>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I assume you are referring to using the control in a form ? If so you will need to expose the TextBox as a public property of the UserControl:

 public TextBox MyTextBox
>>>        {
>>>            get { return txtMyEntry; }
>>>            set { txtMyEntry = value; }
>>>        }

Then, in the form you can reference it as MyUserControlName.MyTextBox.Text etc. But you might consider only exposing those properties of the TextBox that you want to be accessible in this way - the above may be too flexible
>>>HTH
>>>Viv (temporarily in disguise since my logon's not working :-}
>>

I tried to add your code (changing to my names) but I am getting compile error on the line set { txtMyEntry = value; }

Let me clarify something. I replaced the names "txtMyEntry" in your code above with my textbox name ("this.txtMyTextBox"). The error says that "Cannot implicitly convert type "System.Windows.Forms.TextBox to MyNameSpace.My_TextBox_class. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)"

What am I missing?