User control with sub controls

[PEK]

I know how to create and use user controls, by I find them sometimes to
limited. I sometimes want to creating something like this:

<test:mycontrol runat="server">
<p>Some text</p>
</test:mycontrol>

I also want to do something like this:

<test:mymenu runat="server">
<test:mymenuitem>Item 1</test:mymenuitem>
<test:mymenuitem>Item 2</test:mymenuitem>
<test:mymenuitem>Item 3</test:mymenuitem>
<test:mymenuitem>Item 4</test:mymenuitem>
</test:mymeny>

But when I tries do that in a control a gets an error message like
"Literal content ('xyz') is not allowed within a
'ASP.thecontrol_ascx'". Is it possible to solve this problem?

PEK

 

[Brock Allen]

The best resource I've found for helping build custom controls like this
is "ASP.NET Server Controls and Components". It goes into good detail showing
how to design & build controls (and how to apply the custom attributes) to
get what you want.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

I concur with this selection wholeheartedly.
Nikhil Kothari and Vandana Datye did a bangup job!

I have it on my "most-used bookshelf.

Here's the link to its MSPress page :

http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/5728.asp

$37.79 at Amazon and $38.99 at Quantumbooks.




Juan T. Llibre
ASP.NET MVP
http://asp.net.do/foros/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español
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[PEK]

Thanks, I didn't know it was server controls I was searching for .
And the book seems to be interesting too.

PEK