User control newbie question - pls help

[Paul Barnett]

I have a user control with a label and a method. The webform should call
the method on the user control and populate the label. I am getting
object not set errors as soon as I try to access the label on the user
control.

A small sample of code would be greatly appreciated.


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[Travis Bolton]

Nice little "secret" solution to this I believe.

You need to explicitly declare the object variable for your user control,
unlike when you add a normal control and VS does it for you:

Protected WithEvents Control ID As UsercontrolType (where Control ID is the
id of the control after you dragged it onto your web form, and
usercontroltype is the class name)

Hope this helps. Not sure if the WithEvents is required or recommend, might
depend on your implementation

"Paul Barnett" <paul@barnett23.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have a user control with a label and a method. The webform should call
> the method on the user control and populate the label. I am getting
> object not set errors as soon as I try to access the label on the user
> control.
>
> A small sample of code would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Small note: keep in mind that for the parser to do its magic, you need to
name your member variable *exactly* after the value of the ID attribute
given in your usercontrol tag.

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"Travis Bolton" <travis.bolton@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Nice little "secret" solution to this I believe.
>
> You need to explicitly declare the object variable for your user control,
> unlike when you add a normal control and VS does it for you:
>
> Protected WithEvents Control ID As UsercontrolType (where Control ID is

the

> id of the control after you dragged it onto your web form, and
> usercontroltype is the class name)
>
> Hope this helps. Not sure if the WithEvents is required or recommend,

might

> depend on your implementation
>
> "Paul Barnett" <paul@barnett23.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23v%23WvLGiDHA.1508@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> > I have a user control with a label and a method. The webform should call
> > the method on the user control and populate the label. I am getting
> > object not set errors as soon as I try to access the label on the user
> > control.
> >
> > A small sample of code would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > *** Sent via Developersdex [url]http://www.developersdex.com[/url] ***
> > Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!

>
>