TemplateInstance Enumeration
Specifies how many times an instance of a template can be created.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple | A template that is instantiated multiple times. | |
| Single | A template that is instantiated only one time. |
The TemplateInstance enumeration specifies values indicating the number of times an instance of a template can be created. The TemplateInstanceAttribute class uses values from the TemplateInstance enumeration. In particular, the Single and Multiple fields specify single and multiple instances of a template, respectively. A single instance of a template allows you to reference controls that are contained within the template.
Examples of controls that use the Single value in property metadata include the ZoneTemplate property of the CatalogZone control, the ZoneTemplate property of the EditorZone control, and the ZoneTemplate property of the WebPartZone.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the TemplateInstance enumeration and the TemplateInstanceAttribute class. A custom LoginView control, named MyLoginView, overrides the AnonymousTemplate property and uses the TemplateInstanceAttribute class to specify that only one instance of the AnonymousTemplate property is created.
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Web Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls Public Class MyLoginView Inherits LoginView Private _anonymoustemplate As ITemplate <Browsable(False), DefaultValue(""), PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty), TemplateContainer(GetType(LoginView)), TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)> _ Public Overrides Property AnonymousTemplate() As System.Web.UI.ITemplate Get Return _anonymoustemplate End Get Set(ByVal value As System.Web.UI.ITemplate) _anonymoustemplate = value End Set End Property End Class End Namespace
The following code example is an ASPX file that uses the MyLoginView control and demonstrates how to access a Label control that is inside the AnonymousTemplate property.
<%@ Page Language="VB" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="AspNetSamples" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Assembly="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) Me.DataBind() Me.LoginViewLabel1.Text = "LoginView Anonymous Template Label Set Dynamically." End Sub </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>TemplateInstance Example</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <AspNetSamples:MyLoginView id="MyLoginView1" runat="server"> <AnonymousTemplate> <asp:Label ID="LoginViewLabel1" runat="server" Text="Test"/> </AnonymousTemplate> </AspNetSamples:MyLoginView> </div> </form> </body> </html>
Available since 2.0