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Eventhandler comes out as null

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
I have a Telerik RadStrip control in my AdminMaster page. I added OnTabClick to the RadStrip. I added a Delegate and an eventHandler but not sure why the eventhandler comes out as null:

1. <telerik:RadTabStrip ID="MainMenu" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnTabClick="Tab_Click"   Skin="Outlook">
                    <Tabs>
                          ...
 
2. Outside the AdminMaster class
public delegate void MasterPageTabClickHandler(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e);
 
3. Inside AdminMaster class:
public event MasterPageTabClickHandler MasterTab; //*** MasterTab comes out as null
 
4. protected void Tab_Click(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e)
    {...}

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oobayly

The event has to be hooked for it to be usable:
ie. the person person using the AdminMaster class would have to do this:
adminMaster.MasterTab += new MasterPageTabClickHandler(adminMaster_MasterTab);

and then the handler:
protected void adminMaster_MasterTab(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e){
}

You should always test if the event is null when writing your own events before firing it, as it may be null.

Camillia

ASKER

i have all that code in my content page.

Master.Master.MasterTab += new MasterPageTabClickHandler(Master_MasterTab);

*and I have:

void Master_MasterTab(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e)
{
string t = string.Empty;
t = "hello";
}

Camillia

ASKER

yeah, comes out as null. I can do a check for null but wont do me anything good. I need to raise this event.

oobayly

It then sounds like your trying to fire the event before it's been hooked. It's a bad idea to assume that the event is always hooked, hence checking if it's null.

Camillia

ASKER

how can I hook it?? I can add the null check but i need this to be hooked...

oobayly

You've already got the code for hooking the event, but this sequence appears to be happening:

Instance of AdminMaster created
MasterTab event raised
Exception thrown as MasterTab == null
Hook MasterTab event, now MasterTab != null

You obviously never get to step 4.

You could try hooking the event in the asp tag instead of in code behind:

<asp:AdminMaster id="Master" runat="server" onmastertab="Master_MasterTab" />

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Camillia

ASKER

let me try.

Camillia

ASKER

what is "onmastertab"?? I have OnTabClick event but what is onmastertab..same thing??

oobayly

Sorry, my bad, we're talking about a masterpage, not a webcontrol aren't we.

Can you tell me at what stage you are calling the line
Master.Master.MasterTab += new MasterPageTabClickHandler(Master_MasterTab);

Camillia

ASKER

that's in my content page.

void Master_MasterTab(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e)
{
string t = string.Empty;
t = "hello";
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

Master.Master.MasterTab += new MasterPageTabClickHandler(Master_MasterTab);

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Camillia

ASKER

let me see, hope you're right.Spent all day on this.

Camillia

ASKER

YES, FINALLY, it worked. Thanks so much for your help. The entire day on this. Thanks