Maintaining the look of dynamically added usercontrols

[Nathan Sokalski]

I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx files) to
using the following code:
Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" & CStr(section("b uttontext")).Re place(" ",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub

Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext FROM
subnavigation WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.QuerySt ring("category" ) & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Configur ation.Configura tionManager.App Settings("conne ctionstring"))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function

Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page.Load Control("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"), adminsection2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub
My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can see from
the Load event. If I place the following line

Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))

in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administration page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words, how can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other code you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

[Masudur]

On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:

I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx files) to
using the following code:

Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" & CStr(section("b uttontext")).Re place(" ",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub

Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext FROM
subnavigation WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.QuerySt ring("category" ) & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Configur ation.Configura tionManager.App Settings("conne ctionstring"))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function

Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page.Load Control("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"), adminsection2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub

My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can see from
the Load event. If I place the following line

Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))

in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administration page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words, how can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other code you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@hotm ail.comhttp://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamically loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur

[Nathan Sokalski]

Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first person
to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded usercontrols
between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Masudur" <mu*****@gmail. comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@o 11g2000prd.goog legroups.com...

On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:

>I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx files)
to
using the following code:

Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" & CStr(section("b uttontext")).Re place("
",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventAr gs) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub

Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext FROM
subnavigatio n WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.QueryS tring("category ") & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Configu ration.Configur ationManager.Ap pSettings("conn ectionstring"))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function

Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page.Loa dControl("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"),
adminsection 2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub

My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can see
from
the Load event. If I place the following line

Me.AddAdminSec tion(CStr(secti on("buttontext" )))

in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the
Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administrati on page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words, how
can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other code
you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@hot mail.comhttp://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamically loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Nathan,

Probably Ajax, however I am seriously curious what a usercontrol for ASPNET
has to do with ADONET.

Cor

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:eT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl...

Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first
person to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded
usercontrols between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Masudur" <mu*****@gmail. comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@o 11g2000prd.goog legroups.com...

>On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:

>>I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx
files) to
using the following code:

Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" & CStr(section("b uttontext")).Re place("
",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventA rgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub

Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext FROM
subnavigati on WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.Query String("categor y") & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Config uration.Configu rationManager.A ppSettings("con nectionstring") )
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function

Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page.Lo adControl("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"),
adminsection2 )
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub

My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can see
from
the Load event. If I place the following line

Me.AddAdminSe ction(CStr(sect ion("buttontext ")))

in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the
Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administratio n page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words, how
can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other code
you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@ho tmail.comhttp://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamically loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur

[Miha Markic]

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comwrote in message
news:eT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl...

Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first
person to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded
usercontrols between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.

You have to load dynamically added controls each time. Their properties are
mantained as with static controls.
--
Miha Markic [MVP C#, INETA Country Leader for Slovenia]
RightHand .NET consulting & development www.rthand.com
Blog: http://cs.rthand.com/blogs/blog_with_righthand/

[Nathan Sokalski]

The dynamically added usercontrols that I want to maintain the look of
contain AJAX, and the reason for the postbacks is to update the data
accessed using ADO.NET, so there are your relations to AJAX and ADO.NET. The
main tags in the usercontrol are the following:

<asp:Panel>
<asp:Label/>
</asp:Panel>
<asp:Panel>
<asp:DataList >
</asp:DataList>
</asp:Panel>
<AJAX:Collapsib lePanelExtender/>

(obviously the controls all have their properties, and the DataList has it's
ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplat e). The property that I am having trouble
maintaining is the Collapsed property of the CollapsiblePane lExtender
control. The postbacks are usually caused by eventbubbling through Button
controls in the DataList. I haven't tried it yet, but one idea I thought
about was to put the DataList inside an UpdatePanel. The only concerns I had
with this idea were:

1. In some cases, a record is moved from the DataSource of one DataList to
the DataSource of another DataList. This would mean I would still need a way
to update all the DataLists regardless. Any ideas to make this possibility
work?

2. There is one section that on the page (not in the usercontrols, but on
the page that contains the usercontrols) that is used to add records,
obviously causing a postback. This would cause pretty much the same
situation as Concern #1, and would probably be solved in a similar way. Any
ideas for this?

