Methods

The methods of System.Web.UI.Control are listed below. For a list of all members, see the Control Members list.

Public Methods

	ApplyStyleSheetSkin(Page) Applies the style properties defined in the page style sheet to the control.
	DataBind() Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls.
	Dispose() Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory.
	FindControl(string) : Control Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified id parameter.
	Focus() Sets input focus to a control.
	HasControls() : bool Determines if the server control contains any child controls.
	RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter) Outputs server control content to a provided System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter object and stores tracing information about the control if tracing is enabled.
	ResolveClientUrl(string) : string Gets a URL that can be used by the browser.
	ResolveUrl(string) : string Converts a URL into one that is usable on the requesting client.
	SetRenderMethodDelegate(RenderMethod) Assigns an event handler delegate to render the server control and its content into its parent control.

Protected Methods

	AddedControl(Control, int) Called after a child control is added to the Control.Controls collection of the System.Web.UI.Control object.
	AddParsedSubObject(object) Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's System.Web.UI.ControlCollection object.
	BuildProfileTree(string, bool) Gathers information about the server control and delivers it to the Page.Trace property to be displayed when tracing is enabled for the page.
	ClearChildControlState() Deletes the control-state information for the server control's child controls.
	ClearChildState() Deletes the view-state and control-state information for all the server control's child controls.
	ClearChildViewState() Deletes the view-state information for all the server control's child controls.
	CreateChildControls() Called by the ASP.NET page framework to notify server controls that use composition-based implementation to create any child controls they contain in preparation for posting back or rendering.
	CreateControlCollection() : ControlCollection Creates a new System.Web.UI.ControlCollection object to hold the child controls (both literal and server) of the server control.
	DataBind(bool) Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls with an option to raise the Control.DataBinding event.
	DataBindChildren() Binds a data source to the server control's child controls.
	EnsureChildControls() Determines whether the server control contains child controls. If it does not, it creates child controls.
	EnsureID() Creates an identifier for controls that do not have an identifier assigned.
	FindControl(string, int) : Control Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified id and an integer, specified in the pathOffset parameter, which aids in the search. You should not override this version of the erload:System.Web.UI.Control.FindControl method.
	GetDesignModeState() : IDictionary Gets design-time data for a control.
	HasEvents() : bool Returns a value indicating whether events are registered for the control or any child controls.
	IsLiteralContent() : bool Determines if the server control holds only literal content.
	LoadControlState(object) Restores control-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the Control.SaveControlState method.
	LoadViewState(object) Restores view-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the Control.SaveViewState method.
	MapPathSecure(string) : string Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to.
	OnBubbleEvent(object, EventArgs) : bool Determines whether the event for the server control is passed up the page's UI server control hierarchy.
	OnDataBinding(EventArgs) Raises the Control.DataBinding event.
	OnInit(EventArgs) Raises the Control.Init event.
	OnLoad(EventArgs) Raises the Control.Load event.
	OnPreRender(EventArgs) Raises the Control.PreRender event.
	OnUnload(EventArgs) Raises the Control.Unload event.
	OpenFile(string) : System.IO.Stream Gets a System.IO.Stream used to read a file.
	RaiseBubbleEvent(object, EventArgs) Assigns any sources of the event and its information to the control's parent.
	RemovedControl(Control) Called after a child control is removed from the Control.Controls collection of the System.Web.UI.Control object.
	Render(HtmlTextWriter) Sends server control content to a provided System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client.
	RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter) Outputs the content of a server control's children to a provided System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client.
	RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter, System.Web.UI.Adapters.ControlAdapter) Outputs server control content to a provided System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter object using a provided System.Web.UI.Adapters.ControlAdapter object.
	ResolveAdapter() : System.Web.UI.Adapters.ControlAdapter Gets the control adapter responsible for rendering the specified control.
	SaveControlState() : object Saves any server control state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server.
	SaveViewState() : object Saves any server control view-state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server.
	SetDesignModeState(IDictionary) Sets design-time data for a control.
	TrackViewState() Causes tracking of view-state changes to the server control so they can be stored in the server control's System.Web.UI.StateBag object. This object is accessible through the Control.ViewState property.