Control.Init Event (System.Web.UI)

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.Init Event

Occurs when the server control is initialized, which is the first step in its lifecycle.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Event Init As EventHandler

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Control
Dim handler As EventHandler

AddHandler instance.Init, handler

public event EventHandler Init

Visual C++

public:
 event EventHandler^ Init {
    void add (EventHandler^ value);
    void remove (EventHandler^ value);
}

JScript

JScript does not support events.

Remarks

Server controls should perform any initialization steps that are required to create and set up an instance. You cannot use view-state information within this event; it is not populated yet. You should not access another server control during this event, regardless of whether it is a child or parent to this control. Other server controls are not certain to be created and ready for access. For more information on server control events, see ASP.NET Web Server Control Event Model.

Examples

The following example assigns a custom event handler, Calendar_Init, to the Init event of a Calendar control.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  Protected Sub Calendar_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    ' Do any related intialization work.

  End Sub
</script>

<html  >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Control Init Event Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
       <asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1"
                     runat="server" 
                     OnInit="Calendar_Init"/>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  protected void Calendar_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Do any related intialization work.
  }
</script>

<html  >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Control Init Event Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
       <asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1"
                     runat="server" 
                     OnInit="Calendar_Init"/>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Control Class

Control Members

System.Web.UI Namespace

Other Resources

ASP.NET Page Life Cycle Overview