The code I currently use to update the usercontrols is the following. The
*.ascx.vb file contains the following method, which is called for all of the
usercontrols from a method in the containing page (I removed the
OleDbDataAdapte r's SQL to keep the code short in the posting):

Public Sub RefreshSection( )
Dim sectiontable As New DataTable
Dim sectionadapter As New OleDbDataAdapte r("",
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs("connections tring"))
sectionadapter. Fill(sectiontab le)
Me.datSection.D ataSource = sectiontable
Me.datSection.D ataBind()
End Sub

Do any of these ideas or information help give a way to solve my problem?
Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************ @planet.nlwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP04.phx.gbl. ..

Nathan,

Probably Ajax, however I am seriously curious what a usercontrol for
ASPNET has to do with ADONET.

Cor

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:eT******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl...

>Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first
person to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded
usercontrols between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Masudur" <mu*****@gmail. comwrote in message
news:11******* **************@ o11g2000prd.goo glegroups.com.. .

>>On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:
I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx
files) to
using the following code:

Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" & CStr(section("b uttontext")).Re place("
",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Event Args) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub

Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext FROM
subnavigatio n WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.Quer yString("catego ry") & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Confi guration.Config urationManager. AppSettings("co nnectionstring" ))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function

Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page.L oadControl("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"),
adminsection 2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub

My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can see
from
the Load event. If I place the following line

Me.AddAdminS ection(CStr(sec tion("buttontex t")))

in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the
first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the
Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administrati on page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words,
how can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other code
you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@h otmail.comhttp://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamically loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Nathan,

We have used that on our VB-Tips website, however I have not enough time to
get a nice sample from that. Why don't you make for your self a simple
sample only containing your problem.

You will find that you than find the solution.

Cor

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

The dynamically added usercontrols that I want to maintain the look of
contain AJAX, and the reason for the postbacks is to update the data
accessed using ADO.NET, so there are your relations to AJAX and ADO.NET.
The main tags in the usercontrol are the following:

<asp:Panel>
<asp:Label/>
</asp:Panel>
<asp:Panel>
<asp:DataList >
</asp:DataList>
</asp:Panel>
<AJAX:Collapsib lePanelExtender/>

(obviously the controls all have their properties, and the DataList has
it's ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplat e). The property that I am having
trouble maintaining is the Collapsed property of the
CollapsiblePane lExtender control. The postbacks are usually caused by
eventbubbling through Button controls in the DataList. I haven't tried it
yet, but one idea I thought about was to put the DataList inside an
UpdatePanel. The only concerns I had with this idea were:

1. In some cases, a record is moved from the DataSource of one DataList to
the DataSource of another DataList. This would mean I would still need a
way to update all the DataLists regardless. Any ideas to make this
possibility work?

2. There is one section that on the page (not in the usercontrols, but on
the page that contains the usercontrols) that is used to add records,
obviously causing a postback. This would cause pretty much the same
situation as Concern #1, and would probably be solved in a similar way.
Any ideas for this?

The code I currently use to update the usercontrols is the following. The
*.ascx.vb file contains the following method, which is called for all of
the usercontrols from a method in the containing page (I removed the
OleDbDataAdapte r's SQL to keep the code short in the posting):

Public Sub RefreshSection( )
Dim sectiontable As New DataTable
Dim sectionadapter As New OleDbDataAdapte r("",
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs("connections tring"))
sectionadapter. Fill(sectiontab le)
Me.datSection.D ataSource = sectiontable
Me.datSection.D ataBind()
End Sub

Do any of these ideas or information help give a way to solve my problem?
Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************ @planet.nlwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP04.phx.gbl. ..

>Nathan,

Probably Ajax, however I am seriously curious what a usercontrol for
ASPNET has to do with ADONET.

Cor

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:eT******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP05.phx.gbl.. .

>>Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first
person to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded
usercontrol s between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Masudur" <mu*****@gmail. comwrote in message
news:11****** *************** @o11g2000prd.go oglegroups.com. ..
On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:
I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx
files) to
using the following code:
>
Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" &
CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ).Replace(" ",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub
>
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Even tArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub
>
Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext
FROM
subnavigati on WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.Que ryString("categ ory") & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Conf iguration.Confi gurationManager .AppSettings("c onnectionstring "))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function
>
Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page. LoadControl("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"),
adminsectio n2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub
>
My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can
see from
the Load event. If I place the following line
>
Me.AddAdmin Section(CStr(se ction("buttonte xt")))
>
in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the
first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the
Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administrat ion page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words,
how can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other
code you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@ hotmail.comhttp ://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamicall y loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

If it was now friday I could make the sample.
"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..

