XmlDataSource Class
Definition
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Represents an XML data source to data-bound controls.
public ref class XmlDataSource : System::Web::UI::HierarchicalDataSourceControl, System::ComponentModel::IListSource, System::Web::UI::IDataSource[System.Drawing.ToolboxBitmap(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.XmlDataSource))]
public class XmlDataSource : System.Web.UI.HierarchicalDataSourceControl, System.ComponentModel.IListSource, System.Web.UI.IDataSource[<System.Drawing.ToolboxBitmap(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.XmlDataSource))>]
type XmlDataSource = class
inherit HierarchicalDataSourceControl
interface IDataSource
interface IListSourcePublic Class XmlDataSource
Inherits HierarchicalDataSourceControl
Implements IDataSource, IListSource- Inheritance
- Attributes
- Implements
Examples
This section contains two code examples. The first code example demonstrates how to use an XmlDataSource control with a TreeView control to display XML data from the sample XML file. The second example demonstrates how to use an XmlDataSource control with a templated Repeater control to display XML data.
The following code example demonstrates how to use an XmlDataSource control with a TreeView control to display XML data. The XmlDataSource loads XML data from the XML file identified by the DataFile property.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!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 runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:xmldatasource
id="XmlDataSource1"
runat="server"
datafile="books.xml" />
<!- TreeView uses hierachical data, so the
XmlDataSource uses an XmlHierarchicalDataSourceView
when a TreeView is bound to it. -->
<asp:TreeView
id="TreeView1"
runat="server"
datasourceid="XmlDataSource1">
<databindings>
<asp:treenodebinding datamember="book" textfield="title"/>
</databindings>
</asp:TreeView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!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 runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:xmldatasource
id="XmlDataSource1"
runat="server"
datafile="books.xml" />
<!- TreeView uses hierachical data, so the
XmlDataSource uses an XmlHierarchicalDataSourceView
when a TreeView is bound to it. -->
<asp:TreeView
id="TreeView1"
runat="server"
datasourceid="XmlDataSource1">
<databindings>
<asp:treenodebinding datamember="book" textfield="title"/>
</databindings>
</asp:TreeView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
The XML file in the code example has the following data:
<books>
<computerbooks>
<book title="Secrets of Silicon Valley" author="Sheryl Hunter"/>
<book title="Straight Talk About Computers" author="Dean Straight"/>
<book title="You Can Combat Computer Stress!" author="Marjorie Green"/>
</computerbooks>
<cookbooks>
<book title="Silicon Valley Gastronomic Treats" author="Innes del Castill"/>
</cookbooks>
</books>
The following code example demonstrates how to use an XmlDataSource control with a templated Repeater control to display XML data. The Repeater control uses an XPath data-binding expression to bind to data items within the XML document that the XmlDataSource represents. For more information about XPath and XPathSelect data-binding syntax, see the XPathBinder class.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!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 runat="server">
<title>Order</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:XmlDataSource
runat="server"
id="XmlDataSource1"
XPath="orders/order"
DataFile="order.xml" />
<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1"
runat="server"
DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1">
<ItemTemplate>
<h2>Order</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Customer</td>
<td><%#XPath("customer/@id")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("customername/firstn")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("customername/lastn")%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ship To</td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/address1")%></font></td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/city")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/state")%>,
<%#XPath("shipaddress/zip")%></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Order Summary</h3>
<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater2"
DataSource='<%#XPathSelect("summary/item")%>'
runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<b><%#XPath("@dept")%></b> -
<%#XPath(".")%><br />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
<hr />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!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 runat="server">
<title>Order</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:XmlDataSource
runat="server"
id="XmlDataSource1"
XPath="orders/order"
DataFile="order.xml" />
<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1"
runat="server"
DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1">
<ItemTemplate>
<h2>Order</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Customer</td>
<td><%#XPath("customer/@id")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("customername/firstn")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("customername/lastn")%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ship To</td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/address1")%></font></td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/city")%></td>
<td><%#XPath("shipaddress/state")%>,
<%#XPath("shipaddress/zip")%></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Order Summary</h3>
<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater2"
DataSource='<%#XPathSelect("summary/item")%>'
runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<b><%#XPath("@dept")%></b> -
<%#XPath(".")%><br />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
<hr />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</form>
</body>
</html>
The XML file in the code example has the following data:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<orders>
<order>
<customer id="12345" />
<customername>
<firstn>John</firstn>
<lastn>Smith</lastn>
</customername>
<transaction id="12345" />
<shipaddress>
<address1>1234 Tenth Avenue</address1>
<city>Bellevue</city>
<state>Washington</state>
<zip>98001</zip>
</shipaddress>
<summary>
<item dept="tools">screwdriver</item>
<item dept="tools">hammer</item>
<item dept="plumbing">fixture</item>
</summary>
</order>
</orders>
Remarks
In this topic:
Introduction
The XmlDataSource control is a data source control that presents XML data to data-bound controls. The XmlDataSource control can be used by data-bound controls to display both hierarchical and tabular data. The XmlDataSource control is typically used to display hierarchical XML data in read-only scenarios. Because the XmlDataSource control extends the HierarchicalDataSourceControl class, it works with hierarchical data. The XmlDataSource control also implements the IDataSource interface and works with tabular, or list-style, data.
