UpdatePanel and Outside Controls

if I have controls outside an updatepanel, i then fire an event inside the panel, is it possible to access those external controls from within an event fired from an updatepanel?

thanks.

Hi,

could you provide more details? Are you using a trigger to perform a partial postback? You want to access the external controls on server-side?

I have a dropdownlist placed outside an updatepanel, i have other buttons in an updatepanel, i want when i click on a button inside an update panel to be able to access the value selected in the dropdownlist, having all this done on the server side.

thanks