Guys: asp.net c# question

I ma trying to load a usercontrol into a table. My usercontrol contains some literal controls.

I can't set the text of these literal controls to anythign, as in my code-behind of my control, whenever I try to access my controls, they come back as null.

My user control code:

<div style="color: Black; background-color: White;" mce_style="color: Black; background-color: White;">

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="OfferControl.ascx.cs"
  Inherits="EOwner.Site.French.Controls.OfferControl" %>
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="../styles/OfferControl.css" type="text/css" />
<div id="all" style="background-color: #FFFFF0; height:100%;">
  <div id="LeftPanel" style="float: left; width: 65%;">
    <div id="title">
      <asp:Literal ID="litTitle" runat="server" Text="TitleLabel"></asp:Literal>
    </div>
    <div id="Blurb">
      <asp:Literal ID="litBlurb" runat="server" Text="BlurbLabel" ></asp:Literal>
    </div>
    <div id="Button">
      <asp:ImageButton ID="btnViewOffer" runat="server"
        ImageUrl="~/images/ViewOfferButton.jpg" ImageAlign="AbsMiddle" />
    </div>
  </div>
  <div id="RightPanel" style="float: right; width: 35%;">
    <div id="address">
      <asp:Literal ID="litAddress" runat="server" Text="AddressLabel"></asp:Literal>
    </div>
    <div id="map">
      Map
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

</div>

and the .cs

<div style="color: Black; background-color: White;" mce_style="color: Black; background-color: White;">

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using EOwner.Contracts.Entities;

namespace EOwner.Site.French.Controls
{
  public partial class OfferControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
  {
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      
    }

    public Literal lit_Title
    {
      get { return litTitle; }
      set { litTitle = value; }
    }

    public Literal lit_Blurb
    {
      get { return litBlurb; }
      set { litBlurb = value; }
    }

    public Literal lit_Address
    {
      get { return litAddress; }
      set { litAddress = value; }
    }

    public ImageButton btn_ViewOffer
    {
      get { return btnViewOffer; }
      set { btnViewOffer = value; }
    }
  }
}

</div>

And the code that creates the control

 

 

<div style="color: Black; background-color: White;" mce_style="color: Black; background-color: White;">

foreach (OfferEntity o in offers)
      {
        OfferControl oc = new OfferControl();
        oc.LoadControl("~/Controls/OfferControl.ascx");//GridViewRow gr = new GridViewRow(offers.IndexOf(o), offers.IndexOf(o), DataControlRowType.DataRow, DataControlRowState.Normal);
        oc.ID = "oc_" + o.OfferId.ToString();
        oc.Attributes.Add("OfferId", o.OfferId.ToString());
        oc.lit_Title.Text = o.Title; //Request.QueryString["Title"].ToString();
        oc.lit_Blurb.Text = o.Blurb;//Request.QueryString["Blurb"].ToString();
        oc.btn_ViewOffer.Attributes.Add("OfferId", o.OfferId.ToString());
        //address town postcode
        oc.lit_Address.Text = o.Address + Environment.NewLine + o.Town + Environment.NewLine + o.Postcode + Environment.NewLine + o.WebAddress;

        TableRow tr = new TableRow();
        TableCell tc = new TableCell();
        //pass in offer id, list is stored in the session, use the id in the usercontrol to get the data
        
        tc.Controls.Add(oc);
        tr.Cells.Add(tc);
        tOffers.Rows.Add(tr);

        //tbl.Rows.AddAt(gvOrderDetail.Rows.Count + 1, row);
      }

</div>

 

Despite having the get/sets for every control, I can't seem to set the values of the controls, keep getting a nullreferenceexception. Even if I try to set the values of the controls in the usercontrol itself, I still can't access the controls.

Any pointers?

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Andrew Berry - Software analyst/Developer

check this http://www.highonmicrosoft.com/dynamically-loading-and-accessing-the-properties-of-the-user-control.html