Is it possible to load a UserControl into an anonymous object, instead of just instantiating it?

Question

Currently I'm generating UserControls as follows in an abstract base class so they are available for any other pages that implement the base class:

// doc is an XML file that may or may not contain a TopStrapline node
var pageControls = new {

           TopStrapline = (from strap in doc.Elements("TopStrapline")
                           select new TopStrapline
                                      {
                                          StraplineText =
                                              (string)strap.Attribute("text")
                                      }).FirstOrDefault(),

           // loads of other UserControls generated from other nodes
};

// if there's a StrapLine node, I want to make it available as a property 
// in this base class. Any page that needs a TopStrapline can just add the base 
// class's TopStrapline to a placeholder on the page.
if (pageControls.TopStrapline != null)
{
    this.TopStrapline = GetTopStrapline(pageControls.TopStrapline);
}

private TopStrapline GetTopStrapline(TopStrapline strapline)
{
    TopStrapline topStrapline = (TopStrapline)LoadControl("~/Path/TopStrapline.ascx");

    topStrapline.StraplineText = strapline.StraplineText;

    return topStrapline;
}

What's bugging me about this code is that I can create an instance of TopStrapline with the LinqToXML but it's no good as a user control because I need to load the UserControl with LoadControl. This works but it seems a bit clunky. Ideally I could execute LoadControl directly into the pageControls anonymous object, and then assign that loaded control into the page's property.

Is this possible? Can anyone suggest a better solution to this issue? Thanks

Answer 1

Would this work for you?

this.TopStrapline = doc.Elements("TopStrapline")
  .Select(e => {
      var control = (TopStrapline)LoadControl("~/Path/TropStrapLine.ascx");
      control.StraplineText = e.Attribute("text");

      return control;
  }).FirstOrDefault();