The major class, SPControl, provides methods for getting or setting the context of requests and serves as the base class from which other controls in this namespace derive.

All classes in this namespace require that a page directive like the following be included in the ASPX page containing the control:

<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" 
   Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
   PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

You can obtain the PublicKeyToken value for the current Windows SharePoint Services deployment from the default.aspx file in the Local_Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates\STS folder, or from information provided for the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly at Local_Drive:\%WINDOWS%\assembly in Windows Explorer.

 Classes

	Class	Description
	ActionsMenu	Represents an Actions menu button on a toolbar.
	AddGroupEventArgs
	AddLinkEventArgs	Event argument to allow consumers of FeatureLinkSections and FeatureLinks to listen as links are added and make any desired modifications.
	AddMenuItemEventArgs
	AdministrationDataSourceView
	AggregateDataSource
	AggregateDataSourceView
	AlertMeButton	Represents the AlertMe button.
	AllContentsViewSelectorMenu	Represents the all site content view selector menu control.
	AllDayEventField	Renders the All Day Event field on various forms.
	AlphaImage
	AppendOnlyHistory	Represents the version history of a list item.
	ApplicationPageLink	Renders the URL to application pages, such as weUrl/_layouts/settings.aspx.
	ApprovalButton	Represents the Approval button.
	ApprovalMessage	Conditionally renders a message that indicates that the list's content-approval property has been set to true.
	ApprovalStatus	Renders information whether or not the list item has been approved.
	AspMenu	Represents an AspMenu control.
	AspMenuDesigner	Provides design-time support in a visual designer for the AspMenu control.
	AssignToEmailMessage
	AttachmentButton	Represents the Attachment button.
	AttachmentsField	Renders a field to which a file is attached on a form page (not a list view page).
	AttachmentUpload
	AttendeeEmailResponse
	AttendeeField
	BackLinksIterator
	BaseChoiceField	Provides core functionality for controls that render fields (on form pages, but not on list view pages) whose value is usually selected by users from a set of options, such as a drop-down list, a set of option buttons, or a set of check boxes.
	BaseFieldControl	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) by using one or more child controls such as a label, link, or text box control.
	BaseNumberField	Provides core functionality for classes that render a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a number.
	BaseTextField	Provides core functionality for controls that render a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a text box, including controls whose text value is a numeral with no letters.
	BaseXmlDataSource
	BooleanField	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a single check box.
	BpScript	Inserts the server control that is used to open the Rich Text Editor in a Basic Page.
	ButtonSection	Represents the ButtonSection control.
	CalculatedField	Renders a calculated field on a form page (not a list view page).
	CallbackMenuGenerationEventArgs
	ChangeContentType
	ChangePasswordButton	Represents the Change Password button.
	CheckBoxChoiceField	Represents the field control for the Checkbox (multi-choice) field.
	CheckInCheckOutButton	Represents the Check In/Check Out button.
	ClaimReleaseTaskButton	Represents the Claim Release Task button.
	CompositeField
	ComputedField	Displays form behavior that is inherited from BaseFieldControl.
	ConditionalEnable
	ContentDatabaseSection
	ContextSelector
	CopySourceInfo
	CopySourceUrlInfo
	CreatedModifiedInfo
	CreationType	Renders a link to an e-mail information page for a list item that is created by e-mail.
	CrossProjectLinkField
	CssLink	Inserts a LINK element into the resulting HTML page and applies an external style sheet(s) defined by CssRegistration.
	CssRegistration	CssRegistration registers a cascading style sheet (CSS) file. CssLink reads this registration to insert a LINK element into the resulting HTML page and apply the external style sheet(s) defined by
	CurrencyField	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a currency value.
	CustomJSUrl	Establishes a reference to a custom JavaScript file containing script to run on the page.
	DailyCalendarView
	DailyTimeSlotRow
	DataSourceCollection
	DataTableDataSourceView
	DateTimeControl	Represents a DateTime control.
	DateTimeField	Represents a field control that contains date and time values.
	DelegateControl	A generic control that is able to render an ASP.NET control. Delegate controls make their child candidate controls pluggable and replaceable.
	DeleteItemButton	Represents the Delete Item button.
	DeleteItemVersionButton	Represents the Delete Item Version button.
	DesignModeConsoleContainer
	DialogMaster
	DiffSelectorIterator
	DistributionListsApprovalButton	Represents the Distribution Lists Approval button.
	DocumentConversionsLoadBalancerPicker
	DocumentLibraryFields
	DocumentTransformersInfo
	DropDownChoiceField
	DVCheckBoxList
	DVDropDownList
	DVListBox
	DVRadioButtonList
	EditDocumentLink
	EditItemButton	Represents the Edit Item button.
	EditSeriesButton	Represents the EditSeries button.
	EmailCalendarMessage
	EncodedLiteral
	EnterFolderButton	Represents the EnterFolder button.
	EntityEditor
	EntityEditorWithPicker
	ExitDesignModeControl
	ExpandableDropDownList	Represents the ExpandableDropDownList.
	ExportWebPartButton	Represents the ExportWebPart button.
	FeatureLinks
	FeatureLinkSections
	FeatureMenuTemplate
	FieldDescription
	FieldLabel	Conditionally renders the name of a field as a label by using a RenderingTemplate control.
	FieldMetadata	Provides core rendering metadata applicable to all fields in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
	FieldProperty	Represents a property of a field; that is, a column, on a list.
