Might seem like a daft title as you shouldn't add dynamic controls after Page_Init if you want to maintain ViewState, but I couldn't think of a better way of explaining the problem.

I have a class similar to the following:

public class WebCustomForm : WebControl, IScriptControl
{
    internal CustomRender Content
    {
        get
        {
            object content = this.Page.Session[this.SESSION_CONTENT_TRACKER];
            return content as CustomRender;
        }
        private set
        {
            this.Page.Session[this.SESSION_CONTENT_TRACKER] = value;
        }
    }
}

CustomRender is an abstract class that implements ITemplate that I use to self-contain a CustomForms module I'm in the middle of writing.

On the Page_Init of the page that holds the WebCustomForm, I Initialise the control by passing the relevant Ids to it. Then on the overridden OnInit method of the WebCustomForm I call the Instantiate the CustomRender control that's currently active:

if (this.Content != null)
{
     this.Content.InstantiateIn(this);
}

The problem is that my CustomRender controls need the ability to change the CustomRender control of the WebCustomForm. But when the events that fire on the CustomRender fire, the Page_Init event has obviously already gone off. So, my question is, how can I change the content of the WebCustomForm from a dynamically added control within it?

The way I see it, I have two options:

1. I separate the CustomRender controls out into their own stand alone control and basically have an aspx page per control and handle the events myself on the page (although I was hoping to just make a control I drop on the page and forget about)

2. I don't use events and just keep requesting the current page, but with different Request Parameters Or

3. I go back to the drawing board with any better suggetions anyone can give me.