server control with collection

[mr dropdown]

Hello,

I wrote a simple server control from a sample I found on the web in the
following URL: [url]http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/200.aspx[/url]

The control has the following structure:
<myCtl:main>
<Columns>
<ColumnItem id="a"></ColumnItem>
<ColumnItem id="b"></ColumnItem>
</Columns>
</myCtl:main>

The problem is that in the collection method used here requires that the tag
of the collection control (ColumnItem) will also include the tag prefix of
the main control so that structure must look like this:
<myCtl:main>
<Columns>
<myCtl:ColumnItem id="a"></myCtl:ColumnItem>
<myCtl:ColumnItem id="b"></myCtl:ColumnItem>
</Columns>
</myCtl:main>

Is there any way to bypass this annoying thing?

Thanks!

[Mike MacMillan]

mr. dropdown,
you don't need the custom namespace notation in the html if you are
using your own controlBuilders(ie, parsing custom html tags). see my
post to your previous message here:

[url]http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.buildingc ontrols/browse_thread/thread/b849e716c697def2/5d299093bc9ba228#5d299093bc9ba228[/url]

let me know if you're having issues getting things to work.

Mike MacMillan


mr dropdown wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I wrote a simple server control from a sample I found on the web in the
> following URL: [url]http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/200.aspx[/url]
>
> The control has the following structure:
> <myCtl:main>
> <Columns>
> <ColumnItem id="a"></ColumnItem>
> <ColumnItem id="b"></ColumnItem>
> </Columns>
> </myCtl:main>
>
> The problem is that in the collection method used here requires that the tag
> of the collection control (ColumnItem) will also include the tag prefix of
> the main control so that structure must look like this:
> <myCtl:main>
> <Columns>
> <myCtl:ColumnItem id="a"></myCtl:ColumnItem>
> <myCtl:ColumnItem id="b"></myCtl:ColumnItem>
> </Columns>
> </myCtl:main>
>
> Is there any way to bypass this annoying thing?
>
> Thanks!