.NET Inherited Control

Sean^DCT4

Hi all,

I have created a very simple custom control:

[assembly: System.Web.UI.TagPrefix("CustomMultiLineTextBox", "evo")]
        public class CustomMultiLineTextBox : 
            System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox
        {

            public override int Rows
            {
                get
                {
                    return 5;
                }
            }

            public override System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBoxMode TextMode
            {
                get
                {
                    return System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBoxMode.MultiLine;
                }
            }
    public override string CssClass
            {
                get
                {
                    return "textboxStyle";
                }
                set
                {
//base.CssClass = "textboxStyle";
                    base.CssClass = value;
                }
            }
        }
        }

However, when I drop this control onto my aspx page the CssClass does not seem to be applied. The TextMode and Rows property are set correctly.

<evo:CustomMultiLineTextBox ID="txtTrainingNeeds" runat="server">
</evo:CustomMultiLineTextBox>

Only if I add CssClass="textboxStyle" to the markup will the CssClass be applied.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

John_Mc

What happens if you leave CssClass=""? Maybe the textbox control requires that the cssclass property isn't null?

Sean^DCT4

Hi John,

Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking that earlier on this morning and that didn't work when I left it empty..

Just, added this and removed the override on the CssClass and it worked:

public CustomMultiLineTextBox()
{
    CssClass = "textboxStyle";
}

John_Mc

Sean^DCT4 wrote: »

Hi John,

Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking that earlier on this morning and that didn't work when I left it empty..

Just, added this and removed the override on the CssClass and it worked:

public CustomMultiLineTextBox()
{
    CssClass = "textboxStyle";
}

That's strange! Must be a IsNullOrEmpty check instead of just a null check.

Edit: sorry, just saw the CSS at the top!