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.NET Forum / ASP.NET / General / October 2005Converting HTML files to User Controls
Hello, A partner is going to be creating some HTML files that I plan on converting to user controls (UC) and dynamically load at runtime. I'm guessing Visual Studio doesn't come with some utililty to convert HTML files to UCs? IOW, I'll have to manually convert each HTML file to a UC? I've never used user controls before, so I'm wondering what I need to add and remove to each UC (or HTML file) to make this work. For instance, I suppose I will need to add an ASP.NET page directive to each UC and remove the <HTML>, <HEAD> and <BODY> tags from each UC? What else do I need to add/remove? Is the content of each ASCX just consist of the HTML that will be inserted into a host ASPX page? Also, I plan on adding some ASP.NET server controls (Labels, Image controls, etc.) to the UC. Do I need to add a <Form runat="server"> tag to the ASCX file if I'm going to be doing this? Lastly, since I'll be loading one of these UCs dynamically, what do I put in the host ASPX file where the UC will be loaded ... a placeholder? Or is there a less generic control I can add to the host ASPX file - something like <asp:Control>? Many questions :) Any answers are appreciated! Thanks/Ben Best thing to do would be to create a ASP.Net page, then create a new user control and drop it on the page. It should give you some insight on what you have to do. There's no hard rule for what an uc contains, but you are right, typically the enclosing page contains the <html><head>....</head><body><form runat="server">...</form></body></html> and often times more. So you'll likely not want that in your UC. Also the uc makes use of a @Control directive, not @Page directive. As I said, you normally put the form runat="Server" in the page, and put the user control within the form - that way you can have multiple uc. Placeholders are good for storing controls. Karl  SignatureMY ASP.Net tutorials http://www.openmymind.net/ http://openmymind.net/redirector.aspx?documentId=51 - Learn about AJAX! > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Many questions :) Any answers are appreciated! > Thanks/Ben > Best thing to do would be to create a ASP.Net page, then create a new user > control and drop it on the page. It should give you some insight on what [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > controls. > Karl Hi Karl, Thanks for addressing my questions. As you suggest, I'll go ahead and create a new web form, add a user control to it and see what code VS generates. Regards, Ben Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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