PlaceHolder Web Server Control Declarative Syntax
Reserves a location in the page control hierarchy for controls that are added programmatically.
<asp:PlaceHolder
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"
OnUnload="Unload event handler"
runat="server"
SkinID="string"
Visible="True|False"
/>
Remarks
Use the PlaceHolder control as a container to store dynamically added server controls to the Web page. The PlaceHolder control does not produce any visible output and is only used as a container for other controls on the Web page. You can use the Control.Controls collection to add, insert, or remove a control from the PlaceHolder control.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to add Web server controls to the PlaceHolder control.
<%@ 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>PlaceHolder Example</title>
<script runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim myButton As HtmlButton = New HtmlButton()
myButton.InnerText = "Button 1"
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton)
myButton = New HtmlButton()
myButton.InnerText = "Button 2"
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton)
myButton = New HtmlButton()
myButton.InnerText = "Button 3"
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton)
myButton = New HtmlButton()
myButton.InnerText = "Button 4"
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton)
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>PlaceHolder Example</h3>
<asp:PlaceHolder id="PlaceHolder1"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ 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>PlaceHolder Example</title>
<script runat="server">
void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
HtmlButton myButton = new HtmlButton();
myButton.InnerText = "Button 1";
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton);
myButton = new HtmlButton();
myButton.InnerText = "Button 2";
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton);
myButton = new HtmlButton();
myButton.InnerText = "Button 3";
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton);
myButton = new HtmlButton();
myButton.InnerText = "Button 4";
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(myButton);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>PlaceHolder Example</h3>
<asp:PlaceHolder id="PlaceHolder1"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>