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Last post 01-24-2006 12:08 PM by DWesthead. 1 replies.

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Add child controls to a server control

01-24-2006, 10:14 AM

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isa
Member since 01-04-2006, 2:28 PM
Germany
Posts 22

Hi,

How can I add child controls to a server control on the .aspx page WITHOUT adding a Template? I want something like this:

(I only want to add controls of type "mystuff:MyOtherServerControl" as child control)

<mystuff:MyServerControl ID="..." runat="..." ... >
    <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
    <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
    <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
    <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
</mystuff:MyServerControl>

Are there any solutions/ideas how to do this?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

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I know this would work, but I need a solution without a template:

<mystuff:MyServerControl ID="..." runat="..." ... >
    <SomeTemplate>
        <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
      <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
        <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
        <mystuff:MyOtherServerControl ID="..." runat="..." SomeProperties="..." />
    </SomeTemplate>
</mystuff:MyServerControl>

Re: Add child controls to a server control

01-24-2006, 12:08 PM

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DWesthead
Member since 12-20-2005, 11:08 AM
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Posts 168

I built up a bespoke login control recently and needed this:

protected override void CreateChildControls()

{

Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("Username: "));

this.txtUsername = new TextBox();

Controls.Add(txtUsername);

txtUsername.Text = "";

txtUsername.ToolTip = "Enter a Username";

txtUsername.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off");

Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("</br>"));

Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("Password: "));

this.txtPassword = new TextBox();

Controls.Add(txtPassword);

txtPassword.Text = "";

txtPassword.TextMode = TextBoxMode.Password;

txtPassword.ToolTip = "Enter a Password";

txtPassword.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off");

Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("</br>"));

Button btnLogin = new Button();

Controls.Add(btnLogin);

btnLogin.Text = "Login";

btnLogin.ToolTip = "Click to process login credentials";

btnLogin.Click += new EventHandler(btnLogin_Click);

Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("</br>"));

this.lblErrMsg = new Label();

lblErrMsg.Text = "";

lblErrMsg.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

Controls.Add(this.lblErrMsg);

}

As for adding another Custom control as a child - asl long as the reference is there in the control you want as the parent, I cant see why it would not be available like the normal server controls (tho i must admit this is something I havent had time to find out for definite)

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