This method notifies ASP.NET to render any Active Server Pages (ASP) code on the page. If no ASP code exists on the page, this method renders any child controls for the server control. This method is called by the Render method.

The following example overrides the RenderChildren method in a custom server control. It determines whether the current control has any child controls in its ControlCollection object. If it does, it uses the Count property to iterate through the collection. As it encounters each child control, it uses the RenderControl method to render the parent control, and all of its child controls, to the containing page.

The overridden Render method then calls the overridden RenderChildren method.

' Override default implementation to Render children according to needs. 
      Protected Overrides Sub RenderChildren(output As HtmlTextWriter)
         If HasControls() Then
            ' Render Children in reverse order.
            Dim i As Integer

            For i = Controls.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
               Controls(i).RenderControl(output)
            Next

         End If
      End Sub 'RenderChildren


      Protected Overrides Sub Render(output As HtmlTextWriter)
         output.Write(("<br>Message from Control : " + Message))
         output.Write(("Showing Custom controls created in reverse" + "order"))
         ' Render Controls.
         RenderChildren(output)
      End Sub
   End Class

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

.NET Framework

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