I have created a new skin. Inside the skin I have created a simple user control (Located @ admin/skins/counter.ascx).

I have also created a Module. From inside the module, I would like to programatically check the user control "counter.ascx" that's inside the skin, and check if it exists. If it does exist, I would like to update it's value based on page/module actions. To make it easier to understand, the control is a shopping cart counter. The module is a shopping cart catalog. When an order is made, I would like to update the shopping cart counter's value. But I can't figure out how to access it from within the module!!!

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Frank

Scratch my last post. This is what I am trying to do.

My Skin file contains

<%@ Register TagPrefix="ccc" TagName="CARTCOUNTER" Src="~/Admin/Skins/CartCounter.ascx" %>

<ccc:CARTCOUNTER runat="server" ID="CARTCOUNTER" />

My User Control contains

<%@ Control Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Controls.CartCounter" CodeFile="CartCounter.ascx.vb" %>
 <asp:Label ID="lblCartCounter" runat="server" style="padding: 0 0 0 5px;" cssclass="SkinObject" /> Item(s)

Code:

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

                If Not Session("TagCatalogOrderCart") Is Nothing Then
                    Update_Counter(CType(Session("TagCatalogOrderCart"), System.Data.DataTable).Rows.Count)
                End If

            Catch exc As Exception    'Module failed to load
                ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, exc)
            End Try
        End Sub

        Public Sub Update_Counter(ByVal value As String)

            lblCartCounter.Text = value

        End Sub

My Module Contains

 <%@ Register TagPrefix="ccc" TagName="CARTCOUNTER" Src="~/Admin/Skins/CartCounter.ascx" %>

<asp:UpdatePanel ID="updateTagCatalog" runat="server" UpdateMode="Always">
                <ContentTemplate>

             ORDER FORM HERE........with add to cart button

</ContentTemplate>               
            </asp:UpdatePanel>   

 Code: This gets called once the add to cart button is clicked

Protected Sub UpdateCartGUI()

            Dim Skin As DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin
            Skin = Skin.GetSkin(Page)
            Dim uc As DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Controls.CartCounter
            uc = CType(Skin.FindControl("CARTCOUNTER"), Skins.Controls.CartCounter)
            uc.Update_Counter(CType(Session("TagCatalogOrderCart"), System.Data.DataTable).Rows.Count)

End Sub

The problem is the user control always updates 1 click behind. I'm not sure how to resolve this, but any help will really be appreciated!!!

Thanks,

Frank