Note
For security purposes, none of the XmlDataSource control properties are stored in view state. Since it is technically possible to decode the contents of view state on the client, storing sensitive information about the data structure or its contents could expose you to an information disclosure threat. Note that if you need to store information such as XPath property in view state, you can enable encryption to protect the contents by setting ViewStateEncryptionMode on the @ Page directive.
Page developers use the XmlDataSource control to display XML data using data-bound controls.
Sources of XML Data
The XmlDataSource typically loads XML data from an XML file, which is specified by the DataFile property. XML data can also be stored directly by the data source control in string form using the Data property. If you want to transform the XML data before it is displayed by a data-bound control, you can provide an Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) style sheet for the transformation. As with the XML data, you typically load the style sheet from a file, indicated by the TransformFile property, but you can also store it in string form directly using the Transform property.
Updating XML Data
The XmlDataSource control is commonly used in read-only data scenarios where a data-bound control displays XML data. However, you can also use the XmlDataSource control to edit XML data. To edit the XML data, call the GetXmlDocument method to retrieve an XmlDataDocument object that is an in-memory representation of the XML data. You can use the object model exposed by the XmlDataDocument and XmlNode objects it contains or use an XPath filtering expression to manipulate data in the document. When you have made changes to the in-memory representation of the XML data, you can save it to disk by calling the Save method.
There are some restrictions to the editing capabilities of the XmlDataSource control:
The XML data must be loaded from an XML file that is indicated by the DataFile property, not from inline XML specified in the Data property.
No XSLT transformation can be specified in the Transform or TransformFile properties.
The Save method does not handle concurrent save operations by different requests. If more than one user is editing an XML file through the XmlDataSource, there is no guarantee that all users are operating with the same data. It is also possible for a Save operation to fail due to these same concurrency issues.
Specifying an XSL Transformation
A common operation performed with XML data is transforming it from one XML data set into another. The XmlDataSource control supports XML transformations with the Transform and TransformFile properties, which specify an XSL style sheet to apply to XML data before it is passed to a data-bound control, and the TransformArgumentList property, which enables you to supply dynamic XSLT style sheet arguments to be used by an XSL style sheet during the transformation. If you specify an XPath filtering expression using the XPath property, it is applied after the transformation takes place.
Note
The XmlDataSource class uses the deprecated XslTransform class to perform XSL transformations. If you want to use style sheet features that were introduced after the XslTransform class was deprecated, apply the transforms manually by using the XslCompiledTransform class.
Filtering using an XPath Expression
By default, the XmlDataSource control loads all the XML data in the XML file identified by the DataFile property or found inline in the Data property, but you can filter the data using an XPath expression. The XPath property supports an XPath-syntax filter that is applied after XML data is loaded and transformed.
Caching
For performance purposes, caching is enabled for the XmlDataSource control by default. Opening and reading an XML file on the server every time a page requested can reduce the performance of your application. Caching lets you reduce the processing load on your server at the expense of memory on the Web server; in most cases this is a good trade-off. The XmlDataSource automatically caches data when the EnableCaching property is set to true, and the CacheDuration property is set to the number of seconds that the cache stores data before the cache is invalidated. You can use the CacheExpirationPolicy to further fine-tune the caching behavior of the data source control.
Additional Features
The following table lists additional features that are supported by the XmlDataSource control.
| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Sorting | Not supported by the XmlDataSource control. |
| Filtering | The XPath property can be used to filter the XML data using an appropriate XPath expression. |
| Paging | Not supported by the XmlDataSource control. |
| Updating | Supported by manipulating the XmlDataDocument directly and then calling the Save method. |
| Deleting | Supported by manipulating the XmlDataDocument directly and then calling the Save method. |
| Inserting | Supported by manipulating the XmlDataDocument directly and then calling the Save method. |
| Caching | Enabled by default, with the CacheDuration property set to 0 (infinite) and the CacheExpirationPolicy property set to Absolute. |
Data View Object
Because the XmlDataSource control supports data-bound controls that display hierarchical data as well as controls that display tabular data, the data source control supports multiple types of data source view objects on its underlying XML data. The XmlDataSource control retrieves a single named XmlDataSourceView object when used with a data-bound control that displays tabular data. The GetViewNames method identifies this single named view. When used with a data-bound control that displays hierarchical data, the XmlDataSource control retrieves an XmlHierarchicalDataSourceView for any unique hierarchical path passed to the GetHierarchicalView method.
