data list + dynamic templates

Language = c#

I am using a datalist web control.
My problem is that i need to dynamically load the selected item template, depending on what’s in a database.

I have done this by creating a ascx template file once the user has selected their criteria, using a streamwriter.

The problem seems to be that any template controls and some of their features that were not loaded at compile time cannot be referenced.

eg
if i want to use the findcontrol method it will not find any of the controls whice were loaded dynamically during run time, but it will find the controls loaded at compile time, making it impossible to access data that a user may have entered into these fields.

also the features for calling the onupdatehandler of the datalist do not work at all, if the button you are using to call the commandtype="update" is dynamically loaded at run time.

if exactly the same template is supplied during design time then everything works ok, but as soon as you dynamically load the template, i start getting the problems.

Has any one experienced anything similar, or figured out a better way to solve this problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Gareth Burgess.