Not able to set text property of asp:label

Question

Ok, I thought I knew how to do this.... even though it has been one year since I last programmet .Net.

Update: I've moved my code from the MasterPage to an aspx Template. And still nothing is displayed.

In my aspx templatefile I have the following code:

<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="mainAndRightRegion" runat="server">
       My label: <asp:Label ID="txtString" CssClass="myTestLabel" runat="server" />
</asp:Content>

In my code behind, I have the following code:

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
  this.txtString.Text = "TEST";
}

What am I mssing here?

Answer 1

Its possible that postback / viewstate handling in the child-page is blowing out the values you have set in the master page.

Try moving the second block of code, where you are setting testLabel.Text = "Test" to the prerender event handler.