Declarative Syntax
<asp:XmlDataSource
CacheDuration="string|Infinite"
CacheExpirationPolicy="Absolute|Sliding"
CacheKeyDependency="string"
DataFile="string"
EnableCaching="True|False"
EnableTheming="True|False"
EnableViewState="True|False"
ID="string"
OnDataBinding="DataBinding event handler"
OnDisposed="Disposed event handler"
OnInit="Init event handler"
OnLoad="Load event handler"
OnPreRender="PreRender event handler"
OnTransforming="Transforming event handler"
OnUnload="Unload event handler"
runat="server"
SkinID="string"
TransformArgumentList="string"
TransformFile="string"
Visible="True|False"
XPath="string"
>
<Data>string</Data>
<Transform>string</Transform>
</asp:XmlDataSource>
Constructors
| XmlDataSource() |
Creates a new instance of the XmlDataSource class. |
Properties
| Adapter |
Gets the browser-specific adapter for the control. (Inherited from Control) |
| AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory |
Gets or sets the application-relative virtual directory of the Page or UserControl object that contains this control. (Inherited from Control) |
| BindingContainer |
Gets the control that contains this control's data binding. (Inherited from Control) |
| CacheDuration |
Gets or sets the length of time, in seconds, that the data source control caches data it has retrieved. |
| CacheExpirationPolicy |
Gets or sets the cache expiration policy that is combined with the cache duration to describe the caching behavior of the cache that the data source control uses. |
| CacheKeyContext |
Gets or sets the value of the cache key for the data source control from view state, or adds the cache key to view state. |
| CacheKeyDependency |
Gets or sets a user-defined key dependency that is linked to all data cache objects created by the data source control. All cache objects explicitly expire when the key expires. |
| ChildControlsCreated |
Gets a value that indicates whether the server control's child controls have been created. (Inherited from Control) |
| ClientID |
Gets the server control identifier generated by ASP.NET. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| ClientIDMode |
This property is not used for data source controls. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| ClientIDSeparator |
Gets a character value representing the separator character used in the ClientID property. (Inherited from Control) |
| Context |
Gets the HttpContext object associated with the server control for the current Web request. (Inherited from Control) |
| Controls |
Gets a ControlCollection object that represents the child controls for a specified server control in the UI hierarchy. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| Data |
Gets or sets a block of XML data that the data source control binds to. |
| DataFile |
Specifies the file name of an XML file that the data source binds to. |
| DataItemContainer |
Gets a reference to the naming container if the naming container implements IDataItemContainer. (Inherited from Control) |
| DataKeysContainer |
Gets a reference to the naming container if the naming container implements IDataKeysControl. (Inherited from Control) |
| DesignMode |
Gets a value indicating whether a control is being used on a design surface. (Inherited from Control) |
| EnableCaching |
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the XmlDataSource control has data caching enabled. |
| EnableTheming |
Gets a value indicating whether this control supports themes. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| EnableViewState |
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server control persists its view state, and the view state of any child controls it contains, to the requesting client. (Inherited from Control) |
| Events |
Gets a list of event handler delegates for the control. This property is read-only. (Inherited from Control) |
| HasChildViewState |
Gets a value indicating whether the current server control's child controls have any saved view-state settings. (Inherited from Control) |
| ID |
Gets or sets the programmatic identifier assigned to the server control. (Inherited from Control) |
| IdSeparator |
Gets the character used to separate control identifiers. (Inherited from Control) |
| IsChildControlStateCleared |
Gets a value indicating whether controls contained within this control have control state. (Inherited from Control) |
| IsTrackingViewState |
Gets a value that indicates whether the server control is saving changes to its view state. (Inherited from Control) |
| IsViewStateEnabled |
Gets a value indicating whether view state is enabled for this control. (Inherited from Control) |
| LoadViewStateByID |
Gets a value indicating whether the control participates in loading its view state by ID instead of index. (Inherited from Control) |
| NamingContainer |
Gets a reference to the server control's naming container, which creates a unique namespace for differentiating between server controls with the same ID property value. (Inherited from Control) |
| Page |
Gets a reference to the Page instance that contains the server control. (Inherited from Control) |
| Parent |
Gets a reference to the server control's parent control in the page control hierarchy. (Inherited from Control) |
| RenderingCompatibility |
Gets a value that specifies the ASP.NET version that rendered HTML will be compatible with. (Inherited from Control) |
| Site |
Gets information about the container that hosts the current control when rendered on a design surface. (Inherited from Control) |
| SkinID |
Gets or sets the skin to apply to the HierarchicalDataSourceControl control. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| TemplateControl |
Gets or sets a reference to the template that contains this control. (Inherited from Control) |
| TemplateSourceDirectory |
Gets the virtual directory of the Page or UserControl that contains the current server control. (Inherited from Control) |
