Cannot use ListItems when inheriting from DropDownList

[Nathan Sokalski]

I am creating a control in which I inherit from the DropDownList. The only
method that I override is RenderContents. Here is my basic code:

Public Class StatesDropDownList : Inherits DropDownList

Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)
'I add several items to the Items property here using Me.Items.Add()
MyBase.RenderContents(writer)
End Sub

End Class

However, when I attempt to add ListItems declaratively (by placing
<asp:ListItem/tags between the opening and closing tags for my control),
Visual Studio 2005 tells me "Element 'ListItem' is not a known element." I
am inheriting from DropDownList, and DropDownList works fine even in the
same Page, so shouldn't my control allow <asp:ListItem/tags as well? Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

[PJ on Development]

Hi, Nathan.

You need to specify a ControlBuilder.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...r(VS.85)..aspx

The ControlBuilder object must know how to create the items.

Regards,

Paulo Santos
http://pjondevelopment.50webs.com

On Oct 16, 9:36*pm, "Nathan Sokalski" <[e-mail]:

I am creating a control in which I inherit from the DropDownList. The only
method that I override is RenderContents. Here is my basic code:

Public Class StatesDropDownList : Inherits DropDownList

* Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)
* *'I add several items to the Items property here using Me.Items.Add()
* *MyBase.RenderContents(writer)
* End Sub

End Class

However, when I attempt to add ListItems declaratively (by placing
<asp:ListItem/tags between the opening and closing tags for my control),
Visual Studio 2005 tells me "Element 'ListItem' is not a known element." I
am inheriting from DropDownList, and DropDownList works fine even in the
same Page, so shouldn't my control allow <asp:ListItem/tags as well? Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
[e-mail]://www.nathansokalski.com/