Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'void' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List'

Question

I am trying to set a property of my .ascx controls from an .aspx using that control.

So in one of my .aspx which has this control in it, I have the

Answer 1

new List().Add(item);

This line returns void.

Try:

var list = new List();
list.Add(item);
ItemListt.ItemList = list;