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TemplateControl.LoadTemplate Method

Obtains an instance of the ITemplate interface from an external file.

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

public ITemplate LoadTemplate(
	string virtualPath
)

Parameters

virtualPath
Type: System.String

The virtual path to a user control file.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.UI.ITemplate
An instance of the specified template.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the LoadTemplate method to add a user control as an alternating item to a DataList Web server control named DataList1. The user control implements the ITemplate interface and is contained in a file named Newtemplate.ascx.

void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
   if (!IsPostBack) 
   {  
      DataList1.AlternatingItemTemplate = LoadTemplate("newtemplate.ascx");
      DataList1.DataSource = CreateDataSource();
      DataList1.DataBind();
   }
}

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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