Wiring Events of ASCX Controls after ParseControl

After you loaded your control definition from the ascx and retrieved the embedded controls using FindControl(), you notice that the child controls’ events do not fire anymore.

While the Page_Load and other Page_ events fire correctly for the control that loaded the ascx, the events for the controls inside the ascx are ignored: You need to wire them explicitly in code.

If, for example, your ascx contains a button declaration

<asp:Button ID="btnCalc" runat="server" OnClick="btnCalc_Click"  />

you need to retrieve the control and wire the event like this

btnCalc = (Button)this.FindControl("btnCalc");
btnCalc.Click += btnCalc_Click;

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