Referencing a control outside of a user control

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Tony Hedge - 15 Jun 2005 16:49 GMT

Hello,
I'd like to reference a control in a user control that is not in the user
control. For esample, if I had the following in my .aspx:

...
<html>
<form ID="frmMain"....>
...
<asp:Label ID="lblMessage" ...>...</asp:Label>
<uc:MyUserControl ID="ucTest"...></uc:MyUserControl>
...
</form>
</html>
...

In any code behind routine of my user control ucTest I'd like to set:
lblMessage.Text = "Hello"

But the user control doesn't 'see' the label. I can write an algorithm/code
to cycle through all page controls to get the reference of the control I
want, but is there an easier way?
Much oblige - Hedge :-)

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CT - 17 Jun 2005 09:08 GMT

Have you tried accessing the User Controls Parent control and that way gain
access to the label?

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> Hello,
> I'd like to reference a control in a user control that is not in the user
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> want, but is there an easier way?
> Much oblige - Hedge :-)

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