hi

i have an ascx file that do something just in run time so there is nothing to display at design time

is there any way to render something in design time just to know that i have this control in the page (for example render just "I am ascx") but sure i dont want this message to render in user browser

thank you

Hi,

If you do everything at code behind probably custom control is a better choice and it's design time behavior can be controlled by writing a custom designer. If you persist to use UserControl, in which case we cannot customize its designer, you can add a Label in ascx:

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="I am ascx"></asp:Label>

And set its Visible to false in code behind.

In case you want to go for the custom control solution I advice to take a look at these documentations:

Control designers and Developing custom controls.

Grz, Kris.