codebehind and page_load event

[Maurice Walmsley]

hello and thanks

I am as green as mold when it comes to asp.net, so please bear with
me.

I am trying to get an asp.net page with a webform to work using
codebehind. My class/routines work fine, just doing simple stuff like
changing the text of lables.

I cant seem to get this to work though;

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s)
Label8.Text = "pre ELSEIF"
If IsPostBack Then
Label8.Text = "is postback"
Else
Label8.Text = "is NOT postback"
End If
Label8.Text = "post ELSEIF"
End Sub

any ideas why the page_load event doesnt fire, or if it does, why
label8 doesnt change?

thanks

maurice

[Eric]

Unless you're using auto-event wireup, add a "Handles MyBase.Load" at the
end of the the Page_Load line:

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load

Eric
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hello and thanks

I am as green as mold when it comes to asp.net, so please bear with
me.

I am trying to get an asp.net page with a webform to work using
codebehind. My class/routines work fine, just doing simple stuff like
changing the text of lables.

I cant seem to get this to work though;

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s)
Label8.Text = "pre ELSEIF"
If IsPostBack Then
Label8.Text = "is postback"
Else
Label8.Text = "is NOT postback"
End If
Label8.Text = "post ELSEIF"
End Sub

any ideas why the page_load event doesnt fire, or if it does, why
label8 doesnt change?

thanks

maurice