[thelist] .NET: Public variable set in user control

[Tab Alleman]

Are you declaring and instantiating Navigation1 in your code-behind?

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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Casey Crookston
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:44 PM
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> Subject: [thelist] .NET: Public variable set in user control
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> 
> Ok, according to page 260 of ASP.NET Unleashed (1.1), "All public
> variables declared in the user control file are exposed as 
> properties of
> the user control."  So I have a user control called 
> navigation.ascx.  In
> navigation.ascx.vb I declare a public variable called 
> ImageToDisplay as
> a string.  Then, in the page that is referring to the user control, I
> need to programmatically set the value of this string.  In the HTML we
> declare the control as such:
> 
>  
> 
> <%@ Page CodeBehind="default.aspx.vb" Language="vb"
> AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="intellisoft._default" %>
> 
>  
> 
> And then later:
> 
>  
> 
> <uc1:navigation id="Navigation1" runat="server" />
> 
>  
> 
> Although it does work to do this:
> 
>  
> 
> <uc1:navigation id="Navigation1" ImageToDisplay="valueHere"
> runat="server" />
> 
>  
> 
> I need to set the value programmatically.  This in the code-behind
> 
>  
> 
> Navigation1.ImageToDisplay = "valueHere"
> 
>  
> 
> returns this error:
> 
>  
> 
> 'ImageToDisplay' is not a member of 'System.Web.UI.UserControl'.
> 
>  
> 
> As far as I can tell, I'm doing this exactly as the example 
> in the book.
> What else do I need to do?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Casey
> 
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