Ninject causes FindControl to return null in Page_Load in ASP.NET weform

[bizzehdee]

We have a large ASP.NET web forms project which we recently added ninject too, after adding ninject to the project references and started to use it within the project, we noticed a lot of unrelated pages began to throw null reference exceptions on Page_Load and narrowed it down to FindControl being called, although the controls where in the markup with the correct ID and runat="server" set.

We have then removed ninject, and the problem goes away.

Does ninject alter the way in which events are fired or the way in which Page_Load is ran? Or does ninject overload FindControl?

[jbdutton]

I have also noticed this issue, specifically with the Ninject.Web extension. I can successfully inject services into a Web Forms page but other, previously working and unchanged pages begin receiving null references from FindControl. Removing Ninject.Web fixes the problem.

@bizzehdee I don't have a solution for you but if I come across one I'll share.

[jbdutton]

@bizzehdee, yours may turn out to be a different issue, but I've also opened a ticket with Ninject.Web:
ninject/Ninject.Web#12

[remogloor]

Replaced by ninject/Ninject.Web#13