Access user control from other user control

[Chris Zopers]

Hello,

I have two UserControls on a aspx page. I need to read a property of the
first UserControl from within the second UserControl. The UserControls
only know about themselves, so I can't declare a variable of the other
usercontrol's type. So I can't do something like this in the second
UserControl:

FirstUserContro l first =
(FirstUserContr ol)this.Parent. FindControl("Fi rstUserControl" )

Additionally I don't like to use the FindControl method, because it
returns an Object.

What's the best way to get to a usercontrol's properties from within an
other user control?

Greetings,
Chris




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[Eliyahu Goldin]

Re: Access user control from other user control

In the first user control, you can declare a property of the type matching
the second user control and set this property from the page containing both
controls.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin

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"Chris Zopers" <test123test12@ 12move.nlwrote in message
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Hello,
>
I have two UserControls on a aspx page. I need to read a property of the
first UserControl from within the second UserControl. The UserControls
only know about themselves, so I can't declare a variable of the other
usercontrol's type. So I can't do something like this in the second
UserControl:
>
FirstUserContro l first =
(FirstUserContr ol)this.Parent. FindControl("Fi rstUserControl" )
>
Additionally I don't like to use the FindControl method, because it
returns an Object.
>
What's the best way to get to a usercontrol's properties from within an
other user control?
>
Greetings,
Chris
>
>
>
>
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[David Bunge]

Re: Access user control from other user control

How would you go about doing this? Could you post an example?

I have one user control declared as "public partial class
controls_Second aryDisabilities : System.Web.UI.U serControl" on a page
with a second user control declared as "
public partial class controls_StateL ist : System.Web.UI.U serControl".

I need to get a value from the second user control (the StateList) into
a variable in the first (the SecondaryDisabi lities). The value is a
public string, so it is accessible. However, when I declare "protected
controls_StateL ist ddlPartState;", the controls_StateL ist is not being
found.

Thank you in advance.

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