"MattC" <m@m.com> wrote in message
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> I have a custom control, that I add via the HTML view of my aspx page. I
> then also manually added a datagrid as a child control.
>
> <mycontrol:tagname runat=server id=foo>
> <asp:datagrid runat=server id=foobar></asp:datagrid>
> </mycontrol:tagname>
>
> When I switch to design mode and edit the control foo's properties and
then
> switch back to html view the datagrid is gone.
>
> Also the dataggrid does not show up in design view.
>
> Here is my controls render section:
>
> protected override void RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer)
> {
> WritePanelTop(writer); //writes out table beginning
> base.RenderChildren(writer); //should write out the datagrid via its
> render method
> WritePanelBottom(writer); //writes out tables end
> }

"John Saunders" <johnwsaundersiii@notcoldmail.com> wrote in message
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> "MattC" <m@m.com> wrote in message
> news:OoA3lxaaEHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have a custom control, that I add via the HTML view of my aspx page.
I
> > then also manually added a datagrid as a child control.
> >
> > <mycontrol:tagname runat=server id=foo>
> > <asp:datagrid runat=server id=foobar></asp:datagrid>
> > </mycontrol:tagname>
> >
> > When I switch to design mode and edit the control foo's properties and
> then
> > switch back to html view the datagrid is gone.
> >
> > Also the dataggrid does not show up in design view.
> >
> > Here is my controls render section:
> >
> > protected override void RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer)
> > {
> > WritePanelTop(writer); //writes out table beginning
> > base.RenderChildren(writer); //should write out the datagrid via its
> > render method
> > WritePanelBottom(writer); //writes out tables end
> > }
>
> Matt, how do you have ParseChildren set for your control? Also, have you
> considered deriving from the Panel control, which already knows how to
> contain child controls?
> --
> John Saunders
> johnwsaundersiii at hotmail
>
>