i have lots of control(like textbox, labels, listbox, dropdownlist etc.) and everytime i access the control i have use this set of 3 lines code:

ContentPlaceHolder content;
content = (ContentPlaceHolder)Page.Master.FindControl("ContentPlaceHolder1");
RadPanelbar myRadPanelbar = (RadPanelbar)content.FindControl("RadPanelbar");

is there a way i can put that somewhere and access from any where in the project ?

for an example, if i have to access my dropdownlist, just a dropdownlist i have to do this:

I dont know why you wouldn't just make a page global reference to "RadPanelBar" and then just one single time at the time of Page_Load set it

Then anywhere else in your code you could say myRadPanelbar.FindControl("ddlus") without having to re-reference the panel

can you please give me some example of my code?

thanks

Sure

MorningZ:

Sure

public partial class default1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel radPanel;

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ContentPlaceHolder cont = (ContentPlaceHolder)Page.Master.FindControl("ContentPlaceHolder1");
        radPanel = (Panel)cont.FindControl("RadPanelbar");
    }

    protected void SomeOtherFunction(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        TextBox txt = radPanel.FindControl("TextBox1");
    }
    protected void AnotherFunctionDoingSomething(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DropDownList drp = radPanel.FindControl("ddlus");
    }
}

i was doubt about it and i got the same error:

it complaing of :

Error 1 The name 'myRadPanelbar' does not exist in the current context 

}

Notice in the code i posted, which you were not too close to following, the declaration for "myRadPanelbar" is outside the page load event, this makes that variable global, meaning that anywhere in the code page you can access it, manipulate it, and use it...

Your code you posted is declaring it inside the page_load event, making it a local variable to that code, meaning you can only use it inside that block

i realized after i post, sorry for that: but i have something new come-up

but here is i'm getting something new:

    public TextBox myName
    {
        get
        {
            return (TextBox)myRadPanelbar.FindControl("txtName");
        }
    }

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

i'm getting error on:

myName.Text  (<<<<<<error is: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.)

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