c# - How can I reference a repeater inside a usercontrol inside a webpart -

noobie, question, dont remember !

i created visual webpart, creates user control, added repeater in htnml view, , need bind data, cant seem find repeater control in codebehind.

<table id="engagementletterreport" class="display" border="0">      <thead>          <tr>              <th>jobcode</th>              <th>jobname</th>           </tr>      </thead>      <tbody>          <asp:repeater runat="server" id="repeater">              <itemtemplate>                  <tr>                      <td>                          <%# databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "jobcode") %>                      </td>                      <td>                          <%# databinder.eval(container.dataitem, "jobname") %>                      </td>                  </tr>              </itemtemplate>          </asp:repeater>      </tbody>  </table> 

and webpart

public class engagementletterwebpart : webpart     {         // visual studio might automatically update path when change visual web part project item.         private const string _ascxpath = @"~/_controltemplates/15/xx.sp.xx.webparts.webparts/engagementletterwebpart/engagementletterwebpartusercontrol.ascx";          protected override void createchildcontrols()         {             control control = page.loadcontrol(_ascxpath);             controls.add(control);         }          protected override void onload(eventargs e)         {             binddata();         }          private void binddata()         {             //here, how??             repeater.datasource = jobcontext.getengagementletterreport(spcontext.current.site, true, 500, 1);             repeater.databind();         }     } 

you can bind repeater using following steps

1.declare public variable

control innercontrol; 

2.change createchildcontrols function below

protected override void createchildcontrols() {         innercontrol = page.loadcontrol(_ascxpath);         controls.add(innercontrol); } 

3.change binddata function below

private void binddata() {     if (innercontrol != null)     {         //here, how??         repeater repeater = innercontrol.findcontrol("repeater") repeater;         if (repeater != null)         {             repeater.datasource = jobcontext.getengagementletterreport(spcontext.current.site, true, 500, 1);             repeater.databind();         }     } }