How can the user control know which web form it is on. *RESOLVED*

[davidrobin]

I have a user control on a webform. I need to put the user control on many web forms but the user control needs to know which web form it is on as different action will need to be taken depending on the web form.

How can the user control know which web form it is on.

[Magiaus]

EnsureChildControls()
Me/this.Page.ID

that should give you the name/id of the current page. you call EnsureChildControls to ensure Page will be there. Try not to think about the Me/this.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.Page.ID issue it isn't documented if there is an issue.

[davidrobin]

A little more information

I need to set the text of a textbox control that is on a user control to the name of the containing page.

The problem I am having is that the textbox is referenced as
<current page> -> form1 -> header1 -> textbox1.

Using ensurechildcontrols on my my page and placing

textbox1.text = me.page.id

on the usercontrol when ran the textbox text is blank.

I tried using a property on the Header1 control but when I type Header1.textbox1.text I get a 'header1' is not a member of 'test.Search'.

[davidrobin]

I worked out how to do this using a property.

This is on my usercontrol

Public WriteOnly Property pp() As String
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            TextBox1.Text = Value
        End Set
    End Property

This is in the general declaration section

Protected j As Header

And finally this in the page load event

j = Me.FindControl("Header1")
        j.pp = myTitle.InnerText

I do have the me.ensurechildcontrols statement but it actually works without it.