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Control Members
Visual Studio 2008
Defines the properties, methods, and events that are shared by all ASP.NET server controls.
The Control type exposes the following members.
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AddedControl | Called after a child control is added to the Controls collection of the Control object. |
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AddParsedSubObject | Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's ControlCollection object. |
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ApplyStyleSheetSkin | Applies the style properties defined in the page style sheet to the control. |
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BuildProfileTree | Infrastructure. Gathers information about the server control and delivers it to the Trace property to be displayed when tracing is enabled for the page. |
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ClearChildControlState | Deletes the control-state information for the server control's child controls. |
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ClearChildState | Deletes the view-state and control-state information for all the server control's child controls. |
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ClearChildViewState | Deletes the view-state information for all the server control's child controls. |
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CreateChildControls | Called by the ASP.NET page framework to notify server controls that use composition-based implementation to create any child controls they contain in preparation for posting back or rendering. |
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CreateControlCollection | Creates a new ControlCollection object to hold the child controls (both literal and server) of the server control. |
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DataBind | Overloaded. Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls. |
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DataBindChildren | Binds a data source to the server control's child controls. |
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Dispose | Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory. |
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EnsureChildControls | Determines whether the server control contains child controls. If it does not, it creates child controls. |
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EnsureID | Creates an identifier for controls that do not have an identifier assigned. |
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Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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FindControl | Overloaded. Searches the current naming container for the specified server control. |
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Focus | Sets input focus to a control. |
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GetDesignModeState | Infrastructure. Gets design-time data for a control. |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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HasControls | Determines if the server control contains any child controls. |
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HasEvents | Returns a value indicating whether events are registered for the control or any child controls. |
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IsLiteralContent | Infrastructure. Determines if the server control holds only literal content. |
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LoadControlState | Restores control-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveControlState method. |
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LoadViewState | Restores view-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveViewState method. |
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MapPathSecure | Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to. |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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OnBubbleEvent | Determines whether the event for the server control is passed up the page's UI server control hierarchy. |
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OnDataBinding | Raises the DataBinding event. |
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OnInit | Raises the Init event. |
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OnLoad | Raises the Load event. |
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OnPreRender | Raises the PreRender event. |
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OnUnload | Raises the Unload event. |
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OpenFile | Gets a Stream used to read a file. |
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RaiseBubbleEvent | Assigns any sources of the event and its information to the control's parent. |
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RemovedControl | Called after a child control is removed from the Controls collection of the Control object. |
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Render | Sends server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. |
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RenderChildren | Outputs the content of a server control's children to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. |
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RenderControl | Overloaded. Outputs server control content and stores tracing information about the control if tracing is enabled. |
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ResolveAdapter | Gets the control adapter responsible for rendering the specified control. |
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ResolveClientUrl | Gets a URL that can be used by the browser. |
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ResolveUrl | Converts a URL into one that is usable on the requesting client. |
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SaveControlState | Saves any server control state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. |
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SaveViewState | Saves any server control view-state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. |
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SetDesignModeState | Sets design-time data for a control. |
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SetRenderMethodDelegate | Infrastructure. Assigns an event handler delegate to render the server control and its content into its parent control. |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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TrackViewState | Causes tracking of view-state changes to the server control so they can be stored in the server control's StateBag object. This object is accessible through the Control::ViewState property. |
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FindDataSourceControl | Returns the data source that is associated with the data control for the specified control. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.) |
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FindFieldTemplate | Returns the field template for the specified column within the specified control's naming container. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.) |
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FindMetaTable | Returns the MetaTable object for the containing data control. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.) |
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Adapter | Gets the browser-specific adapter for the control. |
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AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory | Gets or sets the application-relative virtual directory of the Page or UserControl object that contains this control. |
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BindingContainer | Infrastructure. Gets the control that contains this control's data binding. |
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ChildControlsCreated | Gets a value that indicates whether the server control's child controls have been created. |
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ClientID | Gets the server control identifier generated by ASP.NET. |
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ClientIDSeparator | Gets a character value representing the separator character used in the ClientID property. |
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Context | Gets the HttpContext object associated with the server control for the current Web request. |
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Controls | Gets a ControlCollection object that represents the child controls for a specified server control in the UI hierarchy. |
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DesignMode | Gets a value indicating whether a control is being used on a design surface. |
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EnableTheming | Gets or sets a value indicating whether themes apply to this control. |
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EnableViewState | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server control persists its view state, and the view state of any child controls it contains, to the requesting client. |
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Events | Gets a list of event handler delegates for the control. This property is read-only. |
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HasChildViewState | Gets a value indicating whether the current server control's child controls have any saved view-state settings. |
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ID | Gets or sets the programmatic identifier assigned to the server control. |
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IdSeparator | Infrastructure. Gets the character used to separate control identifiers. |
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IsChildControlStateCleared | Gets a value indicating whether controls contained within this control have control state. |
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IsTrackingViewState | Gets a value that indicates whether the server control is saving changes to its view state. |
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IsViewStateEnabled | Gets a value indicating whether view state is enabled for this control. |
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LoadViewStateByID | Gets a value indicating whether the control participates in loading its view state by ID instead of index. |
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NamingContainer | Gets a reference to the server control's naming container, which creates a unique namespace for differentiating between server controls with the same Control::ID property value. |
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Page | Gets a reference to the Page instance that contains the server control. |
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Parent | Gets a reference to the server control's parent control in the page control hierarchy. |
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Site | Gets information about the container that hosts the current control when rendered on a design surface. |
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SkinID | Gets or sets the skin to apply to the control. |
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TemplateControl | Gets or sets a reference to the template that contains this control. |
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TemplateSourceDirectory | Gets the virtual directory of the Page or UserControl that contains the current server control. |
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UniqueID | Gets the unique, hierarchically qualified identifier for the server control. |
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ViewState | Gets a dictionary of state information that allows you to save and restore the view state of a server control across multiple requests for the same page. |
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ViewStateIgnoresCase | Gets a value that indicates whether the StateBag object is case-insensitive. |
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Visible | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a server control is rendered as UI on the page. |
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DataBinding | Occurs when the server control binds to a data source. |
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Disposed | Occurs when a server control is released from memory, which is the last stage of the server control lifecycle when an ASP.NET page is requested. |
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Init | Occurs when the server control is initialized, which is the first step in its lifecycle. |
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Load | Occurs when the server control is loaded into the Page object. |
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PreRender | Occurs after the Control object is loaded but prior to rendering. |
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Unload | Occurs when the server control is unloaded from memory. |
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