Dynamically add controls to a web form

[Angel]

Can one add a serverside control to a webform
dynamically? I used in the Page_load event of the form
the following code:

Dim txt as new System.Web.UI.Webcontrols.Textbox()
Controls.add(txt)

The code fails. Does this mean you just cannot in
Webforms where you CAN in Windows Forms?

Thanks

 

[S. Justin Gengo]

Angel,

You can certainly add controls dynamically.

What is the error message?

Sincerely,

--
S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer

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[Developerforum]

Perhaps, it will be useful if you can include your code.

Thanks

 

[SSW]

U need to have a Place holder or Panel to add control.

Dim txt as new System.Web.UI.Webcontrols.Textbox()
PHtxt.Controls.add(txt)// where PHtxt is PlaceHolder web controls

Thanks,

sswalia
MCSD, MCAD, OCA.

 

[Bret Mulvey [MS]]

U need to have a Place holder or Panel to add control.

Dim txt as new System.Web.UI.Webcontrols.Textbox()
PHtxt.Controls.add(txt)// where PHtxt is PlaceHolder web controls

No, you shouldn't need a placeholder or panel. I add controls to pages all
the time without placeholders.

Some pages don't have a Controls collection at all. Maybe that's the
problem. If a page uses <% ... %> code blocks mixed with HTML (the old ASP
style) then the whole page ends up as a bunch of Response.Write statements
instead of having a Controls collection with LiteralControl objects
interleaved with other ASP.NET controls.

 

[SSW]

So it's alway safe to use placeholder/Panel to dunamically added controls.
Loaction is know at desing time.

I prefer using panel/Pace holder and it should work for all the case.

Thanks,

sswalia
MCSD, MCAD, OCA