Access user control from other user control

[Chris Zopers]

Hello,

I have two UserControls on a aspx page. I need to read a property of the
first UserControl from within the second UserControl. The UserControls
only know about themselves, so I can't declare a variable of the other
usercontrol's type. So I can't do something like this in the second
UserControl:

FirstUserControl first =
(FirstUserControl)this.Parent.FindControl("FirstUserControl")

Additionally I don't like to use the FindControl method, because it
returns an Object.

What's the best way to get to a usercontrol's properties from within an
other user control?

Greetings,
Chris

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

In the first user control, you can declare a property of the type matching
the second user control and set this property from the page containing both
controls.

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Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net

 

[David Bunge]

How would you go about doing this? Could you post an example?

I have one user control declared as "public partial class
controls_SecondaryDisabilities : System.Web.UI.UserControl" on a page
with a second user control declared as "
public partial class controls_StateList : System.Web.UI.UserControl".

I need to get a value from the second user control (the StateList) into
a variable in the first (the SecondaryDisabilities). The value is a
public string, so it is accessible. However, when I declare "protected
controls_StateList ddlPartState;", the controls_StateList is not being
found.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Nanda Lella[MSFT]]

I assume both the UserControls are in the same page. If So, You can use
public properties in both the UserControls and set them when needed.
I have poseted a similar article with example code here
http://ctrlf5.net/?p=53

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Thank You,
Nanda Lella,
http://www.CtrlF5.net
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