Thread: Declare and add Custom Controls programmatically to a panel

hi guys

I have 13 custom controls (.ascx) which each hold diff forms for data to be
captured to a db.

These forms get displayed if they have been assigned to a certain sub-category
ie. user assigns 2 forms to sub-category, both forms then display under that sub
and uset can capture the data.

now the repeater to list the forms sits inside a 3rd-level repeater.
the order of repeaters:

Code:

category
 - subcategory
  - specs
   - forms

here's the code that populates the 'forms' repeater:

Code:

Dim myForms As FormsList = New FormsList
        myParams.OrderBy = "name ASC"
        myParams.FormID = hdn_formID.Value
        myForms = FormsManager.GetListByID(myParams)

        rpActiveSpecification.DataSource = myForms
        rpActiveSpecification.DataBind()

now in my 'forms' repeater's OnItemDataBound I want to add my custom
controls to a panel inside the repeater.

this is what i'm not sure of, normally you would declare a control like so:

Code:

Dim pnl As Panel = e.item.findcontrol("pnl")

but not sure how that works for a custom control?
Shem

Do i declare it as my custom controls ascx.vb class name?

it seems as if that worked?
i'm getting an error, but it's due to a problem in one of my controls methods..

and it's page_load event fired, so i guess it's working?

I went with that example you provided in the link JMH, but i wonder
if it would still have worked the way i was doing it?

oh well, the example in the link looks more solid anyways, ...thanks