| Transform |
Gets or sets a block of Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) data that defines an XSLT transformation to be performed on the XML data managed by the XmlDataSource control. |
| TransformArgumentList |
Provides a list of XSLT arguments that are used with the style sheet defined by the Transform or TransformFile properties to perform a transformation on the XML data. |
| TransformFile |
Specifies the file name of an Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) file (.xsl) that defines an XSLT transformation to be performed on the XML data managed by the XmlDataSource control. |
| UniqueID |
Gets the unique, hierarchically qualified identifier for the server control. (Inherited from Control) |
| ValidateRequestMode |
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the control checks client input from the browser for potentially dangerous values. (Inherited from Control) |
| ViewState |
Gets a dictionary of state information that allows you to save and restore the view state of a server control across multiple requests for the same page. (Inherited from Control) |
| ViewStateIgnoresCase |
Gets a value that indicates whether the StateBag object is case-insensitive. (Inherited from Control) |
| ViewStateMode |
Gets or sets the view-state mode of this control. (Inherited from Control) |
| Visible |
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visually displayed. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| XPath |
Specifies an XPath expression to be applied to the XML data contained by the Data property or by the XML file indicated by the DataFile property. |
Methods
| AddedControl(Control, Int32) |
Called after a child control is added to the Controls collection of the Control object. (Inherited from Control) |
| AddParsedSubObject(Object) |
Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's ControlCollection object. (Inherited from Control) |
| ApplyStyleSheetSkin(Page) |
Applies the style properties that are defined in the page style sheet to the control. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| BeginRenderTracing(TextWriter, Object) |
Begins design-time tracing of rendering data. (Inherited from Control) |
| BuildProfileTree(String, Boolean) |
Gathers information about the server control and delivers it to the Trace property to be displayed when tracing is enabled for the page. (Inherited from Control) |
| ClearCachedClientID() |
Sets the cached ClientID value to |
| ClearChildControlState() |
Deletes the control-state information for the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| ClearChildState() |
Deletes the view-state and control-state information for all the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| ClearChildViewState() |
Deletes the view-state information for all the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| ClearEffectiveClientIDMode() |
Sets the ClientIDMode property of the current control instance and of any child controls to Inherit. (Inherited from Control) |
| 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. (Inherited from Control) |
| CreateControlCollection() |
Creates a new ControlCollection object to hold the child controls (both literal and server) of the server control. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| DataBind() |
Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| DataBind(Boolean) |
Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls with an option to raise the DataBinding event. (Inherited from Control) |
| DataBindChildren() |
Binds a data source to the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| Dispose() |
Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory. (Inherited from Control) |
| EndRenderTracing(TextWriter, Object) |
Ends design-time tracing of rendering data. (Inherited from Control) |
| EnsureChildControls() |
Determines whether the server control contains child controls. If it does not, it creates child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| EnsureID() |
Creates an identifier for controls that do not have an identifier assigned. (Inherited from Control) |
| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| FindControl(String, Int32) |
Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified |
| FindControl(String) |
Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified |
| Focus() |
Sets input focus to the control. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| GetDesignModeState() |
Gets design-time data for a control. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetHashCode() |
Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHierarchicalView(String) |
Gets the data source view object for the XmlDataSource control. The |
| GetRouteUrl(Object) |
Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetRouteUrl(RouteValueDictionary) |
Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetRouteUrl(String, Object) |
Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters and a route name. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetRouteUrl(String, RouteValueDictionary) |
Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters and a route name. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetType() |
Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetUniqueIDRelativeTo(Control) |
Returns the prefixed portion of the UniqueID property of the specified control. (Inherited from Control) |
| GetXmlDocument() |
Loads the XML data into memory, either directly from the underlying data storage or from the cache, and returns it in the form of an XmlDataDocument object. |
| HasControls() |
Determines if the server control contains any child controls. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| HasEvents() |
Returns a value indicating whether events are registered for the control or any child controls. (Inherited from Control) |
