I'd like to support top-level styles in my control. I
created a property (per Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server
Controls and Components). And added ViewState Load, Save,
Track, etc per the book.

When I run my app the parser complains about the BackColor="Red"
inner text. I don't see why I'm getting this error.

Ed

-- Error message

Parser Error Message: Literal content ('BackColor="Red"') is not allowed
within a 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.Style'.


-- Application .aspx fragment:

<NodeStyle>
BackColor="Red"
</NodeStyle>


-- Style Property in control:


[
Category("Style"),
Description( "The style applied to intermediate nodes." ),
DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content),
NotifyParentProperty(true),
PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)
]
public virtual Style NodeStyle
{
get
{
if( m_NodeStyle == null )
{
m_NodeStyle = new Style();

if( IsTrackingViewState )
((IStateManager)m_NodeStyle).TrackViewState();
}

return m_NodeStyle;
}
}

Ed, the declarative syntax would be:

<NodeStyle BackColor="Red"></NodeStyle>

hth

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