I have a User control that has some asp:textboxes and asp:labels in it where 
I want to change the visibility and forecolor of these controls.

Right now I am getting and setting the .net controls using properties:
***************************************
 Public Property FullName AS String
  Get
   Return objFullName.Text
  End Get
  Set
   objFullName.Text = Value
  End Set
 End Property

 Public Property Address1 AS String
  Get
   Return objAddress1.Text
  End Get
  Set
   objAddress1.Text = Value
  End Set
 End Property

 Public Property City AS String
  Get
   Return objContactCity.Text
  End Get
  Set
   objCity.Text = Value
  End Set
 End Property

***************************************

But I can't use these properties to change other attributes.  I could set up 
other properties to do this but that would require setting up a lot of 
properties something like:
*****************************************************
        Public Property FullNameColor As Color
            Get
                Return FullName.ForeColor
            End Get
            Set
                lblMessage.ForeColor = value
            End Set
        End Property
*****************************************************

Is this the best way to handle this?

Thanks,

Tom

Hi Tom,
yes you have to create public properties to access your control's 
attributes. If you need to change a lot of settings for each child control 
you can think about creating public properties which will return reference to 
these controls or definitely leave ASP.NET 2.0 code behind model and swap to 
ASP.NET 1.1 model where you have to declare controls in code behind find at 
your own and you can choose if they will be protected or public.

Regards,
Ladislav

"tshad" wrote:


> I have a User control that has some asp:textboxes and asp:labels in it where 
> I want to change the visibility and forecolor of these controls.
> 
> Right now I am getting and setting the .net controls using properties:
> ***************************************
>  Public Property FullName AS String
>   Get
>    Return objFullName.Text
>   End Get
>   Set
>    objFullName.Text = Value
>   End Set
>  End Property
> 
>  Public Property Address1 AS String
>   Get
>    Return objAddress1.Text
>   End Get
>   Set
>    objAddress1.Text = Value
>   End Set
>  End Property
> 
>  Public Property City AS String
>   Get
>    Return objContactCity.Text
>   End Get
>   Set
>    objCity.Text = Value
>   End Set
>  End Property
> 
> ***************************************
> 
> But I can't use these properties to change other attributes.  I could set up 
> other properties to do this but that would require setting up a lot of 
> properties something like:
> *****************************************************
>         Public Property FullNameColor As Color
>             Get
>                 Return FullName.ForeColor
>             End Get
>             Set
>                 lblMessage.ForeColor = value
>             End Set
>         End Property
> *****************************************************
> 
> Is this the best way to handle this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
>