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Either I'm doing something wrong or there is a problem
with asp.net.

I have a user control (.ascx file) that contains a  
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList control.  In the
codebehind file of the .ascx I am binding a C# function to
the Init even, but it is not firing.

This is the user control's code behind file:

namespace testdotnet3
{

        public abstract class WebUserControl1 :
System.Web.UI.UserControl
        {
                protected
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList DropDownList1;

                override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
                {
                        InitializeComponent();
                        base.OnInit(e);
                }

                private void InitializeComponent()
                {
                        this.DropDownList1.Init += new
System.EventHandler(this.DropDownList1_Init);
                }

                private void DropDownList1_Init(object
sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                        Trace.Write("drop down init");
                }
        }

Quote:}

Will it work if you add the function as an event handler to the dropdown's
Load event instead?

Quote:> Either I'm doing something wrong or there is a problem
> with asp.net.

> I have a user control (.ascx file) that contains a
> System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList control.  In the
> codebehind file of the .ascx I am binding a C# function to
> the Init even, but it is not firing.

> This is the user control's code behind file:

> namespace testdotnet3
> {

> public abstract class WebUserControl1 :
> System.Web.UI.UserControl
> {
> protected
> System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList DropDownList1;

> override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
> {
> InitializeComponent();
> base.OnInit(e);
> }

> private void InitializeComponent()
> {
> this.DropDownList1.Init += new
> System.EventHandler(this.DropDownList1_Init);
> }

> private void DropDownList1_Init(object
> sender, System.EventArgs e)
> {
> Trace.Write("drop down init");
> }
> }
> }

Thanks for the reply -

I just tried it with the "load" event instead of the "init" event, and
it does fire correctly. So does that mean this is a bug in asp.net?

No, not a bug -- its all a matter of the order of events.
See my other post in this thread for the description.

Thanks, Paul Wilson

Dear Gal,

    Have you tried calling EnsureChildControls() in your Page.Init before
doing anything with your web controls?

    In Page.Init child controls has not been created yet so you should call
base class Init or call EnsureChildControls(). If you have override OnInit
you can use MyBase.OnInit(e) before anything else in your overrided sub.

    Koorosh Vaziri

Quote:> > Will it work if you add the function as an event handler to the
dropdown's
> > Load event instead?