	FieldValue	Represents a field value. For more information about creating custom field value classes, see Custom Field Value Classes.
	FileField	Renders a field that links to a file on a form page (not a list view page) in a document library.
	FileUploadedMessage
	FolderFormFields
	FormattedString	Renders a string formatted with .Net Composite Formatting.
	FormattedStringWithListType
	FormButton	Represents the Form button.
	FormComponent	FormComponent is a top-level control that supports all basic methods and properties for all form-rendering and field-rendering controls, such as ControlMode, templates, and logic for conditional rendering.
	FormDigest	Inserts a security validation within the form of an .aspx page.
	FormField	A generic field control that instantiates a basic field control that is based on the field type..
	FormToolBar	Represents the FormToolBar.
	Gantt	This class and its members are not intended to be used directly from your code.
	GenericInformationBar	Represents the GenericInformationBar.
	GlobalGalleryActionsMenu
	GoBackButton	Represents the GoBack button.
	GoToCopySourceLink
	GroupedDropDownList
	GroupedItemPicker
	GroupPermissions
	HierarchicalDesigner
	HtcMenu	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuClientFiles	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuItem	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuItemCollection	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuOption	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuSeparator	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcMenuUtility	This type supports Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	HtcSubMenu	This type or member supports Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	InformationBar
	InitContentType
	InputFormCheckBox
	InputFormCheckBoxList	Represents a InputFormCheckBoxList.
	InputFormCheckBoxListValidator	Represents a InputFormCheckBoxListValidator.
	InputFormCompareValidator	Represents a InputFormCompareValidator.
	InputFormControl	Represents an InputForm control.
	InputFormCustomValidator	Represents the InputFormCustomValidator.
	InputFormRadioButton	Represents the InputForm radio button.
	InputFormRangeValidator	Represents the InputFormRangeValidator.
	InputFormRegularExpressionValidator	Represents a InputFormRegularExpressionValidator.
	InputFormRequiredFieldValidator	Represents the InputFormRequiredFieldValidator.
	InputFormSection	Represents the InputFormSection.
	InputFormTextBox	Represents the InputFormTextBox.
	ItemHiddenVersion
	LayoutsPageBase	Represents an application page (sometimes called a "_layouts" page) to which access can be limited to users that possess certain rights.
	LinkSection
	LinksTable
	ListFieldIterator	Renders each field in a list item, with some possible exceptions.
	ListFormPageTitle
	ListItemProperty	Returns a property of a list item.
	ListProperty	Returns a property of a list.
	ListView	Renders a list by using a specified view.
	ListViewByQuery	Renders a list view within a Web Part or ASPX page according to a specified query.
	ListViewSelector
	LookupField	Renders a lookup field on a form page (not a list view page).
	ManageCopiesButton	Represents the ManageCopies button.
	ManagePermissionsButton	Represents the ManagePermissions button.
	Menu	Represents a custom menu for the Web Part page.
	MenuItemTemplate	Represents a control that creates an item in a drop-down menu.
	MenuSeparatorTemplate
	MenuTemplate	Represents the MenuTemplate control which holds menu template items.
	MergeButton	Represents the Merge button.
	ModifySettingsLink
	MonthlyCalendarView
	MultiPageGoBackButton	Represents the MultiPageGoBack button.
	MultipleLookupField
	MWSActionsMenu
	MWSListViewSelector
	MWSNewMenu
	MWSSettingsMenu
	MWSViewSelectorMenu
	MyAlertsButton	Represents the MyAlerts button.
	MyRegionalSettingsButton	Represents the My Regional Settings button.
	Navigation	Inserts a navigation bar into a page on a SharePoint site.
	NewItemButton	Represents the NewItem button.
	NewMenu
	NextPageButton	Represents the NextPage button.
	NoteField	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a text box for recording notes with multiple lines.
	NumberField	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a number.
	OWSControl	Ensures that all OWSForm server controls are contained within an <OWSForm> tag.  Obsolete.
	OWSDateField	Represents a server control for a field that contains date and time values.   Obsolete.
	OWSForm	Inserts a server control on the .aspx page and renders the JavaScript that is used in the form.   Obsolete.
	OWSNumberField	Represents a server control for a field that contains numbers.   Obsolete.
	OWSSubmitButton	Represents a server control for a submit button.   Obsolete.
	PageModeIndicator
	PagingButton	Represents the Paging button.
	ParentInformationField
	PasswordTextBox
	PasswordTextBoxValidator
	PeopleEditor	Represents a PeopleEditor object in a PeoplePicker control.
	PeopleEditorEntityDataKeys
	PeoplePickerDialog	Represents a PeoplePickerDialog object in a PeoplePicker control.
	PeopleQueryControl
	PersistedObjectContextSelector
	PersonalActions
	PickerDialog
	PickerEntity
	PickerItem
	PickerQueryControlBase
	PickerResultControlBase
	PortalConnection	Inserts a connection to a portal site onto the page if a portal site exists.
	PostCacheSubstitutionText
	PreReleaseFeedback	Obsolete.
	ProjectProperty	Returns a global property of the current Web site.
	PublishButton	Displays a publish button on a form that is used to publish a list item, usually a blog post or comment. When this button is clicked, the draft version of the current list item is approved.
	RadioButtonChoiceField
	RatingScaleField
	RecentChangesIterator
	RecentChangesMenu
	RecurrenceDataControl
	RecurrenceField	Renders a field that holds recurrence information for a meeting list item on a form page (not a list view page).
	RelatedTasks	Inserts the Actions section of the View bar into the .aspx page.
	RelinkButton	Represents the Relink button.
	RenderingTemplate	Represents a hybrid Control-ITemplate object that can serve as a template for classes derived from TemplateBasedControl and can be manipulated, and called from .aspx pages, as any other control.
