[2005] How can I do this?

[BootsSiR]

Say I have a custom control - TestControl.ascx

if I had code like this on a page

dim oUserControl as UserControl

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

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

CType(oUserControl, TestControl).Test()

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

[BootsSiR]

can someone move this to ASP.NET ?

[space_monkey]

Have you tried

oUserControl.test()

?

[Lord_Rat]

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

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();

[SeanGrebey]

Is the CTYpe messing you up? I would use:

DirectCast(oUserControl, TestControl).Test()

[BootsSiR]

My web user control is delared as follows

Partial Class Controls_TestControl

   Dim m_SzTest as String

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

End Class

this code

dim oUserControl as UserControl

oUserControl = LoadControl("TestControl.ascx")

DirectCast(oUserControl, Controls_TestControl).Test()

pnlMain.controls.add(oUserControl)

gives me the error Type 'Controls_TestControl' is not defined

[BootsSiR]

I can't even

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

do I have to add a reference to the control?