Dynamic controls and their handlers

[Meganutter]

Hello all,

im making a dynamic .NET page which reads downloads from a XML file.
there are two controls that have handlers, a category switcher and a download streamer (so people cant surf directly to the file).
these controls are built out of multiple LinkButtons all having the same event but different ID's

the controls are linkbuttons, not sure if that gives any troubles.

when i open the page i have to include a showItems(categ ory); otherwise the handlers of the download streamer dont trigger (not created?).

i tried creating a dummybutton or a ghost button but nothing worked unless i showed a category on the first page.

any idea to get their fixed handler attached to the buttons?

[Frinavale]

This is very confusing....

But,in the PageLoad event, have you tried just specifying a default "category" and calling the method that loads the XML if it's the first time the page is loaded?

Eg:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load 

   If IsPostBack = False  Then
     'Provide default category 
     'Load XML
   End If
End Sub

[Meganutter]

im sorry i meant to say
if i dont create the category items and their buttons on the first load it will not trigger their event.

i already set a default and am calling that on page_load, because i need to
if i dont, the download linkbuttons wont work.

[Frinavale]

I don't understand what your problem is.
Could you please clarify what you are trying to do and what your problem is.
Are you creating your controls in the Page Init event?

Have you seen quick overview of how to use dynamic controls in asp.net?

-Frinny

[Meganutter]

very simple, the problem is

if i do not create both button types (category button + download button) first time the page loads one type wont fire its event.

i try to do

dynamically generate a categories list
on click
dynamically generate downloads list

since im using a streamer to keep the files safe from direct browsing a normal link wont work

i looked into things like that, but im unable to link the page init event in VWD2008 using C# thus i am using the page_load event

*edit*
forgot to mention its an ascx page in DotNetNuke