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When I dynamically add a control by doing something like

dim x as control = Page.LoadControl("myControl.ascx")

am I actually loading the control from disk??? I don't really understand why
I can't access the class for the user control directly... in other words
just say:

dim x as new myControl()

(which doesn't generate an error, but it wil not render the UI)

If I'm adding a control dozens of times on a page, is this very
in-efficient?

Thanks for any help!

-D

You don't have to use LoadControl.
Your dim statement is working fine. You've simply forgotten to add the
control to the page.
For this you should use Page.Controls.Add
Here's more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...mmatically.asp

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com



"MC D" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> When I dynamically add a control by doing something like
>
> dim x as control = Page.LoadControl("myControl.ascx")
>
> am I actually loading the control from disk??? I don't really understand
why
> I can't access the class for the user control directly... in other words
> just say:
>
> dim x as new myControl()
>
> (which doesn't generate an error, but it wil not render the UI)
>
> If I'm adding a control dozens of times on a page, is this very
> in-efficient?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -D
>
>

User controls bear some resemblence to include files. Of course they are
object oriented, much more flexible, etc.

There are many large systems that rely on include files, and those work ok -
so I would imagine user controls wouldn't be any worse.

"MC D" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> When I dynamically add a control by doing something like
>
> dim x as control = Page.LoadControl("myControl.ascx")
>
> am I actually loading the control from disk??? I don't really understand
why
> I can't access the class for the user control directly... in other words
> just say:
>
> dim x as new myControl()
>
> (which doesn't generate an error, but it wil not render the UI)
>
> If I'm adding a control dozens of times on a page, is this very
> in-efficient?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -D
>
>

Do not forget that some user controls are not just classes, but also contain
html snippets in the actual ascx file. It is for the purpose of retreiving
both the class, and the html within the ascx file, that page.loadcontrol()
is used.

User Controls are most helpful when creating commonly used UI components.
If your user control has no associated html in the .ascx file, I'd recommend
creating a simple class or a server control instead.



I was minding my own business when MC D blurted out:

> When I dynamically add a control by doing something like
>
> dim x as control = Page.LoadControl("myControl.ascx")
>
> am I actually loading the control from disk??? I don't really understand
why
> I can't access the class for the user control directly... in other words
> just say:
>
> dim x as new myControl()
>
> (which doesn't generate an error, but it wil not render the UI)
>
> If I'm adding a control dozens of times on a page, is this very
> in-efficient?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -D

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Insert corny line here

Instantiating the class directly does not render the interface.

-D
"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You don't have to use LoadControl.
> Your dim statement is working fine. You've simply forgotten to add the
> control to the page.
> For this you should use Page.Controls.Add
> Here's more info:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconInstantiatingUserControlsProgrammatically.asp
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
> http://Steve.Orr.net
> Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com
>
>
>
> "MC D" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > When I dynamically add a control by doing something like
> >
> > dim x as control = Page.LoadControl("myControl.ascx")
> >
> > am I actually loading the control from disk??? I don't really understand
> why
> > I can't access the class for the user control directly... in other words
> > just say:
> >
> > dim x as new myControl()
> >
> > (which doesn't generate an error, but it wil not render the UI)
> >
> > If I'm adding a control dozens of times on a page, is this very
> > in-efficient?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> >
> > -D
> >
> >
>
>