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ControlParser::ParseControls Method

Creates an array of controls from the specified markup using the specified designer host.

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

public:
static array<Control^>^ ParseControls(
	IDesignerHost^ designerHost, 
	String^ controlText
)

Parameters

designerHost
Type: System.ComponentModel.Design::IDesignerHost
An IDesignerHost instance that is the designer host for the page.
controlText
Type: System::String
A string that represents a collection of markup for controls.

Return Value

Type: array<System.Web.UI::Control>
An array of Control elements, parsed from controlText; otherwise, nullptr, if the parser cannot build the controls.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

designerHost is nullptr.

- or -

controlText is nullptr or an empty string ("").

The ParseControls method accesses the string representing the register directives on the ASP.NET Web page using the services of the designer host. Designer host services are acquired through the ReferenceManager property of the RootDesigner object, or if that is not available, the IWebFormReferenceManager service.

The ParseControls method throws an exception if the parser cannot build the controls from the controlText parameter.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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.
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