>>Hi
>>
>>I've got some combo boxes in a user control and I want to access the contents in the code behind the page on which I have placed that control
>>
>>I get this message
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>>Error 1 'validation.ExportDateRangeSelectorfalse.Protected WithEvents radModels As Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBox' is not accessible in this context because it is 'Protected'. D:\development\PsdGraphs\exportdata.aspx.vb 42 49
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>>how can I get access to the contents of the control
>
>You can probably sneak up on it using reflection. Something like:

var theProperty = (from p in  ObjectContainingradModels.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.NonPublic|BindingFlags.Instance)
>                                   .Where(x=>x.Name=="radModels") select p).FirstOrDefault();
>       var theComboBox =  theProperty.GetValue(ObjectContainingradModels,null);

(C# I'm afraid)
>UPDATE: Dunno why I was thinking Linq was useful. Simpler:

var theProperty = ObjectContainingradModels.GetType()
>.GetProperty("radModels", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);

I must be missing something here.

If user control are useful why are they so hard to access from within the page.