ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using the ParseChildren Attribute

When building a control that contains a collection of child controls, you need to be aware of a ParseChildren attribute, which determines how the content contained in a control is parsed.

When the ParseChildren attribute has the value True, content contained in the control is parsed as properties of the containing control. If the control contains child controls, the child controls are parsed as properties of the containing control. (The attribute should have been named the ParseChildrenAsProperties attribute.)

When the ParseChildren attribute has the value False, no attempt is made to parse a control’s child controls as properties. The content contained in the control is left alone.

The default value of the ...