Login.Orientation Property (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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Gets or sets a value that specifies the position of the elements of the Login control on the page.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable Property Orientation As Orientation

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Login
Dim value As Orientation

value = instance.Orientation

instance.Orientation = value

public virtual Orientation Orientation { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property Orientation Orientation {
    Orientation get ();
    void set (Orientation value);
}

JScript

public function get Orientation () : Orientation
public function set Orientation (value : Orientation)

ASP.NET

<asp:Login Orientation="Orientation" />

Property Value

Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.Orientation
One the Orientation enumeration values. The default is Vertical.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The Orientation property is not set to a valid Orientation enumeration value.

Remarks

The Orientation property determines whether to display the Login control in a vertical format, with the UserName text entry field above the Password text entry field, or in a horizontal format, with the UserName text entry field next to the Password text entry field.

Examples

The following code example shows the effect of changing the Orientation property.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="False"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub changeOrientation_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    If Login1.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal Then
        Login1.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical
    Else
        Login1.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal
    End If
End Sub

</script>

<html  >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
            <table style="text-align:center; border-width:1">
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:Login id="Login1" runat="server" Orientation="Vertical" CreateUserText="Create a new user..."
                            CreateUserUrl="newUser.aspx" HelpPageText="Help logging in..." HelpPageUrl="help.aspx"
                            PasswordRecoveryText="Recover your password..." PasswordRecoveryUrl="getPass.aspx"></asp:Login>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td align="center">
                        <asp:Button id="changeOrientation" Text="Change Orientration" runat="Server" OnClick="changeOrientation_Click"></asp:Button>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="False"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    void changeOrientation_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        if (Login1.Orientation == Orientation.Vertical)
            Login1.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
        else
            Login1.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical;
    }

</script>

<html  >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">
            <table style="text-align:center; border-width:1">
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        <asp:Login id="Login1" runat="server" Orientation="Vertical" CreateUserText="Create a new user..."
                            CreateUserUrl="newUser.aspx" HelpPageText="Help logging in..." HelpPageUrl="help.aspx"
                            PasswordRecoveryText="Recover your password..." PasswordRecoveryUrl="getPass.aspx"></asp:Login>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td align="center">
                        <asp:Button id="changeOrientation" Text="Change Orientration" runat="Server" OnClick="changeOrientation_Click"></asp:Button>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </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

Reference

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

Other Resources

ASP.NET Login Controls Overview