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Hi Jill,

If you're looking for a child control of your usercontrol, and you're
starting the search at the page, you'll need to do:
[C#]
FindControl ("YourUserControlID:YourChildID");

Note the ':' syntax to help the FindControl method in finding your control.

Let me know if this is what you're after or not,

--
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Microsoft MVP | ASP.NET
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"Jill Graham" <jills_graham@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:emLuDXfLEHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> Hi,
>
> My web page loads the controls dynamically using
> Page.LoadControl("~/myControls/myControl.ascx")
>
> The control myControl.ascx contains several controls with following ID's :
> "_content1", "_content2", "_content3", ...
>
> Once the control myControl.ascx has been loaded into the web page, the

ID's

> have been changed : "_ctl0:_content1", "_ctl1:_content2", ...
> and the method Page.FindControl("_control1") returns nothing !
>
> Does anybody know how I can continu to use the Page.FindControl method ?
>
> Jill
>
>
>