Updating Controls included in other controls
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I have a user control that i created which contains a bunch of search varibles in the form of text boxes and drop-down lists. I include this control in the search page and a couple of others. I am trying to update the value of the textbox and drop down lists within this user control and can't. I have been able to read the values of the Controls using:
Control myKeywords = FindControl("ctl_search:tb_keywords"); TextBox tb_keywords = (TextBox)myKeywords; tb_keywords.Text.ToString();But I need to update the value of those controls. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated! -
I have a user control that i created which contains a bunch of search varibles in the form of text boxes and drop-down lists. I include this control in the search page and a couple of others. I am trying to update the value of the textbox and drop down lists within this user control and can't. I have been able to read the values of the Controls using:
Control myKeywords = FindControl("ctl_search:tb_keywords"); TextBox tb_keywords = (TextBox)myKeywords; tb_keywords.Text.ToString();But I need to update the value of those controls. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!Why are you using
Text.ToString?Textalready returns a string. This is a waste of CPU cycles. If you're getting back a value (i.e., notnull) fromFindControl, then just set cast to aTextBoxas you're doing and setTextto some string, liketb_keywords.Text = "Some string";.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles