Object (usercontrol) reference problem

Question

Hi! I have a aspx page where I by default show 3 usercontrols. One of these controls is just a header the second one (lets call it ucForm) is a form with textboxes and the bottom one has a submit button for saving the information in the textboxes. Also there is a button for adding more ucForm's. In other words dynamically adding of user control. The code I use to do this: for (int i=1; i<=Nr; i++) { Control oControl = LoadControl(EmpRecord.ascx); oControl.ID = oEmpRecord + i.ToString(); oPlcHldr.Controls.Add(oControl); } My problem is that I don't know how to create a reference to the dynamically created usercontrols. I keep getting a reference error...... I tried the following code in the usercontrol with the submit button: EmpRecord oERC = (EmpRecord)LoadControl(EmpRecord.ascx); oERC = (EmpRecord)this.Parent.FindControl(sControlName); When I debug it oERC is null. I also have set the textboxes in the ucForm usercontrol to public and I have get/set properties for it. But that doesn't do me much good if I can't reach the controls drawn on the page!! Can anyone please help me out!?!? I'm stuck and I need to finish this project soon! Thanks!

Administrator · Answer

I figured it out. I added the usercontrols in the Page_Load event rather than in the OnInit event. YAY!

Administrator · Answer

Control c = oPlcHldr.FindControl(strControlName);

Administrator · Answer

Sure that creates an object of the usercontrol (let's call it UC). But it doesn't give me a reference to the XX number of UC's that I have dynamically added to the page. That is the problem. I need to get a reference to those so that I can retain the values in it's textboxes. Thanks.

Administrator · Answer

Try this Control oControl = new LoadControl(EmpRecord.ascx);