Reading a Session Variable from a Dynamically created control

[RSH]

Hi,

I have a situation where I have a page built in .Net 1.1 that I have a
PlaceHolder in the Design. From the CodeBehind I am dynamically referencing
a user control.

This is a snippet from the the CodeBehind from that page:

Dim mc As MainContent = New MainContent <----User Created Control

Select Case Trim(Session("UserType"))

Case "Corp"

mc.DisplayContent = "TESTCO"

Case "Service Center"

mc.DisplayContent = "TESTSC"

End Select

PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(mc)


The Control has a property called DisplayContent that accepts the ContentID
for that page. The code in the ascx file is simple...basically there is a
placeholder in the Design view, and in the codebehind Property I am calling
a function. That code looks like this:

Public Property DisplayContent() As String

Get

Return DisplayContent

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

If Len(Trim(Session("UserType"))) > 0 Then

LoadContent(Value, Trim(Session("UserType")))

End If

End Set

End Property



The problem is that for some reason The "Session("UserType") = Nothing" when
I step through the code in the control which doesn't make any sense because
the session variable exists in the select statement on the aspx page that
calls the control.

How do I get the control to see the Session variables?

Thanks!

Ron

 

[Guest]

How about:

LoadContent(Value, Trim(HttpContext.Current.Session("UserType")))

Peter

 

[RSH]

Thanks!

That did the trick...although i'm not sure why that worked?

 

[Guest]

You are providing your control, which is a separate class, a reference to the
current HttpContext so it can access the page's Session object.
Cheers,
Peter

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