Templating technique

[Patrick Kristiansen]

Hi group!

I've been using the templating technique where you create an inherited class
of Page, and during it's Render method write the template HTML before
calling base.Render(). (See http://tinyurl.com/33lbz).

But what if I have a page, where I would like to be able to generate a
dynamic left aligned menu? I would like to include the HTML for this menu in
the same .aspx file as I have my content for the page. Is this possible in
anyway?

Hope you understand what I mean.

Thanks in advance,
Patrick

 

[Natty Gur]

Hi,

You can use System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Handler to get a reference to
the calling page from your base class. then find the HTMLForm control
and add your HTML to the Form :

// MyPage class implementation
protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
System.Web.UI.Page CallPage =
(System.Web.UI.Page)System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Handler;

foreach (Control o in CallPage.Controls)
{
if (o is System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm )
{
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl oGenCont = new
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl();
oGenCont.InnerHtml = "<B>NATTY</B>";
o.Controls.Add(oGenCont);
}
}
}

Natty Gur[MVP]

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