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Opening UserControl from menu ASP.Net 2005

Hi Experts

I’m new to ASP 2.0 .Net 2005 and have setup a default.aspx page with a menu control.

<Items>
<asp:MenuItem Text="MenuOption1" Value="AAA">
<asp:MenuItem Text="Option A1" Value="A1"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem Text="Option A2" Value="A2"></asp:MenuItem>
</Items>

When I click on my menu Items(“Option A1”) I want to load a WebUserControl.ascx into a table on the default.aspx page.

How do I then open(call) the user control to open-up inside the table on the default.aspx page? This should be something very simple to do…

Thanks for the help!
Deon

Sammy

generally if you want to deal with a usercontrol you use findcontrol property sending it a string containing the control's ID then you can do whatever you need to do with the control

findcontrol method is discussed here
http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/116.aspx

Good luck

deon001

ASKER

Hi Sammy, thanks for the quick response.

I have done this previously in .NET 2003 VB and am now moving to ASP C# 2005, and am battling to get the same ting going.

How I did it in VB:

Protected WithEvents ContentPane As System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlTableCell

Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init

InitializeComponent()

Dim ContentPage As String = ""
ContentPage = Request.QueryString("ContentPage")

If ContentPage = "" Then
ContentPane.Controls.Add(Page.LoadControl("~/LaborControl/Welcome.ascx"))
Else
ContentPane.Controls.Add(Page.LoadControl("~/" & ContentPage))
End If
ContentPane.Visible = True
End Sub

Then I just opened my controls like this:

<div class="clsMenuItem">
<A href="Home.aspx?contentpage=Folder1/MyWebUserControl.ascx">Option1</A>

Im very new at this so thanks for the help and patients
Deon

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Sammy

this is a great place to convert VB.Net to C# and vice versa
http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/utilities/convertvbtocsharp.aspx

deon001

ASKER

Thanks again for the help; got it working.

Sammy

You welcome Deon