I am creating an application that has quite a few different screens, I have broken the screens up into UserControls.  The main UserControl has a Tab system that allows the user to navigate between the different UserControls (screens)... I have currently made the screens available in the main UserControl by dragging the UserControl file (from the SolutionExplorer), then setting the Visible property of the different UserControls depending what Tab is selected.  This method of creating an application is probably not the best way to do things... especially if the application was to expand.

 

So I tried changing it so the main UserControl dynamically creates the UserControl screen on the fly... by using something like the following... (C#)

MyUserControl myScreen = (MyUserControl)LoadControl("MyScreen.ascx");
MyMainPanel.Controls.Add(myScreen);

But when the screen loads, some controls in myScreen do not instantiate (like controls within a FormView on the UserControl)!!

Why would this be happening?  I thought once a UserControl is created and added dynamically, all the controls within it would work just as if I dragged the UserControl into the Main UserControl..  (The <@Register ... > tag is still in place on the Main UserControl)

Please Help!!  :o(

 

 

Great article on the DynamicForms, Michael! [:)]

I was having all sorts of issues with the asp.net process crashing all over the place when trying to load the control dynamically - and, after a night of scratching my head I realised I had module caching turned on. Always the simple things ... thought I'd mention it just in case anybody falls into the same trap.