LinkButton.RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter) Method
Definition
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Renders the contents of the control to the specified writer.
protected:
override void RenderContents(System::Web::UI::HtmlTextWriter ^ writer);
protected public:
override void RenderContents(System::Web::UI::HtmlTextWriter ^ writer);
protected override void RenderContents (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer);
protected internal override void RenderContents (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer);
override this.RenderContents : System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter -> unit
Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents (writer As HtmlTextWriter)
Protected Friend Overrides Sub RenderContents (writer As HtmlTextWriter)
Parameters
- writer
- HtmlTextWriter
A HtmlTextWriter that represents the output stream to render HTML content on the client.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to override the RenderContents method in a custom server control so that some text is appended to the LinkButton.
<%@ 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 LinkButton - RenderContents - C# Example</title>
<script runat="server">
void LinkButton1_Command(Object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
{
// Redirect to the Microsoft home page.
Response.Redirect("http://www.microsoft.com/");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<h3>Custom LinkButton - RenderContents - C# Example</h3>
<aspSample:CustomLinkButtonRenderContents
id="LinkButton1"
runat="server"
OnCommand="LinkButton1_Command"
ToolTip="Microsoft Home">Microsoft Corp.
</aspSample:CustomLinkButtonRenderContents>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB" %>
<%@ Page Language="VB" 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 LinkButton - RenderContents - VB.NET Example</title>
<script runat="server">
Sub LinkButton1_Command(sender As Object, e As CommandEventArgs)
' Redirect to the Microsoft home page.
Response.Redirect("http://www.microsoft.com/")
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<h3>Custom LinkButton - RenderContents - VB.NET Example</h3>
<aspSample:CustomLinkButtonRenderContents id="LinkButton1"
runat="server" OnCommand="LinkButton1_Command"
ToolTip="Microsoft Home">Microsoft Corp.</aspSample:CustomLinkButtonRenderContents>
</form>
</body>
</html>
using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;
namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
[AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
public sealed class CustomLinkButtonRenderContents : System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton
{
protected override void RenderContents(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
// Call the base RenderContents method.
base.RenderContents(writer);
// Append some text to the LinkButton.
writer.Write(" Home Page");
}
}
}
<AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CustomLinkButtonRenderContents
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton
Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)
' Call the base RenderContents method.
MyBase.RenderContents(writer)
' Append some text to the LinkButton.
writer.Write(" Home Page")
End Sub
End Class
Remarks
This method is used primarily by control developers.