I've developed some templated controls and I would like to pre-process the
templates before calling the instantiate methods.
How can I get at the actual text of a Template from the reference held in my
control?

I have a DataTable with String-typed columns that looks like this:
    [Col1]        [Col2]        [Col3]
    "TextBox"     "txtTest"    "Enter Here"
Strictly programmtically in my code-behind, I want to create a TextBox

  I am trying to create a custom control similar to datagrid.Grid contain
some thing like data column where i am able to add column during design time
using  VS.NET 2003 collection editor , but on clicking the save button the
corresponding innercontrol is not return on the aspx ...

I've made a user control (ascx and ascx.cs) that works fine if I use a
session var to pass it value. However, I'd much prefer to set a property
instead so I added a property. The problem is that when I try to access the
property, it generates a StackOverflowException. See the snip ...

I have a composite control which only consists in a datagrid control for
beginning.
I create the datagrid control within the EnsureChildControls method and set
the AutoGeneratedColumns to false

I'm inheriting TextBox in my custom control...it has a property that is
type TextBox and will point to two other TextBox controls on the form.
This is working correctly, however at design time, the Property Browser
displays a "+" sign when the property is set to a control other than

Can you add a user control recursively to itself?
Imagine some kind of tree control, where every node is again a tree control.
Each node is populated with a DataList containing the child nodes.
I manage to add additional instances of the user control to the

I am building a custom composite control which reads in information from an
XML file. I want to be able to point my control at different XML files for
maximum reusablity. How can I pass a parameter to my component. I am a bit
new to this but ideally would like the rest of my team to ...

ASP.NET - C# (User Control)
I have a drop-down as usercontrol.
In the user control's Page_Init , the drop down gets
populated.

I don't know how this is happening, but a dropdown control I have is
resetting to the 2nd value on the list anytime a postback occurs.
I have no initiation code outside of
   If Not (IsPostBack)

I've developed a custom web control with some properties. I want some of the properties to be bindable to a value that is defined in the application config file (Dynamic Properties). How do I declare such properties?
Thank,
Robert

I'm looking for the 'right way' to save the state of dynamically created
custom controls. Here's the scenario:
Multiple instances of myCustomControl are added to a page programmatically
at run time. Because they are dynamic, I have to recreate all

I have built a custom control for a collapseable panel. The panel has
an image to which when clicked, fires a client side javascript
function that shows or hides the panel using DHTML. This javascript
funciton is registered to the page on render

I've build a custom control that's essentially a header for my web site.
It's pretty simple, with just a property for an image source path, and a
collection of custom objects for links.
The custom class simply has properties for href, target, and name. The

I built a webcontrol and within the control I build a collection of properties I would Like to store so I do not have to rebuild it everytime there is a postback. I store the collection in viewstate and get the following error when I run a page with my control on it:
The Type ...