I want to ask if there is any way to access html code of the page after
rendering all asp.net controls? For example when I look at the source
code of the .aspx page in the browser (on the client side)  I see
something like :

I did post a thread before this one, but it seems to have been removed, which I find a little bit anoying as it seems that certain people in Microsoft are not happy with complaints about their software
Once again I'll emphasis the point that Shen made in an earlier thread. The ...

Are there any rules of thumb for deciding to go with a rendered vrs
composite control? Are there times where you would definantly want to choose
one over the other. What are the tradeoffs (Performance, additional
overhead, etc), or is it mostly a matter of style or employer policy.

Hi, in my control I have some properties that are style objects (ex of type
TableItemStyle)
One example is below:
private TableItemStyle _itemStyle;

Can this be done?
The site has a few frames, some on top, some on the side, and the middle
one. I want to be able to tell the one side frame containing the menu, to
change the menu contents when a user logs in, and also the change the top

Okay, I give up... how do you get a customized descendant of Style to persist through ViewState??? I
tried following the online docs, but I'm obviously doing something wrong. Here're the overrides I
created in my WebControl class:
protected override object SaveViewState()

I have a custom web control that exposes a couple of inner properties related to data. The layout of
the those properties is:
<cc1:Calendar id="Calendar1" runat="server">
   <DaysSelected DataSource="a-data-source" DataMember="a-data-member" DataField="a-data-field" />

I have some trouble (again) with a WebControl, I've a some properties that depends on other properties. The problem is when I change a property which also changes another, the aspx file doesn't update the last one.
What's the trick to update the aspx file?
Here is sample component ...

I have a server control that is declared in the top of the .aspx page.
I want to use the control in many, many pages, but do not want to
hand-modify every .aspx page template.  
How can I specify that a control be added/used in the codebehind

I created a custom struct called Automobile. This struct has various
properties called "Ford", "Chevy", "Dodge", "Pontiac", .... This struct is
pretty much the exact same format as the .Net System.Drawing.Color struct
where "Ford", "Chevy", ... would equate to the Colors "Red",

Ok, I got three tables, company, comments and old_company.
In company are all the current companies, in old_company are companies who
have been suspended, and in comment, clients can make comments about the
companies, regardless if they are current or suspended companies.

We designed a dynamic control loading framework that loads ASCX files
into placeholders in a single ASPX page that inherits from a base page
class.  The framework consists of a controller device that is dragged
out onto the ASPX page and "devices" that are dragged out onto the

Should I create controls for a composite WebControl in the
CreateChildControl or the Render method?  It seems like CreateChildControl
is not called at design time when the control is on a page being designed.
Here's my situation.  I'm making a composite WebControl that has a label ...

If I've got a property on my web control that is a collection (of strings),
how can I have it allow the user to edit those strings through the property
window at design time?
The property on my webcontrol is defined as:

I've noticed something in a calendar control I'm writing relating to event processing.
My control has some links built into it to allow you to move forward and backward one or more months
at a time. When one of those links is clicked, an event is generated that the control library