User Controls driving me to madness

hi there


i am trying to get some user controls to work but am having a nightmare



<div class="modal_form">
<uc1:CallBackForm runat="server" FormType="callback">
<FormText>fckeditor putting stuff in here</FormText>
<ConfirmationText>fckeditor putting stuff in here</ConfirmationText>
</wh:CallBackForm>
</div>

i am having some problems getting vars to render in the ascx..

<%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="CallBackForm.ascx.cs" Inherits="....
<h1>Request a <%# RequestType %></h1>
....
the codebehind is thus
       private string _requestType = "";
        public ...