Problem using dynamic Datalist templates - Newbie

[dresde from NYC]

Hi there!

Hopefully somebody can help as I am getting desperate.

I am using C# to develope a web user control containing a DataList and I
want my DataList to look different depending on some control properties.

To achieve that I use "Page.LoadTemplate (myTemplateName)". I do this on my
OnInit event to make sure my controls are created before LoadViewState etc
and avoid problems when posting back.

My problem is that I need to pass the name of the template to load during
OnInit. Therefore I cannot use the control properties yet. Any idea how to do
this? I have read all the articles about dynamic controls etc but I can't
find anything

Any help/hint/suggestion/comment/question will be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance!

Diana Carrasco, NYC

 

[dresde from NYC]

Hi!

Just wanted to let you know I have solved the problem.

I now create my control dynamically using LoadControl and AddControl. Just
before calling AddControl I set the value of one of the control properties.
It works!

It would look like this:

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protected System.Web.UI.Control ctl1;

ctl1 = LoadControl("myTestControl.ascx");

((myTestControl)ctl1).myTemplate = this.myTemplate;

myPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(ctl1);

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Cheers,

Diana.