Usercontrols asp.net textbox/validator controls

Question

I want to combine a textbox and several validator controls into 1 usercontrol. Is this possible with the intent to keep some fields dynamic like

textbox:cssclass textbox:id textbox:width

I'm asking this because i find myself putting a lot of validator controls for every (same textbox type) field in my form and it's getting kinda messy.

Kind regards, Mark

Answer 1

Build your usercontrol with properties that pass through to the textboxes. So for example, you'd include your ascx like:

<cc1:MyUserControl runat="server" TextBoxWidth="50" 
     TextBoxId="txtID" TextBoxCssClass="class" />

In the code for your user control, simply create these properties:

public int TextBoxWidth { get; set; }
public string TextBoxID { get; set; }
public string TextBoxCssClass { get; set;}

And in the code somewhere, pass the properties through to your textbox control. PreRender would be a good place to do it.

...
  myTxtControl.Width = this.TextBoxWidth;
  myTextControl.ID = this.TextBoxID;
  myTextControl.CssClass = this.TextBoxCssClass;
...

where myTextControl is the textbox that your usercontrol contains.