	RenderingTemplateContainer
	RepeatedControls
	RequiredFieldMessage
	RestoreItemVersionButton	Displays a Restore Item button on a form. The Restore Item button renders on a form as an image button with associated text.
	ReturnLink
	RichTextField	A field control for the Note field type when the RichText property is set to true.
	RobotsMetaTag
	RssLink
	SaveAsDraftButton	Displays a Save button on a form to enable a user to save a draft version of a SharePoint list item.
	SaveButton	Provides a button, usually on a form toolbar, that is used to save a new or edited list item on the form.
	SchedulePicker
	ScriptLink	Renders a page using resources, for example, script files, that the page references.
	SearchArea
	ServerSelector
	SettingsMenu
	SimpleQueryControl
	SiteActions
	SiteAdministrationSelector
	SiteLogoImage
	SoapDataSource
	SoapDiscoveryLink
	SPBoundField
	SPCalendarBase	Represents the calendar base class.
	SPCalendarContainer	Represents the calendar container.
	SPCalendarDataSource	Represents the calendar data source.
	SPCalendarItem	Represents a calendar item.
	SPCalendarItemCollection	Represents a collection of calendar items.
	SPCalendarItemContainer	Represents the calendar item container.
	SPCalendarNavigator	Wraps one or more navigation controls; specifically targets calendar views.
	SPCalendarTabContainer	Represents the calendar tab container.
	SPCalendarTabs	Responsible for rendering tabs that represent choices of different calendar view types.
	SPCalendarView	Represents the CalendarView control hosted inside a ListViewWebPart.
	SPCompositeControl
	SPControl	Provides methods for getting or setting the context of the request and serves as the base server control from which other controls in the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace derive.
	SPControlDesigner
	SPControlTemplateManager
	SPDataSource	Represents Windows SharePoint Services data to data-bound controls.
	SPDataSourceView	Supports the SPDataSource control and provides an interface for data-bound controls to perform operations against Windows SharePoint Services data.
	SPDataSourceViewPropertyDescriptor	Describes properties exposed by the SPDataSourceViewResultItem class.
	SPDataSourceViewResultItem	Provides custom type information for result item objects that are returned by the SPDataSourceView class.
	SPDatePickerControl
	SPGridView	Represents a grid view that looks and behaves like a tree view.
	SPGridViewPager	Represents a pager control for use with the SPGridView control.
	SPGridViewRow	Represents a control that adds group-by support to a SPGridViewRow.
	SPGridViewRowAttributeValue
	SPHierarchyDataSourceControl	Provides hierarchical views of SharePoint sites, lists, and folders.
	SPHtmlSelect
	SPLinkButton	Represents the Link button.
	SPMenuField	Provides a data-bound drop-down menu to be used in place of BoundField, TemplateField, or similar controls.
	SPMonthPickerControl
	SPNavigationManager
	SPRememberScroll
	SPSecurityTrimmedControl	Conditionally renders the contents of the control to the current user only if the current user has permissions defined in the PermissionString.
	SPSiteMapDataSourceDesigner
	SPSiteMapPathDesigner
	SPSqlDataSource
	SPToolBarButton	Displays the ToolBar button.
	SPTreeView	Displays hierarchical data, such as a table of contents, in a tree structure.
	SPWorkflowDataSource
	SPWorkflowDataSourceView
	SPXmlDataSource
	SubMenuTemplate
	SubmitCommentButton	Represents the SubmitComment button.
	SurveyFieldIterator
	TableResultControl
	TemplateBasedControl	Represents a control that is defined by a template rather than by the schema of the list.
	TemplateContainer
	TemplatePicker	This class is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	TextField	Renders a field on a form page (not a list view page) as a single-line text box.
	Theme	Applies a theme to an .aspx page.
	ToolBar
	ToolBarButton	Represents the ToolBar button.
	ToolBarMenuButton	Represents the ToolBar Menu button.
	TopologyView
	TopologyViewWebPart
	UnlinkCopyButton	Represents the UnlinkCopy button.
	UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase	Represents an application page, sometimes called a layouts page, that can request certain resources and verify that the client has not been disconnected.
	UpdateableHierarchicalView
	UploadMenu	Represents the Upload menu.
	UrlField	Renders a field that represents a URL on a form page (not a list view page) by using one or more child controls.
	UrlNameValidator	Checks for invalid characters in a site name.
	UrlPathValidator	Checks for invalid characters in a URL path.
	UrlRedirector	Sets the HTTP 301 response code to tell the browser a url has moved.
	UrlValidator
	UserControlContainerDesigner
	UserField	Renders a field that represents a set of one or more users or groups on a form page (not a list view page) by using a PeopleEditor child control.
	UserInfoListDeleteItemButton	Represents the UserInfoListDeleteItem button.
	UserInfoListEditItemButton	Represents the UserInfoListEditItem button.
	UserInfoListFormToolBar
	VersionDiff
	VersionDiffIterator
	VersionHistoryButton	Represents the VersionHistory button.
	ViewHeader
	ViewIcon
	ViewSearchForm	Inserts a view search form into the .aspx page.
	ViewSelector	Represents a server control that is used to select a view of a list.
	ViewSelectorMenu
	ViewToolBar
	ViewWebPartXmlButton	Represents the ViewWebPartXml button.
	WebApplicationSelector
	WebPartGalleryPicker
	WebPartPageContents	Inserts a list of Web Parts contained within a Web Part Page into a page for managing the Web Parts.
	WebPartPageMaintenanceMessage
	WeeklyCalendarView
	WeeklyDaySlot
	Welcome
	WikiEditButton	Represents the WikiEdit button.
	WikiEditItemButton	Represents the WikiEditItem button.
	WikiFileField	Contains the file name of a Wiki page in the form for creating or editing Wiki pages.
	WikiIncomingLinksButton	Represents the WikiIncomingLinks button.
	WikiPageHistoryButton	Represents the WikiPageHistory button.
	WorkflowForm
	WorkflowsButton	Represents the Workflows button.
	XmlUrlDataSource

