Using User Controls in a Composite Control?

[i. dzhugashvili]

Is it possible to contain one or more User Controls (.ascx files) in a
Composite Control?

I start with a simple Composite Control sample that displays a plain
CheckBox control that works fine, but when I switch this Checkbox with
my User Control the page is displayed without my control. I verified
that my control is being added the form's Controls collection.

Am I missing something here? Can anyone point me to any resources or
samples (especially in C#)? I searched the newgroups and the web (and
of course MSDN) and I haven't found an examples or any reasons why I
can't do this.

Any advice?
-id

[Thomas Johansen]

Can you please show us the relevant code, I am especially interested in the
section where you add the control to the Control hierarchy (I'm assuming you
do this programatically as you say you are developing a composite control)

--
Regards,
Thomas Johansen (aka. Aylar)

i. dzhugashvili <idzhugashvili@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to contain one or more User Controls (.ascx files) in a
> Composite Control?
>
> I start with a simple Composite Control sample that displays a plain
> CheckBox control that works fine, but when I switch this Checkbox with
> my User Control the page is displayed without my control. I verified
> that my control is being added the form's Controls collection.
>
> Am I missing something here? Can anyone point me to any resources or
> samples (especially in C#)? I searched the newgroups and the web (and
> of course MSDN) and I haven't found an examples or any reasons why I
> can't do this.
>
> Any advice?
> -id

[i. dzhugashvili]

"Thomas Johansen" <aylar@aspalliance.com> wrote in message news:<#gnb0Ff#DHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...

> Can you please show us the relevant code, I am especially interested in the
> section where you add the control to the Control hierarchy (I'm assuming you
> do this programatically as you say you are developing a composite control)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Thomas Johansen (aka. Aylar)
>
> i. dzhugashvili <idzhugashvili@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Is it possible to contain one or more User Controls (.ascx files) in a
> > Composite Control?
> >
> > I start with a simple Composite Control sample that displays a plain
> > CheckBox control that works fine, but when I switch this Checkbox with
> > my User Control the page is displayed without my control. I verified
> > that my control is being added the form's Controls collection.
> >
> > Am I missing something here? Can anyone point me to any resources or
> > samples (especially in C#)? I searched the newgroups and the web (and
> > of course MSDN) and I haven't found an examples or any reasons why I
> > can't do this.
> >
> > Any advice?
> > -id

Hi Thomas,

For my test I'm trying to create an instance of my user control and
add it to the Controls collection in CreateChildControls() (see the
snippet below). Now, if I use a standard webcontrol (like a CheckBox)
in place of MyUserControl below, it works - I see the Checkbox on the
page that uses my composite control.

Here's the snippet of CreateChildControls:
protected override void CreateChildControls() {
MyUserControl uc = new MyUserControl();
Controls.Add(uc);
}

The class this code is in inherits
System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl and implements INamingContainer.

I also tried creating an instance of my user control using
TemplateControl.LoadControl, but I wasn't quite able to get this to
work.


I feel I'm getting close. Additional searching on using User Controls
in Composite Controls shows me that it's possible but I haven't found
a single example. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
-id

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"Thomas Johansen" <aylar@aspalliance.com> wrote in message news:<#gnb0Ff#DHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...



Hi Thomas,

For my test I'm trying to create an instance of my user control and
add it to the Controls collection in CreateChildControls() (see the
snippet below). Now, if I use a standard webcontrol (like a CheckBox)
in place of MyUserControl below, it works - I see the Checkbox on the
page that uses my composite control.

Here's the snippet of CreateChildControls:
protected override void CreateChildControls() {
MyUserControl uc = new MyUserControl();
Controls.Add(uc);
}

The class this code is in inherits
System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl and implements INamingContainer.

I also tried creating an instance of my user control using
TemplateControl.LoadControl, but I wasn't quite able to get this to
work.


I feel I'm getting close. Additional searching on using User Controls
in Composite Controls shows me that it's possible but I haven't found
a single example. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
-id

Hi dzhugashvili

I am stuck with the exact same problem. The ascx control dosent render on the final output. Did u find a way out?