cannot modify asp login in page_load or page_init - asp.net

Question

So I have an asp:Login field on my login page.
However, I want to use a path for the create account url and the forgot password url. So I have to do it in Page_Load or maybe Page_Init. Regardless, neither option works, it simply refuses to modify the login form.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string accountpath = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri + "/user/RequestAccount.aspx";
string forgotpath = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri + "/user/ForgotPassword.aspx";
lgnMain.CreateUserUrl = accountpath;
lgnMain.PasswordRecoveryUrl = forgotpath;
lgnMain.InstructionText = "test";
lgnMain.Focus();
}
protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string accountpath = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri + "/user/RequestAccount.aspx";
string forgotpath = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri + "/user/ForgotPassword.aspx";
lgnMain.CreateUserUrl = accountpath;
lgnMain.UserName = "test";
lgnMain.InstructionText = "test";
lgnMain.PasswordRecoveryUrl = forgotpath;
}

Answer 1

The CreateUserUrl and the PasswordRecoveryUrl are ignored if you haven't set the CreateUserText and PasswordRecoveryText properties respectively. Since the Text properties probably don't need to be dynamic, just set them in the ASPX (although you could still set them in the code behind if required), and then the dynamic setting of the URL properties (in the Page_Load event) should work without problem.
Documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.login_members(v=vs.85).aspx
From the Documentation above:
If the CreateUserText property is
empty, the link to the registration
page is unavailable to the user.
If the PasswordRecoveryText property
is empty, the link to the password
recovery page is not available to the
user.

Answer 2

have you tried setting it in the markup?
<asp:Login id="lgnMain" runat="server"
CreateUserText="Register"
CreateUserUrl="~/user/RequestAccount.aspx"
PasswordRecoveryText = "Forgot Password"
PasswordRecoveryUrl = "~/user/ForgotPassword.aspx" >
</asp:Login>