ParseChildrenAttribute.ChildControlType Property

 

Gets a value indicating the allowed type of a control.

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

Public ReadOnly Property ChildControlType As Type

Property Value

Type: System.Type

The control type. The default is System.Web.UI.Control.

If the allowed control type is null, meaning that it has not been specified, the default type, which is a System.Web.UI.Control control, is returned.

The following code example demonstrates how to query the ChildControlType property. For definitions of the CollectionPropertyControl and Employee classes that are used in this code example, see ParseChildrenAttribute.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    ' Create a new employee object and add it to custom control.
    Dim e1 As New Employee("Employee 2", "Title 2", "Alias 2")
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e1)

    ' Verify attribute values.
    Dim p As ParseChildrenAttribute = _
    Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(GetType(CollectionPropertyControl), _
    GetType(ParseChildrenAttribute))

    Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
    sb.Append("The ChildControlType property is " & p.ChildControlType.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The ChildrenAsProperties property is " & p.ChildrenAsProperties.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The IsDefaultAttribute method returns " & p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString())
    Message.Text = sb.ToString()

  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
      <Employees>
        <AspSample:Employee Name="Employee 1" 
                            Title="Title 1" 
                            Alias="Alias 1" />
      </Employees>
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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