Struggling With Concept

Hi Folks,
As you may know I'm new to ASP.NET and Im having trouble
grappling with one concept.

If I create a user control and place it on a page I can access its public
properties through a pre-render block, But I cant access its public
properties via code. In say the Page_Load event.

Surely if the control is registered, when the Page_Load Loads, it must have
access to the UserControl Object otherwise whats the point?

Please tell me where Im going wrong !

Cheers

 

You can also declare the control at the module level and use the withevents
keyword to expose its events if they are needed. Then you can reference the
control via the code editor.

#Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code "
'Instantiate the control here and you can use it throughout the page by
name.
Protected WithEvents MyUserControl As New MyUserControl

'NOTE: The following placeholder declaration is required by the Web Form
Designer.
'Do not delete or move it.
Private designerPlaceholderDeclaration As System.Object

Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init
'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
InitializeComponent()
End Sub

#End Region

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Put user code to initialize the page here
If Not IsPostBack Then
With Me.MyUserControl
.DataSource = SomeDataSource
.Text = "SomeValue"
.SomeOtherProperty = "SomeOtherValue"
End With
End If
End Sub