Gets a ControlCollection object that represents the child controls for a specified server control in the UI hierarchy.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Controls As ControlCollection
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public virtual ControlCollection Controls { get; }[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
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virtual property ControlCollection^ Controls {
ControlCollection^ get ();
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abstract Controls : ControlCollection
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override Controls : ControlCollectionProperty Value
Type: System.Web.UIThe collection of child controls for the specified server control.
On an ASP.NET page, when controls are added declaratively between the opening and closing tags of a server control, ASP.NET automatically adds the controls to the containing server control's ControlCollection. Any HTML tags or text strings that are not processed on the server are treated as LiteralControl objects. These are added to the collection like other server controls.
The Controls property allows you programmatic access to the instance of the ControlCollection class for any server control. You can add controls to the collection, remove controls from the collection, or iterate through the server controls in the collection.
Notes to InheritorsWhen overriding the Controls property, be sure to call the EnsureChildControls method. Furthermore, if you are planning to add controls to the controls collection programmatically, consider adding the controls in an overridden CreateChildControls method.
The following example demonstrates how to add child controls to a server control's ControlCollection object through its Controls property.
Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("<h3>Value: "))
Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<h3>Value: "));
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this.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<h3>Value: "));
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.