ASP.NET

davidstern100 wrote:

I want complete control on displaying the data on the web page.

//Assuming the Label is the first child control.
Label lbl = e.Item.Controls[0] as Label;

Label lbl = e.Item.FindControl("Label1") as Label;

Tina P wrote:

If I want to expose some custom properties like this, I would have to change the ascx file right? And then I’m guessing I could just use the property as an attribute to the tag from the aspx’s html mode. Do you guys think I’m on the right track here or is there anything else I need to know??

<br />
<br />
public string AltText<br />
		{<br />
			get<br />
			{<br />
				return strAltText;<br />
			}<br />
			set<br />
			{<br />
				strAltText = value;<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
<br />

Tina P wrote:

Is there something similar to TABIndex property that most html and some web controls also have??

public class ExDropDownList : DropDownList
{
	[DefaultValue(""), Localizable(true), Bindable(true), Category("Appearance")]
	public virtual string AlternateText
	{
		get
		{
			string text1 = (string)this.ViewState["AlternateText"];
			if (text1 != null)
			{
				return text1;
			}
			return string.Empty;
		}
		set
		{
			this.ViewState["AlternateText"] = value;
		}
	}

	protected override void AddAttributesToRender(HtmlTextWriter writer)
	{
		base.AddAttributesToRender(writer);
                
		if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.AlternateText))
		{
			writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Title, this.AlternateText);
		}
	}
}

public virtual string AlternateText
{
	get
	{
		...
	}
	set
	{
		this.ViewState["AlternateText"] = value;
             		                    
		this.Attributes["title"] = value.
	}
}

<uc1:ExDropDownList AlternativeText="myList" id="BackColor" runat="server" ...