Having trouble with adding HTMLControls to VS.NET control toolbar.

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Ken Varn - 26 Jul 2004 14:26 GMT

I have an assembly that contains an ASP.NET control derived from
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl. I am trying to add this
control to my Controls Toolbox in VS.NET. When I select the assembly DLL
containing the control, it is not listed as a control to select. If I
derive the control from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl, then it shows
up.

Is there some reason why HtmlControls cannot be added to the toolbox?

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Mikhail Arkhipov (Microsoft) - 31 Jul 2004 04:47 GMT

WebControl specifies certain design-time attributes, including data for the
VS toolbox. Apparently HtmlGenericControl does not. You have to specify them
manually in order to make your control interact with VS toolbox.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html
/servercontrols.asp

This article contains sample code which specifies toolbox data.

[DefaultProperty("DataTable"),
ToolboxData("<{0}:DataDropDownList
runat=server></{0}:DataDropDownList>")]

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Mikhail Arkhipov (Microsoft)
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On 7/26/04 6:26, in article eGietRxcEHA.384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl, "Ken Varn"
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> I have an assembly that contains an ASP.NET control derived from
> System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl. I am trying to add this
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>
> Is there some reason why HtmlControls cannot be added to the toolbox?

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