The dynamically added usercontrols that I want to maintain the look of
contain AJAX, and the reason for the postbacks is to update the data
accessed using ADO.NET, so there are your relations to AJAX and ADO.NET.
The main tags in the usercontrol are the following:

<asp:Panel>
<asp:Label/>
</asp:Panel>
<asp:Panel>
<asp:DataList >
</asp:DataList>
</asp:Panel>
<AJAX:Collapsib lePanelExtender/>

(obviously the controls all have their properties, and the DataList has
it's ItemTemplate and EditItemTemplat e). The property that I am having
trouble maintaining is the Collapsed property of the
CollapsiblePane lExtender control. The postbacks are usually caused by
eventbubbling through Button controls in the DataList. I haven't tried it
yet, but one idea I thought about was to put the DataList inside an
UpdatePanel. The only concerns I had with this idea were:

1. In some cases, a record is moved from the DataSource of one DataList to
the DataSource of another DataList. This would mean I would still need a
way to update all the DataLists regardless. Any ideas to make this
possibility work?

2. There is one section that on the page (not in the usercontrols, but on
the page that contains the usercontrols) that is used to add records,
obviously causing a postback. This would cause pretty much the same
situation as Concern #1, and would probably be solved in a similar way.
Any ideas for this?

The code I currently use to update the usercontrols is the following. The
*.ascx.vb file contains the following method, which is called for all of
the usercontrols from a method in the containing page (I removed the
OleDbDataAdapte r's SQL to keep the code short in the posting):

Public Sub RefreshSection( )
Dim sectiontable As New DataTable
Dim sectionadapter As New OleDbDataAdapte r("",
ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs("connections tring"))
sectionadapter. Fill(sectiontab le)
Me.datSection.D ataSource = sectiontable
Me.datSection.D ataBind()
End Sub

Do any of these ideas or information help give a way to solve my problem?
Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************ @planet.nlwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP04.phx.gbl. ..

>Nathan,

Probably Ajax, however I am seriously curious what a usercontrol for
ASPNET has to do with ADONET.

Cor

"Nathan Sokalski" <nj********@hot mail.comschreef in bericht
news:eT******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP05.phx.gbl.. .

>>Isn't there any kind of workaround? I am sure that I am not the first
person to want to maintain the properties of dynamically loaded
usercontrol s between postbacks. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Masudur" <mu*****@gmail. comwrote in message
news:11****** *************** @o11g2000prd.go oglegroups.com. ..
On Jun 16, 10:53 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hot mail.comwrote:
I have a page which I dynamically add several usercontrols (*.ascx
files) to
using the following code:
>
Public Sub Refresh()
For Each section As DataRow In Me.GetSections( ).Rows
CType(Me.FindCo ntrol("admin" &
CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ).Replace(" ",
"")), adminsection2). RefreshSection( )
Next
End Sub
>
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Even tArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim sections As DataTable = Me.GetSections( )
For Each section As DataRow In sections.Rows
Me.AddAdminSect ion(CStr(sectio n("buttontext") ))
Next
Me.Refresh()
End Sub
>
Private Function GetSections() As DataTable
Dim sections As New DataTable
Dim dataadapterSele ct As New OleDbDataAdapte r("SELECT buttontext
FROM
subnavigati on WHERE buttontext<>'Mo re.' AND category='" &
Request.Que ryString("categ ory") & "' ORDER BY buttonorder",
System.Conf iguration.Confi gurationManager .AppSettings("c onnectionstring "))
dataadapterSele ct.Fill(section s)
Return sections
End Function
>
Private Sub AddAdminSection (ByVal section As String)
Dim admin As adminsection2 =
CType(Page. LoadControl("~/usercontrols/adminsection2.a scx"),
adminsectio n2)
admin.ID = "admin" & section.Replace (" ", "")
admin.Section = section
Me.form1.Contro ls.Add(admin)
End Sub
>
My problem is that the controls are reloaded every time, as you can
see from
the Load event. If I place the following line
>
Me.AddAdmin Section(CStr(se ction("buttonte xt")))
>
in an If Not Me.IsPostBack() statement, then it is only loaded the
first
time and I recieve an object does not exist error every time the
Refresh()
method is called (which is reasonably often, because this is for an
administrat ion page where the user edits DB records). What can I do to
maintain the look of the dynamically added controls (in other words,
how can
I avoid replacing them with every postback)? If there is any other
code you
need to see that might help, let me know. Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokal...@ hotmail.comhttp ://www.nathansokal ski.com/

Hi,

Dynamicall y loaded controls need to be load after each post back...
other wise dynamically loaded control's event wont work...
Its always a good practice to load the controls in page_init event

Thanks
Masudur