ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed

Chapter 7. Creating Custom Controls with User Controls

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Creating User Controls

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AJAX and User Controls

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Dynamically Loading User Controls

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Summary

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A Web User control enables you to build a new control from existing controls. By taking advantage of User controls, you can easily extend the ASP.NET Framework with your own custom controls.

Imagine, for example, that you need to display the same address form in multiple pages in a web application. The address form consists of several TextBox and Validation controls for entering address information. If you want to avoid declaring all the TextBox and Validation controls ...