Create server-side controls that render custom HTML in ASP.NET

The Web application infrastructure ASP.NET, introduced as part of version 1.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework, provides the thin-client counterpart to Microsoft Windows client development. ASP.NET 2.0 features a new set of controls and infrastructure that simplify Web-based data access and includes functionality that facilitates code reuse, visual consistency, and aesthetic appeal. Focus on server-side controls that render custom HTML in this sample chapter from Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Step By Step. Discover how the controls work once part of a Web page, examine how they manage events and how they detect differences in client browsers. Master how to:

• Add a new project to the existing project within a Visual Studio solution file
• Create a server-side control that renders custom HTML
• Add a server-side control to the Visual Studio toolbox
• Place a server-side control on a Web form
• Manage events within the control
• Use ASP.NET to detect differences in client browsers and apply that information.

Title: Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Step By Step
ISBN: 0735622019
Published: October 2005
Author: George Shepherd
Chapter: Chapter 4: Custom Rendered Controls
Published by Microsoft Press