I am trying to close a webpart in a WebPartZone. There is a WebPartManager
and CatalogZone on the page.
The WebPartZone  looks like this

<ZoneTemplate>
                            <uc1:DDEstimate ID="DDEstimate1"
title="Estimate" runat="server" />
                            <uc2:DDStationVendor ID="DDStationVendor1"
title="Vendor Summary" runat="server" />
                            <uc3:DDEstimateLog ID="DDEstimateLog1"
title="Estimate Status Log" runat="server" />
                            <uc5:DDEmailToDownloadAlert
ID="DDEmailToDownloadAlert1" title="Traffic Manager Alerts" runat="server" />


                         </ZoneTemplate>


I am trying to use the code:
WebPartManager1.CloseWebPart(DDEmailToDownloadAlert1)
to close the webpart and getting the error:
Error    10    Value of type 'ASP.ddemailtodownloadalert_ascx' cannot be converted
to 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart'.

Thank you

Hi Jerry,

When using User Control or Server Control as WebPart, they will be wrapped
with GenericWebPart, which can be referenced by the control's Parent
property:

WebPartManager1.CloseWebPart(CType(DDEmailToDownloadAlert1.Parent,
GenericWebPart))

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Regards,
Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi Jerry,

I am interested in this issue. Would you mind letting me know the result of
the suggestions? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know.
I will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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