| IsLiteralContent() |
Determines if the server control holds only literal content. (Inherited from Control) |
| LoadControlState(Object) |
Restores control-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveControlState() method. (Inherited from Control) |
| LoadViewState(Object) |
Restores view-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveViewState() method. (Inherited from Control) |
| MapPathSecure(String) |
Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to. (Inherited from Control) |
| MemberwiseClone() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| OnBubbleEvent(Object, EventArgs) |
Determines whether the event for the server control is passed up the page's UI server control hierarchy. (Inherited from Control) |
| OnDataBinding(EventArgs) |
Raises the DataBinding event. (Inherited from Control) |
| OnDataSourceChanged(EventArgs) |
Raises the DataSourceChanged event. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| OnInit(EventArgs) |
Raises the Init event. (Inherited from Control) |
| OnLoad(EventArgs) |
Raises the Load event. (Inherited from Control) |
| OnPreRender(EventArgs) |
Raises the PreRender event. (Inherited from Control) |
| OnTransforming(EventArgs) |
Raises the Transforming event before the XmlDataSource control performs an XSLT transformation on its XML data. |
| OnUnload(EventArgs) |
Raises the Unload event. (Inherited from Control) |
| OpenFile(String) |
Gets a Stream used to read a file. (Inherited from Control) |
| RaiseBubbleEvent(Object, EventArgs) |
Assigns any sources of the event and its information to the control's parent. (Inherited from Control) |
| RemovedControl(Control) |
Called after a child control is removed from the Controls collection of the Control object. (Inherited from Control) |
| Render(HtmlTextWriter) |
Sends server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. (Inherited from Control) |
| RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter) |
Outputs the content of a server control's children to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. (Inherited from Control) |
| RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter, ControlAdapter) |
Outputs server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object using a provided ControlAdapter object. (Inherited from Control) |
| RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter) |
Outputs server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object and stores tracing information about the control if tracing is enabled. (Inherited from HierarchicalDataSourceControl) |
| ResolveAdapter() |
Gets the control adapter responsible for rendering the specified control. (Inherited from Control) |
| ResolveClientUrl(String) |
Gets a URL that can be used by the browser. (Inherited from Control) |
| ResolveUrl(String) |
Converts a URL into one that is usable on the requesting client. (Inherited from Control) |
| Save() |
Saves the XML data currently held in memory by the XmlDataSource control to disk if the DataFile property is set. |
| SaveControlState() |
Saves any server control state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. (Inherited from Control) |
| SaveViewState() |
Saves any server control view-state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. (Inherited from Control) |
| SetDesignModeState(IDictionary) |
Sets design-time data for a control. (Inherited from Control) |
| SetRenderMethodDelegate(RenderMethod) |
Assigns an event handler delegate to render the server control and its content into its parent control. (Inherited from Control) |
| SetTraceData(Object, Object, Object) |
Sets trace data for design-time tracing of rendering data, using the traced object, the trace data key, and the trace data value. (Inherited from Control) |
| SetTraceData(Object, Object) |
Sets trace data for design-time tracing of rendering data, using the trace data key and the trace data value. (Inherited from Control) |
| ToString() |
Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| TrackViewState() |
Causes tracking of view-state changes to the server control so they can be stored in the server control's StateBag object. This object is accessible through the ViewState property. (Inherited from Control) |
Events
| DataBinding |
Occurs when the server control binds to a data source. (Inherited from Control) |
| Disposed |
Occurs when a server control is released from memory, which is the last stage of the server control lifecycle when an ASP.NET page is requested. (Inherited from Control) |
| Init |
Occurs when the server control is initialized, which is the first step in its lifecycle. (Inherited from Control) |
| Load |
Occurs when the server control is loaded into the Page object. (Inherited from Control) |
| PreRender |
Occurs after the Control object is loaded but prior to rendering. (Inherited from Control) |
| Transforming |
Occurs before the style sheet that is defined by the Transform property or identified by the TransformFile property is applied to XML data. |
| Unload |
Occurs when the server control is unloaded from memory. (Inherited from Control) |
Explicit Interface Implementations
Extension Methods
| FindDataSourceControl(Control) |
Returns the data source that is associated with the data control for the specified control. |
| FindFieldTemplate(Control, String) |
Returns the field template for the specified column in the specified control's naming container. |
| FindMetaTable(Control) |
Returns the metatable object for the containing data control. |
| GetDefaultValues(IDataSource) |
Gets the collection of the default values for the specified data source. |
| GetMetaTable(IDataSource) |
Gets the metadata for a table in the specified data source object. |
| TryGetMetaTable(IDataSource, MetaTable) |
Determines whether table metadata is available. |
