[2005] How can I do this?

Say I have a custom control - TestControl.ascx

if I had code like this on a page

Code:

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dim oUserControl as UserControl

oUserControl = LoadControl("TestControl.ascx")
pnlMain.controls.add(oUserControl)

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Say TestControl has a public method called test.. I want to be able to go

Code:

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CType(oUserControl, TestControl).Test()

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however, it doesn't seem like it'll work... any input?

can someone move this to ASP.NET ?

Have you tried

oUserControl.test()

?

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Originally Posted by BootsSiR

however, it doesn't seem like it'll work... any input?

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Have you actually tried it? It seems like you are conjecturing, and from experience, it should work.

Now, I work in the C# world, not the VB World, but the following works fine:

UserControlType oUC = new UserControlType();
this.Controls.Add(oUC);

[...]

UserControl oControl = Page.FindControl("oUCIdentifier");
(oUC)(oControl).Test();

Is the CTYpe messing you up? I would use:

DirectCast(oUserControl, TestControl).Test()

My web user control is delared as follows

Code:

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Partial Class Controls_TestControl

  Dim m_SzTest as String

  Public Sub Test()
        m_szTest = "hello"
  End Sub

End Class

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this code

Code:

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dim oUserControl as UserControl

oUserControl = LoadControl("TestControl.ascx")

DirectCast(oUserControl, Controls_TestControl).Test()

pnlMain.controls.add(oUserControl)

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gives me the error Type 'Controls_TestControl' is not defined

I can't even

Code:

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Dim oUserControl as Controls_TestControl = LoadControl("TestControl.ascx")

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do I have to add a reference to the control?