Asp.Net User Control Event Wireup from aspx file

Question

I've got a user control that has an event that I can subscribe to. This works (ignore syntax):

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   ucControl.Event += new Event(ucControl_Event);
}

but if I removed this line and put the event wire up in my aspx page, it doesn't work. Ex:

<uc1:ucControl id="uc_Control1" runat="server" Event="ucControl_Event" />

I get compilation error when I try it without the ucControl.Event += method.

The error is that the page does not contain a definition for "ucControl_Event" when its obvious that it does.

How do I match my code behind event with the aspx file?

Answer 1

What's the visibility of your event handler? If it's private then approach 1 works, approach 2 doesn't. If it's protected or public, both work.