Hi,

 

Now I have a question about the dynamic loading of a user control and then passing values to other controls contained in the user control. I am dynamically loading a user control that has a repeater. The repeater is loaded with an ObjectDataSource. I actually got it to work. However it seems, well, a little kludgy to me. Note that in the code below I used the DefaultValue property because I could not figure out what the property for the “regular” value was or how to access it. If any one knows how to do this I would certainly appreciate being enlightened. Here is the code I used.

        Private Sub LoadNewCtl(ByVal pMbrId As String)

 

            ' This creates the ascx control virtual path

Dim DynPg As String = DotNetNuke.Common.ResolveUrl(Me.TemplateSourceDirectory & "/DocsList.ascx")

 

' This creates the user control with the LoadControl method

Dim objModule As Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase = CType(Me.LoadControl(DynPg), Entities.Modules.PortalModuleBase)

 

            ' This sets the default value of the ObjectDataSource

Dim objDatSrc As ObjectDataSource = objModule.FindControl("ObjectDataSrcDoc")

 

objDatSrc.SelectParameters.Item("MbrId").DefaultValue = pMbrId

 

            ' This adds the user control to the control collection of

            ' a place holder.

            If Not objModule Is Nothing Then

                MbrGridView.Visible = False

                objModule.ModuleConfiguration = Me.ModuleConfiguration

                phDynPlaceHld.Controls.Add(objModule)

            End If

 

        End Sub

 

Thanks for the reply Michael. The links were very helpful and I did download Denis’ Dynamic Placeholder. It will obviously be useful and save some angst.

 

BTW, I posted this question on the ASP.NET forum so if I get any words of wisdom from that I’ll post the answer here. I did think of one possible alternative to the DefaultValue albeit very indirect. I think you can set up a user defined property in a user control and set it with a value. You could then probably use that value in the ObjectDataSource selecting event. If I get around to it I might try it just for drill but I like direct approaches. I have to believe this “feature” for the ObjectDataSource control is an oversight.