Insert child controls into User Controls

[Aquila Deus]

Hi all!

Following is the method I use to insert child controls into user
controls, so that you may use them just like ordinary custom controls:

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public class MyUserControl: UserControl
{
protected PlaceHolder ChildrenHolder = null;
protected PlaceHolder EndMarker = null;

protected override void RenderChildren( HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
if (this.ChildrenH older !=null && this.EndMarker != null)
{
int cIndex = this.ChildrenHo lder.Controls.C ount;
int eIndex = this.Controls.I ndexOf(this.End Marker);
int maxIndex = this.Controls.C ount - 1;

for (int i = maxIndex; i > eIndex; i --)
{
Control c = this.Controls[i];
this.Controls.R emoveAt(i);
this.ChildrenHo lder.Controls.A ddAt(cIndex, c);
}
}

base.RenderChil dren(writer);
}
}

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Then in user controls you use: (TextBlock.ascx )

<%@ Control ...... %>
Begin!
<div class='TextBloc k-Content'>
<%-- Children controls will be inserted here --%>
<asp:PlaceHolde r runat='server' ID='ChildrenHol der'/>
</div>
End!
<%-- Mark the end of this user control --%>
<asp:PlaceHolde r runat='server' ID='EndMarker'/>

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Now in SomePage.aspx:

.....
<my:TextBlock runat='server'>
Hello World!
</my:TextBlock>
.....

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Now the output will be:

Begin! Hello World! End!
Without this, child controls added into user controls will be appended
at the end. And that would output:
Begin! End! Hello World!
Please give me comment!

[Aquila Deus]

Aquila Deus wrote:

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http://developer.berlios.de/docman/d...&group_id=2899