Question

How can I dynamically load a usercontrol in ASP.NET if I dont have access to a Page object (say I’m in a utility class)?

Normally you would do :

Page.LoadControl('~/controls/MyControl.ascx'); 

Answer 1

You could add a control from your utility class to the current page, using the following code:

Page currentPage = HttpContext.Current.Handler as Page; if (currentPage != null) {     currentPage.Controls.Add(         currentPage.LoadControl('~/controls/MyControl.ascx')); } 

It works, but I would not recommend this and consider it a hack.