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ASP.NET 4 introduces a new property on all controls: ClientIDMode . It lets web form developers minimize the size of the id= attribute written into HTML tags. It also helps them dictate the actual form of the ID, avoiding the mangled naming of previous...
This is part of a series of postings asking for improvements to Visual Studio and ASP.NET. As a commercial web control developer, I have to include extensions to Visual Studio's design mode, such as UITypeEditors and TypeConverters. Both of these classes...
Each web control offers a SmartTag. It’s that little arrow on the right edge of the control and pops up a list of commands. Here’s how to add a command where the user can pick from a list of types. This is an extension of the Using ITypeDiscoveryService...
While working on Versatile DataSources , I wanted to provide a new design mode feature on properties where you specify the name of a class type. For example, EntityDAODataSource has EntityTypeName and DataContextTypeName. Adding a dropdownlist to a property...
Let's suppose that you are creating a new control. You have a separate project file and its referenced with a Web Application that intends to use your control. You have a ControlDesigner class included within that assembly. Strange things start happening...
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