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Hutch
Hutch

Reputation: 1007

Create an ASP.NET user control allowing customizable inner content

I would like to know how to create an ASP.NET user control that allows for inner content (and how to render the inner content.

As a very simple example, let's say we're creating a control to create a div, so the control would be used as follows:

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="custom" TagName="MyDiv" 
    Src="~\Controls\MyDiv.ascx" %>
<html>
<head />
<body>
    <custom:MyDiv id="Div1" runat="server">
    ... customizable content here ...
    </custom:MyDiv>
</body>
<html>

The control should be agnostic to its inner content - i.e. any asp.net content can be added and will be rendered as per usual, and then surrounded with <div> and </div> tags.

(Note: I'm obviously not trying to make a control to simulate div tags, it's just a simple example.)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 249

Answers (1)

Garrison Neely
Garrison Neely

Reputation: 3289

It's an interesting question. Before I suggest an answer, I think you should look into Master Pages: http://www.asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/master-pages

If that doesn't provide your solution, and you want to stick with the User Control route, it won't work the way you want to do it.

Upvotes: 1

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