Which Aspx Page is using the User Control currently ?

Question

User-785861467 posted

Hi, I have an ascx user control that is used in several aspx pages. Inside the user control, how can I find which page is using the control currently ? I figured that if I can do this, then alot of my coding can be inside the user control such as enabling and disabling buttons. (not sure if it makes a difference or not, but all aspx pages are using a master page.)

Any hints ? many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

User2130758966 posted

If the buttons that you are enabling and disabling are inside the user control then perhaps the approach to take should be to set a public property up for your control. For example Mode="LotsOfButtonsEnabled".

In the page_load event of the usercontrol you can check this value and then enable or disable your controls accordingly.

Obviously you would come up with a better mame for your modes [:)]

This walkthrough has a usercontrol which has a public property on it:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26db8ysc%28VS.85%29.aspx
  

Answer 2

User-785861467 posted

Thanks for the quick answer Harry.

To make it clearer, I have 3 aspx pages: Setup.aspx, Formula.aspx and Design.aspx,  and the 3 pages are using cutomUserControl.ascx.

What I need is, in the customUserControl Page_Load event, a string variable will be assigned either Setup, Formula or Design.

This way, and based on this string variable, i can code a switch and enable disable some buttons in the User Control that is suitable

for the current loaded page.

 

Cheers mate.

Answer 3

User-785861467 posted

Hi again,

Sorry Harry, I was too sleepy last night, so i couldn't get what you said.

This morning, I just used a hidden field in customUserControl.ascx, and exposed it with {Get, Set}.

From the hosting page Page_Load event, I assigned the hidden field and build my switch on it.

It worked fine.

 

Many thanks Harry. Cheers.