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Literal.CreateControlCollection Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Creates an EmptyControlCollection object for the current instance of the Literal control.

C# 
protected override System.Web.UI.ControlCollection CreateControlCollection();

Returns

ControlCollection

A ControlCollection object to contain the current server control's child server controls.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the CreateControlCollection method in a custom server control so that it always returns an instance of the EmptyControlCollection class for the Literal object.

ASP.NET (C#) 
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS" %>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
        <title>Custom LiteralControl - CreateControlCollection - C# Example</title>
       <script runat="server">
      void Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
         Literal1.Text = "Welcome to ASP.NET!";
      }
   </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
            <h3>Custom LiteralControl - CreateControlCollection - C# Example</h3>
            
            <aspSample:CustomLiteralCreateControlCollection id="Literal1" 
              runat="server" text="Literal Text" />

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Button id="Button1"
        Text="Change"
        OnClick="Button1_Click"
        runat="server"/>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>
C# 
using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  public sealed class CustomLiteralCreateControlCollection : System.Web.UI.LiteralControl
  {
    protected override System.Web.UI.ControlCollection CreateControlCollection()
    {
      // Return a new EmptyControlCollection
      return new System.Web.UI.EmptyControlCollection(this);
    }
  }
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also