I have registered my custom control in web.config as follows:
<add tagPrefix="PhoenixControls" namespace="PhoenixControls"
assembly="PhoenixControls"/>

I have added a file called phoenixcontrols.cs to App_Code folder and in this
file is this simple code:

namespace PhoenixControls

{

public class EncodeHtml : Control {

protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) {

LiteralControl lc;

lc = (LiteralControl) Controls[0];

writer.Write("This is a test" + lc.Text);

}}}


Including all the 'using' statements

Now I put this in a default.aspx page

<PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>pc-control</PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>

i get an error - EncodeHtml element is not known. the page displays but has
none of the custom control changes.

Help appreciated

Kal

Your Control won't compile. It has errors in it. You have inherited Control,
and referenced "Controls[0]" - but there are no Controls in the Control.

You need to get and use some debugging tools and techniques. There are free
ASP.Net tools available from Microsoft. see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

Printing Components, Email Components,
FTP Client Classes, Enhanced Data Controls, much more.
DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"kal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:wxc9i.1639$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have registered my custom control in web.config as follows:
> <add tagPrefix="PhoenixControls" namespace="PhoenixControls"
> assembly="PhoenixControls"/>
>
> I have added a file called phoenixcontrols.cs to App_Code folder and in
> this file is this simple code:
>
> namespace PhoenixControls
>
> {
>
> public class EncodeHtml : Control {
>
> protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) {
>
> LiteralControl lc;
>
> lc = (LiteralControl) Controls[0];
>
> writer.Write("This is a test" + lc.Text);
>
> }}}
>
>
> Including all the 'using' statements
>
> Now I put this in a default.aspx page
>
> <PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>pc-control</PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>
>
> i get an error - EncodeHtml element is not known. the page displays but
> has none of the custom control changes.
>
> Help appreciated
>
> Kal
>
>

Hi Kal,

<pages>
<controls>
<add assembly="__code" namespace="PhoenixControls"
tagPrefix="PhoenixControls"/>
</controls>
</pages>


hope this helps
--
Milosz


"kal" wrote:

> I have registered my custom control in web.config as follows:
> <add tagPrefix="PhoenixControls" namespace="PhoenixControls"
> assembly="PhoenixControls"/>
>
> I have added a file called phoenixcontrols.cs to App_Code folder and in this
> file is this simple code:
>
> namespace PhoenixControls
>
> {
>
> public class EncodeHtml : Control {
>
> protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) {
>
> LiteralControl lc;
>
> lc = (LiteralControl) Controls[0];
>
> writer.Write("This is a test" + lc.Text);
>
> }}}
>
>
> Including all the 'using' statements
>
> Now I put this in a default.aspx page
>
> <PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>pc-control</PhoenixControls:EncodeHtml>
>
> i get an error - EncodeHtml element is not known. the page displays but has
> none of the custom control changes.
>
> Help appreciated
>
> Kal
>
>
>