How so I load my UserControl declaritivly

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ASP.NET

user-controls

C#5.0

Hi,

I have a user control that returns search results and adds them to an asp table. The results include dates. I have another user control that displays dates in a nice "calendar date" style.

The results control works fine without the date controls.

I instantiate the date control like this:

CalenderDate date = new CalenderDate();
date.InitializeAsUserControl(Page);
cell = new TableCell();
date.Date = Result.Date1;
cell.Controls.Add(date);
row.Cells.Add(cell);

date = new CalenderDate();
date.InitializeAsUserControl(Page);
cell = new TableCell();
date.Date = result.Date2;
cell.Controls.Add(date);
row.Cells.Add(cell);

The date property looks like this:

public partial class CalenderDate : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
    public DateTime _date;

    public DateTime Date
    {
        get
        {
            return _date;
        }
        set
        {
            _date = value;
            litMonth.Text = _date.ToString("MMM");
            litDayOfWeek.Text = _date.ToString("dddd");
            litDayOfMonth.Text = _date.ToString("dd");
            litTime.Text = _date.ToString("HH:mm");
        }
    }
}

My error is that litMonth is null. I though that date.InitializeAsUserControl(Page); would solve this?

So where am I going wrong?

Thanks ^_^
Andy