I'm going through this book on asp.net server control development. I wrote

"G Dean Blake" <gb@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm going through this book on asp.net server control development. I
> wrote a control using the namespace:
>
> ESS.ServerControls
>
> The book says that if I put the following in my control's AssemblyInfo.vb
> file that my controls will be prefixed by an "ess" tagPrefix:
>
> Imports System.Web.UI
> .
> .
> <Assembly: TagPrefix("ESS.ServerControls", "ess")>
>
> But it does not work. When my control gets dragged onto an aspx page, a
> TagPrefix of "cc1" gets generated.
>
> Anyone know what is wrong?

"John Saunders" <johnwsaundersiii at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "G Dean Blake" <gb@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:ukm9$Pl3EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I'm going through this book on asp.net server control development. I
>> wrote a control using the namespace:
>>
>> ESS.ServerControls
>>
>> The book says that if I put the following in my control's AssemblyInfo.vb
>> file that my controls will be prefixed by an "ess" tagPrefix:
>>
>> Imports System.Web.UI
>> .
>> .
>> <Assembly: TagPrefix("ESS.ServerControls", "ess")>
>>
>> But it does not work. When my control gets dragged onto an aspx page, a
>> TagPrefix of "cc1" gets generated.
>>
>> Anyone know what is wrong?
>
> I don't know if this is it, but the example from the MSDN documentation
> (from VS2005 Beta 1) is:
>
> Imports System
> Imports System.Web
> Imports System.Web.UI
> Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
>
> <assembly: TagPrefix("CustomControls", "custom")> _
>
> Namespace CustomControls
>
> ' Simple custom control
> Public Class MyVB_Control
> Inherits Control
> Private message As String = "Hello"
>
> Public Property getMessage() As String
> Get
> Return message
> End Get
> Set (ByVal value As String)
> message = value
> End Set
> End Property
>
>
> <System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSetAttribute(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand,
> Name:="FullTrust")> _
> Protected Overrides Sub Render(writer As HtmlTextWriter)
> writer.Write(("<span style='background-color:aqua; font:8pt
> tahoma, verdana;'> " + Me.getMessage + "<br>" + "VB version. The time on
> the server is " + System.DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + "</span>"))
> End Sub 'Render
> End Class 'MyControl
> End Namespace 'CustomControls
>
>
> John Saunders
>
>