User Controls

A user control allows you to package frequently used user interface and the processing logic in such a way that it can be used as a pluggable component. This helps you attain the following two objectives:

  • This increases reusability of your code. The next time you need to add a similar functionality in your ASP.NET pages, just plug in this user control instead of rewrite similar code.

  • User controls help in encapsulating part of page user interface and logic, which in turn makes your pages easier to understand and maintain.

After you have created a user control, you can use it on your Web Forms just like any built-in server control. User controls can also expose a set of properties that you can customize to alter the behavior of the ...

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