Accessing Usercontrol-properties from aspx-codebehind

[KenniM]

I've been trying to get help on this issue for a while now but still after reading everything and trying everything(nearly) I'm asking your help.

The problem is the same for many others. I have my UserControl consisting of an ascx and ascx.vb file. The userControl is Registered and used in my aspx file. But when I want to access its properties i can not do that from the ascx-code-behind file. It works fine if i put all the code in the aspx file.

I've read that you should define/declare the usercontrol in the codebehind file as something like:

Protected WithEvents MyControl As (type). And this is where it stops for me. What should i write as type. My control is a SiteHeader type of control, but it doesn't work if i write "As SiteHeader". There must be some referencing problem.

I'm in need of help here. PLease explain this to me and please do not post some hyperlink - I've been there and it looks easy - but still I can't get it to work

Thank you.
Kenni

 

[KenniM]

Sorry I ment that I cant access it from the ASPX-code-behind file.

 

[gagz]

i do:

Public MyControl as Object

keep in my you may need to have properties declared in your usercontrol to actually access data from it.

ie, my control has

Public readonly Property SelectedValue() as String
    Get
        SelectedValue= SomeDropDownList.SelectedItem.Value
    End Get
End Property

then in your codebehind for the page you can say:

something = MyControl.SelectedValue

hope this helps.

 

[KenniM]

Thank you gagz, this was exactly what i needed. My problem was that i didn't know what I should define the MyControl as. Defining it as an Object made it work.

Now I'm able to use both methods and properties of the MyControl's Codebehind Class.

Kenni