you could pass to your placeholder1 a reference to placeholder2... so from
inside placeholder1's ascx u could write something like this:

placeholder2.controls.add (page.loadcontrol("control1.ascx"))

Spa.-

"Alessandro" <gemini_two@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a page with two placeholder, and all the placeholder have an ascX:
> when i click on Button A i want to load on PlaceHolder 2 a control X, when
i
> click on button B i want to load a control Y: any idea ? I'm not able to
> load a control from an ASCX to the parent page.
>
> _________________________________________
> _ _
> _ PlaceHolder 1 _
> _ _ PlaceHolder 2
> _ _
> _ Button A _
> _ _
> _ Button B _
> _________________________________________
>
>