Can't get property from user control

[wsyeager]

I have a public property inside my usercontrol which I set inside the Repeater.ItemDataBound event as follows:

<code>

If blnFirstTime Then

Dim lblstrDate As Label = DirectCast(e.Item.FindControl("lblPressReleaseDate"), Label)

blnFirstTime = False

strDate = lblstrDate.Text

End If

</code>

 

After the user control finishes databinding, I want to take the value of this property and display it on the aspx page that is hosting the usercontrol.

 

I have the following set up:

<code>

Protected PressRoomArticles As New Platform_CampusInfo_PressRoom_UserControls_PressRoomArticles

</code>

 

I have the following code set up to retrieve the value, but I don't know what event of the page to place it in.

<code>

lblPressDate.Text = PressRoomArticles.sPressReleaseDate 'this is my public property inside the user control

</code>

 

What event can I use to display the value of this variable?

 

fyi, this value is coming up as a label text value inside the user control when displayed. Since it's a repeater, I set the visibility to disabled, since I only want it displayed once on the aspx page that hosts this user control.

[wsyeager]

Can't get a property from a user control

 

The Repeater control is inside the UserControl. My aspx page hosts the UserControl.

 

I tried setting a break point in the PageLoad event of the aspx page (which is where I wanted to get my property value), but the PageLoad event of the aspx page was never hit... I don't get it. I thought that the UserControl gets rendered first, then the aspx page which hosts it.

 

All I want to do is to access a property inside the UserControl from my aspx page....