Help- LoadControl and Ctype error

[Justin Dutoit]

Hey. I'm trying to dynamically add User Controls to my page. It appears to
work sometimes, but more often I get the error:
Unable to cast object of type 'ASP.SearchControl' to type
'ASP.SearchControl'.

Dim ctlNextSearch As Control = LoadControl("SearchCB.ascx")
CType(ctlNextSearch, SearchControl).SearchString = SearchItems(Counter)
' <<< error here
MyPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(ctlNextSearch)

In the User Control the directive is:
<%@ Control ClassName="SearchControl" Language="VB" %>

I would appreciate any help, thanks.

Tks
Justin Dutoit

 

[Sonu Kapoor [MVP]]

Try this:

Dim ctlNextSearch As SearchControl = LoadControl("SearchCB.ascx")
ctlNextSearch.SearchString = SearchItems(Counter)
MyPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(ctlNextSearch)

Let me know.

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