HtmlSelectBuilder.GetChildControlType Method

Obtains the Type for the HtmlSelect control's child controls.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

public override Type GetChildControlType (
	string tagName,
	IDictionary attribs
)
public Type GetChildControlType (
	String tagName, 
	IDictionary attribs
)
public override function GetChildControlType (
	tagName : String, 
	attribs : IDictionary
) : Type
Not applicable.

Parameters

tagName

The tag name of the child control.

attribs

An array of attributes contained in the child control.

Return Value

The Type of the HtmlSelect control's specified child control.

Use the GetChildControlType method to return the Type of a specified child control in an HtmlSelect control.

The following code example demonstrates how to override the GetChildControlType method to check for custom child control types. For a complete, working code example, see the HtmlSelectBuilder class overview topic.

[AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
public override Type GetChildControlType(string tagName, IDictionary attribs)
{
    // Distinguish between two possible types of child controls.
    if (tagName.ToLower().EndsWith("myoption1"))
    {
        return typeof(MyOption1);
    }
    else if (tagName.ToLower().EndsWith("myoption2"))
    {
        return typeof(MyOption2);
    }
    return null;
}

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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