Set a webcontrol's properties before rendering?

[JustBarno]

I have a web control that has a property of UserId.

I need to set the userid before rendering the control, because based on who is logged in, it displays something different.

If I set the properties in page load for the page the control is placed on, it seems that is post render because the control doesnt work. If I set the UserId in the GUI and compile it, the control works fine, but that obviously isn't acceptable.

Where can I set the properties before the control is rendered, or how can i re-render the control?

Thanks!

 

[LV]

Do you load the control dynamicaly or it's embedded on the page?

 

[DaZZleD]

try setting the value in the page's prerender event.

but imho, the problem is in the way you designed the web control. take a look there because you might be overriding it's value somewhere.

posting some code might help us get a better idea.

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