ASP.NET - Page_PreLoad() and Page_InitComplete() events for a user control
I've got a situation where I need the code in a user control to run before the page it is sitting in. To do this I am trying to use a method other than Page_Load for the user control so the code is called and runs first. My first attempt was to use
Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
End Sub
This of course did run the code of the user control before the code on the page, however, in the code for the user control I am creating many controls dynamically and adding them to panels. It seems that everything that is supposed to be added dynamically is missing when the code executes in the Page_Init() method.
Doing a little more research, I found the methods Page_InitComplete() and Page_PreLoad. But neither one of these seems to work for user controls.
Any suggestions as to how I might tackle this problem?
Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
End Sub
This of course did run the code of the user control before the code on the page, however, in the code for the user control I am creating many controls dynamically and adding them to panels. It seems that everything that is supposed to be added dynamically is missing when the code executes in the Page_Init() method.
Doing a little more research, I found the methods Page_InitComplete() and Page_PreLoad. But neither one of these seems to work for user controls.
Any suggestions as to how I might tackle this problem?
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The EnsureChildControls() method looks interesting. Can you tell me a little more about it and perhaps show me a code example of how it is used?
What I've tried so far is just to put EnsureChildControls() at the top of my pages page_Load() method. But it isn't making any difference.
Maybe the better solution would be to override the CreateChildControls method on the UserControl as you mentioned first. But I also need a little more direction on how that works as well if you can.
Thanks.
What I've tried so far is just to put EnsureChildControls() at the top of my pages page_Load() method. But it isn't making any difference.
Maybe the better solution would be to override the CreateChildControls method on the UserControl as you mentioned first. But I also need a little more direction on how that works as well if you can.
Thanks.
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Hope that helps,
PJ