Source Code
The source code for this book is available for download from the Apress web site for those who
want to follow along by running the code in Visual Studio 2008. The web site project is file
based, so having IIS installed and configured isn??™t required. There is a main solution file titled
ControlsBook2Solution.sln that, when opened, will load all of the projects. Please refer to the
read-me file included with the source code download for detailed instructions on how to get
the code running. The full source code is also printed in this book, so those who want to read
while not in front of a computer can still enjoy reading the source code.
The Heart and Soul of ASP.NET
Each piece of HTML delivered by an ASP.NET page, whether a
tag without server-side
interactivity, a complex list control such as the DataGrid that supports templates, or the web
form itself that hosts the HTML tags, is generated by an object that inherits from the System.
Web.UI.Control base class. These objects, or server controls, are the engine that drives the
ASP.NET page-rendering process. The fact that every snippet of rendered HTML exists as a
server control allows for a consistent page parsing process that permits easy control configuration
and manipulation to create dynamic and powerful content.
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