Problem doing find control

[onedizzydevil]

I have successfully used the Me.Page.FindControl("") to various controls mostly UserControls; however, I have made a Template page environment using information from various locations. Any way, no matter what I do it creates a _ctl# (# = 0-9, usually _ctl0) which is not a big deal it have more advantages than problems.

Page trace gives this

PAGE ASP.results_aspx 227636 1388
Form1 System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm 225405 0
_ctl0 ASP.template_ascx 166286 0
_ctl0:Uc_MainNav_Horizontal1 ASP.uc_MainNav_Horizontal_ascx 29752 0
_ctl0:Uc_MainNav_Horizontal1:ASPnetMenu1 CYBERAKT.WebControls.Navigation.ASPnetMenu 29750 3356
_ctl0:Uc_MainNav_Horizontal1:_ctl0 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 2 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1 ASP.uc_MLSQuickSearch_ascx 1168 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:_ctl0 System.Web.UI.ResourceBasedLiteralControl 393 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:ddlSearchType System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList 276 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:_ctl1 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 126 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:txtSearchString System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox 148 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:_ctl2 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 28 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:btnQuickSearch System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button 170 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:_ctl3 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 25 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1efaultButtons2 MetaBuilders.WebControls.DefaultButtons 0 0
_ctl0:Uc_MLSQuickSearch1:_ctl4 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 2 0
_ctl0chContent System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder 123780 0
_ctl0:_ctl0 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 37 0
_ctl0:lblResultReturned System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label 80 32
_ctl0:_ctl1 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 89 0
_ctl0:hlnkSaveSearchCriteria System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink 141 0
_ctl0:_ctl2 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 37 0
_ctl0:hlnkNewSearch System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink 116 0
_ctl0:_ctl3 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 31 0
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1 ASP.uc_searchresults_ascx 123222 0
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1:cpnlAdvancedSearchOptions eWorld.UI.CollapsablePanel 54752 252
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1:uwtAdvancedOptions Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebTab.UltraWebTab 51506 328
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1:uwtAdvancedOptions:_ctl0 Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebTab.ContentPane 792 0
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1:uwtAdvancedOptions:_ctl0:_ctl0 System.Web.UI.LiteralControl 7 0
_ctl0:Uc_searchresults1:uwtAdvancedOptions:_ctl0:Uc_searchresultsadvancedoptions1





I can not figure out how to get past the _ctl0, to get to Page > _ctl0 > uc_searchresults > GoToZipCode (function)


I have done previously but the with the templates it _ctl0 or maybe something is stopping the current code from working.

Any idea how to work around this?

-Wayne



Wayne Sellars

"Programming, today is a race between software developers, striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe, trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, Universe 1 - Programmers 0."

 

[link9]

Normally, you wouldn't reference it that way. Instead, you would declare the UC as a class field, just like any other object:

protected Label lblMyLabel; //this is just a label
protected MyProject.MyUC myUC; //this is your UC

~~~~~

myUC.GoToZipCode();

The INamingContainer stuff (which is what puts all the ctrl_... on your objects) is a huge pain if you try and reference objects directly, which is why you have to declare them as class fields, and access them that way.

-paul

The answer to getting answered -- faq855-2992

 

[onedizzydevil]

That works if your in or above where you are hunting...
In this case I have:

Page contains uc_searchresults
uc_searchresults contains uc_advancedoptions
uc_advancedoptions contain (in a tab control)uc_advancedfilters, uc_advancedzipcodesearch, uc_advancedsortoptions, uc_advancedschoolfilters

I need to go from uc_advancedzipcodesearch up to uc_searchresults then run GoToZipCode,



Wayne Sellars

"Programming, today is a race between software developers, striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe, trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, Universe 1 - Programmers 0."