Problems dsplaying User Controls

[Vi]

Hi,
I have a User Control that I want to display at the top and bottom of the
web form. I have two PlaceHolders controls at the top and bottom of the page
and I'm loading the control programmatically in the placeholder control:

Control ctl = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
plhTop.Controls.Add(ctl);
plhBottom.Controls.Add(ctl);

The problem is that only plhBottom is displayed. If I change places of
plhTop and plhBottom in the code:

Control ctl = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
plhBottom.Controls.Add(ctl);
plhTop.Controls.Add(ctl);

then only plhTop is displayed.

Why doesn't this code display both controls?
Thank you.

[Karl]

You can't have the same instance of a control in two separate locations.
Create a 2nd control

Control c1 = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
Control c2 = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
plhTop.Controls.Add(c1);
plhBottom.Controls.add(c2);
Karl
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Hi,
I have a User Control that I want to display at the top and bottom of the
web form. I have two PlaceHolders controls at the top and bottom of the page and I'm loading the control programmatically in the placeholder control:

Control ctl = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
plhTop.Controls.Add(ctl);
plhBottom.Controls.Add(ctl);

The problem is that only plhBottom is displayed. If I change places of
plhTop and plhBottom in the code:

Control ctl = LoadControl("MyControl.ascx");
plhBottom.Controls.Add(ctl);
plhTop.Controls.Add(ctl);

then only plhTop is displayed.

Why doesn't this code display both controls?
Thank you.