Passing data into a custom control

[Steve]

I made a custom web control (ascx) that contains a bound gridview in a
scrolling panel with a datasource control. This control will be used by
several pages in my site. Each time it is used a different SQL query
(filter) is required. Now the sqldatasource.selectcommand has the filter
hardcoded into the ascx file. I know this is bad. How can I change the
sqldatasource's selectcommand property dynamically from the pages that will
contain my custom control?

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

The best way is to make a public property or method in the control which
sets the value in the subcontrol. The page can then call the public
property or method.

Here's more detail:
http://SteveOrr.net/faq/PassDataToUserControl.aspx