 Interfaces

	Interface	Description
	IDesignerEventAccessor
	IDesignTimeHtmlProvider
	IFieldEditor	When implemented by a class that inherits from the UserControl, class, this class assists in the rendering of a field property editor control on a new column creation page or a column edit page, which in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are the New Site Column, Change Site Column, Create Column, and Change Column pages.
	IFormDelegateControlSource
	IPreRenderOverride
	ISPCalendarItem
	ISPCalendarSettings
	IXPathNavigator

 Structures

	Structure	Description
	TimeSlotItem

 Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	ContentDatabaseSectionMode
	FeatureLinks.Mode
	LayoutsPageBase.RightsCheckModes	Specifies the event or events at which the rights of the user are checked.
	MenuAlignment	Specifies the alignment of a Menu control.
	MenuFormat
	PeopleEditor.AccountType
	PostCacheSubstitutionTextType
	SPCalendarBase.ItemType	Specifies the type of calendar item.
	SPCalendarBase.SPCellBorder
	SPCalendarViewType	Contains the view type of the calendar.
	SPControlMode
	SPDataSourceMode	Used to specify the type of data that a data-bound Windows SharePoint Services control should query.
	SPEncodeMethod
	TemplateOverride	Specifies whether a TemplateBasedControl object should render its Template or AlternateTemplate or whether it should let the logic of its own ControlTemplate determine whether its Template or AlternateTemplate is rendered.