Newbee: Passing Integer to User Control

[DotNet]

I'm trying to construct a header user control and would like to pass an
integer to the control in order to display the correct on state for a menu.
How does one pass an integer from an .aspx page to an .ascx page when the
page loads?

Thanks.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

It sounds like you're migrating from ASP to ASP.Net, in that your thinking
procedurally rather than object-orieted. In ASP.Net it is more useful to
think about objects and classes than files. A Page is a class. A User
Control is a class. Therefore, you would not "pass" data from one class to
the other. You set properties. Now, you can also call Methods in a class,
and pass them data. So, you have 2 choices: (1) Set a property, and (2) Call
a method.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[Curt_C [MVP]]

in the ASCX you can use the Request.Querystring if it's there,
otherwise you may need to create a public property in the control to pass it
to

 

[DotNet]

I'm really having trouble getting the public property in the control to
work. Can you supply a simple example of the aspx and ascx pages? Nothing
elaborate just a really basic code sample.

Thanks.

 

[DotNet]

Exactly right you are. I realize this is a simple concept, but migrating the
architecture is a challenge. We'd like to keep the project template driven -
our headers dynamically generate menu HTML code. I "think" that a user
control method is best for that - but if I'm wrong, please let me know. We
are trying to seperate HTML from logic, so if there is a better or more
sensible way of going about this can you let me know?

-w

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Sounds like you're on the right track. We've been looking at CSS for better
separation of UI logic and presentation. But your method for generating a
common menu system seems sound.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.