User Control access from code behind problem

I have a user control called adminMenu and I use it in my index.aspx and all is fine, but I need to access a MenuItem in adminMenu and need to change NavigateUrl on the MenuItem. Tried this code with no luck:

MenuItem MaintenanceReports = this.adminMenu.FindItem("MaintenanceReports");

No开发者_运维百科t sure if I should be accessing adminMenu properties from controls code behind, but when I try from controls code behind was not able to access it either, any ideas would be appreciated.

Create a property in the adminMenu user control that return the Menu such as the code below

public Button MyButton
{
    get { return this.btnTest; }
}

From the page you can write

this.adminMenu.MyButton.Text = "test";

Problem was MenuItem I was searching for was actually a Sub-MenuItem an I needed to include path.

MenuItem MaintenanceReports = this.adminMenu.FindItem("Reports/MaintenanceReports");