What is placeholder and ContentPlaceHolder?

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What is placeholder and ContentPlaceHolder??
And when are thsese used in Web pages

Posted 20-Jan-13 20:35pm

Tejal S

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Zafar Sultan · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-20T21:09:00

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PlaceHolder: It is used to dynamically add controls on a web page. This[^] example shows how to use it.

ContentPlaceHolder: It is used in master pages to define the area that will be filled by content pages at runtime. This[^] example shows how to use it.

Posted 20-Jan-13 21:09pm

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Tejal S 21-Jan-13 3:56am

Thnk u :)

Manas Bhardwaj · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-20T21:37:00

A PlaceHolder control is used as a container for any controls you wish to add and can be used on any page. A ContentPlaceHolder is used to hold content from Content Pages and can only be used on a Master Page.

Look here for documentation on MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.contentplaceholder.aspx[^]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.placeholder.aspx[^]