Re: Accessing members of a user control from the aspx page.

From: Alvin Bruney [MVP] (vapor)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:15:45 -0500

you've made the textbox a static instance. controls cannot be static because
it interfers with the viewstate mechanism. instead you should store the data
in a static variable. consider a get/set method to move the data in the
textbox into a static reference 

-- 
Regards,
Alvin Bruney
[ASP.NET MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx]
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"Alvin Bruney [MVP]" <vapor at steaming post office> wrote in message 
news:u%232UTwnpEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> do you have this compiling. i swear mine compiled a while ago. now it will 
> not compile at this line
> control.txtFirstName.Text = "This won't work";
>
> rightfully stating that txtFirstName.Text is inaccessible.
>
>
>
> check again to see if it compiles. if it does, zip the bare bones and send 
> it to me
>
> vapordan@hotmail.com
>
> i have a fix for it but it might be moot if it doesn't compile correctly
> -- 
> Regards,
> Alvin Bruney
> [ASP.NET MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx]
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> "David A. Coursey" <DavidACoursey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message news:5C524A55-2EB2-4DB4-B265-7AE1D81476CE@microsoft.com...
>> Ok, here you go.
>>
>> aspx page:
>>
>> <%@ Register TagPrefix="s2f" TagName="control" src="control.ascx" %>
>> <%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="main.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false"
>> Inherits="TESTbug.main" %>
>> <html>
>>  <head>
>> <title>test</title>
>> </head>
>> <body>
>> <form id=mainForm method=post runat="server">
>> <s2f:control id="control" runat="server"></s2f:control>
>> </form>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>>
>> ascx page
>>
>>
>> <%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="false"
>> Codebehind="control.ascx.cs" Inherits="TESTbug.Controls.control"
>> TargetSchema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5" %>
>> <asp:textbox id="txtFirstName" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
>>
>>
>> "Alvin Bruney [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> post the html please
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards,
>>> Alvin Bruney
>>> [ASP.NET MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx]
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>>> "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:65486A4E-B0A6-4A9E-AD4A-F2C1BB7D48DB@microsoft.com...
>>> >> post a small sample which demonstrates the problem i will take a look
>>> >> use this as a guide http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/complete.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Ok, I read your document and this is as short and sweet as I could get 
>>> > it.
>>> > It requires an .aspx page and an .ascx web user control.  I'm leaving 
>>> > off
>>> > the
>>> > html for the aspx and ascx pages because all you need to do is drop a
>>> > textbox
>>> > on the control and drop the control on the page.   At this point I 
>>> > think I
>>> > just have something fundamentally wrong, but I would like to find out 
>>> > why
>>> > this isn't  "allowed".
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > .aspx code behind page
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > using System;
>>> > using TESTbug.Controls;
>>> >
>>> > namespace TESTbug
>>> > {
>>> > /// <summary>
>>> > /// Summary description for cma.
>>> > /// </summary>
>>> > public class main : System.Web.UI.Page
>>> > {
>>> > protected Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.TabStrip tabStrip;
>>> > protected Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.MultiPage multiPage;
>>> >
>>> > private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
>>> > {
>>> > control.txtFirstName.Text = "This won't work";
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > #region Web Form Designer generated code
>>> >                                //left out for clarity, nothing has 
>>> > been
>>> > altered
>>> > #endregion
>>> >
>>> > }
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ascx page code behind
>>> >
>>> > namespace TESTbug.Controls
>>> > {
>>> > using System;
>>> >
>>> > /// <summary>
>>> > /// Summary description for customer.
>>> > /// </summary>
>>> > public class control : System.Web.UI.UserControl
>>> > {
>>> > public static System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtFirstName;
>>> >
>>> > private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
>>> > {
>>> > //nothing
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > #region Web Form Designer generated code
>>> >                                //left out for clarity, nothing has 
>>> > been
>>> > altered
>>> > #endregion
>>> > }
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thank you for your help
>>> > dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>