Reload or Update Palette

[SRSDS]

I don't want the palette to appear to shutdown but I have no idea on how to access the controls outside of the class.

How do I go about either running code to reload palette containers or pushing data into controls in the container.

Probably more of a basic .net question rather than AutoCAD specific but hope someone can help me.

I'm not sure what the Sub Initialize..is used for in the Palette class to be honest. 

Code I have is 

Public Sub Initialize() Implements Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.IExtensionApplication.Initialize
    'Load Palette
    Loading = True
    pal = New Palette()
    pal.LoadPalette()
    Loading = False

End Sub

Public Class Palette
    Implements Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.IExtensionApplication
    'ensure single instance of this app...
    Friend Shared ps As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSet = Nothing

    Private ViewContainer As ViewCntr = Nothing
    Private RangeContainer As RangeCntr = Nothing
    Private LabelContainer As LabelCntr = Nothing

    Public Sub LoadPalette()
        If ps Is Nothing Then
            ps = New Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSet("RC Detailer")
            'Add containers
            ViewContainer = New ViewCntr()
            ps.Add("View", ViewContainer)

        End If
        'turn it on
        ps.Visible = True

    End Sub

    Public Sub Initialize() Implements IExtensionApplication.Initialize
        'add anything that needs to be instantiated on startup

    End Sub
    Public Sub Terminate() Implements IExtensionApplication.Terminate
        'handle closing down a link to a database/etc.
    End Sub
End Class

[SRSDS]

I think I worked it out. I needed to make the containers Public instead of Private to be able to call the subroutines within the container.

pal.ViewContainer.LoadViewData()

[arcticad]

You should set the sub to friend shared. This will keep it public within the scope of the project.

And allow you access it from another class.

Public allows you to reference the file from another external .dll.

The objects that you are adding into the palette can be stored.

For example I am using a user control to add to a palette.

    Friend Shared ps As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.PaletteSet = Nothing
    Friend Shared psControls As New List(Of Control)

so when i add the control

psControls.Add(New ucPartList())

I can iterate the psControls and look at the objects in it.