create webcontrols in aspx or aspx.cs

[brown]

Is it best to always put the webcontrols in the aspx file or is it sometimes
better to create them (new) in the code behind? I see the standard/easiest
way is to place them in the aspx, but are there common situations where your
output is conditional and it's better to just do it in the aspx.cs file?

 

[Brennan Stehling]

When you want to have a control shown or hidden depending on a certain
context you can set the Visible property of your controls.

Normally what I do is wrap multiple controls within a Panel or
PlaceHolder control and set the Visible property as needed. You may
also want to look at the MultiView and Wizard controls. Those provide
automatic show/hide functionality with added features.

Brennan Stehling
http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/

 

[brown]

Thanks for your feedback!
Do you use the Table webcontrol or just put the webcontrols inside
unscripted <table><tr><td> tags in the aspx file?
I'm thinking try the latter. Just interested in what experienced .net
developers approach is to formatting the webcontrols on the page.