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Use PreviousPage FindControl to get a control in Previous Page (VB net)
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<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Button Search</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label
id="lblSearch"
Text="Search:"
Runat="server" />
<asp:TextBox
id="txtSearch"
Runat="server" />
<asp:Button
id="btnSearch"
Text="Go!"
PostBackUrl="NextPage.aspx"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: NextPage.aspx
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub Page_Load()
If Not IsNothing(PreviousPage) Then
Dim txtSearch As TextBox = CType(PreviousPage.FindControl("txtSearch"), TextBox)
lblSearch.Text = String.Format("Search For: {0}", txtSearch.Text)
End If
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Button Search Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label
id="lblSearch"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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