How do I raise an event in a usercontrol and catch it in mainpage?
Check out Event Bubbling — http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa719644%28vs.71%29.aspx Example: User Control public event EventHandler StatusUpdated; private void FunctionThatRaisesEvent() { //Null check makes sure the main page is attached to the event if (this.StatusUpdated != null) this.StatusUpdated(this, new EventArgs()); } Main Page/Form public void MyApp() { //USERCONTROL = your control with the StatusUpdated event this.USERCONTROL.StatusUpdated += new EventHandler(MyEventHandlerFunction_StatusUpdated); … Read more