[RESOLVED] [2005] Getting Child controls from a user control CF 2.0

[jmcilhinney]

How is your 'uc' variable declared because this:

tp.Controls(0)

will only return a Control reference. If you've declared 'uc' as type Control then you won't get Intellisense because the Control class doesn't have a TextProperty property. If you have declared 'uc' as the correct type then you must have Option Strict turned Off or this:

uc = tp.Controls(0)

wouldn't compile.

I'd rather see safer code like this:

For Each page As TabPage In Me.tbcTasks.TabPages
    For Each ctl As Control In page.Controls
        If TypeOf ctl Is MyUserControl Then
            MessageBox.Show(DirectCast(ctl, MyUserControl).TextProperty)
            Exit For
        End If
    Next ctl
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[steve_rm]

Hello,

Thanks for the example code you have given me.

Yes, i know my mistake i was declaring like this. Option strict turned ON

dim uc as control

No wonder it didn't work.

My user controls is called PDATaskControl.ViewTasks

I have declared like this

dim uc as PDATaskControl.ViewTask
'Shouldn't I be able to do something like this
uc tp.controls(0)'The index should give me the user control as it is the same type

Thanks again,