UserControls

[Ash]

What is the advantage of using a user control over a .aspx
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[Jim Cheshire [MSFT]]

Ash,

In a word, reusability. In legacy ASP, developers would often use include
pages for shared content. User Controls are the ASP.NET equivalent when
robust functionality is required in shared content.

Jim Cheshire, MCSE, MCSD [MSFT]
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ASP.NET
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What is the advantage of using a user control over a .aspx
page..

[Peter Provost]

Another important reason is that you can cache the output of a user control.

For example, by putting

<%@ OutputCache Duration=60 VaryByParam="none" %>

at the top of your user control, you will cache the user control's rendered
output for 60 seconds.

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"Jim Cheshire [MSFT]" <ja******@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Ash,

In a word, reusability. In legacy ASP, developers would often use include
pages for shared content. User Controls are the ASP.NET equivalent when
robust functionality is required in shared content.

Jim Cheshire, MCSE, MCSD [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online.microsoft.com

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[Jim Cheshire [MSFT]]

Good point, Peter. It's important to note, however, that output caching is
not limited to just User Controls, so it's not really a specific benefit
just to User Controls.

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Another important reason is that you can cache the output of a user control.
For example, by putting

<%@ OutputCache Duration=60 VaryByParam="none" %>

at the top of your user control, you will cache the user control's rendered
output for 60 seconds.

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"Jim Cheshire [MSFT]" <ja******@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Ash,

In a word, reusability. In legacy ASP, developers would often use include

pages for shared content. User Controls are the ASP.NET equivalent when
robust functionality is required in shared content.

Jim Cheshire, MCSE, MCSD [MSFT]
Developer Support
ASP.NET
ja******@online.microsoft.com

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