Apply skin to a control created programmatically

Question

I am creating a Textbox in the codebehind of a page like this:

protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{  
      base.OnInit(e);
      TextBox test = new TextBox();
      test.SkinkId = "MySkin";
      placeHolder.Controls.Add(test);
} 

and in my skin file I have this:

<asp:TextBox
    runat="server"
    SkinId = "MySkin"
    Width="400"
/>

Why is the skin not being applied to the control. If I declare the control in my aspx page it works ok, but if I try to do it programmatically it does not work.

Answer 1

I know this is an old thread. But i want to share what i had to do to in a similar situation. What helped me is to use ApplyStyleSheetSkin(this) after i created the control.

protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{  
    base.OnInit(e);

    TextBox test = new TextBox();
    test.SkinkId = "MySkin";
    test.ApplyStyleSheetSkin(this); // <--
    placeHolder.Controls.Add(test);
}

Answer 2

Does it help if you place your code in the OnPreInit event? You might need to add it to the placeholder later, but you could create the control there.