usinging a user control from other user control [closed]

Question

i had stuck in a situation in wich

i have a asp user control i.e ToolBar it contains a menu with menu items : "Remove" & "Hide" & some methods that perfrom the task of menu item click .

i want to use this user control (ToolBar) as parent with other user controls that extends the functioanlity of ToolBar keeping the its basic functionality fixed & mandatory

//<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="ToolBar.ascx.cs" Inherits="ToolBar" %> // // // // // // // // // // //

like the child user control (Child1 ) may have menu item "minimize" & "restore" additional to "Remove" & "Hide".

& another child2 user control have "settings" , "Copy" menu items additional to "Remove" & "Hide".

and so on that is each child user control must have a menu with with menu items : "Remove" & "Hide" with their own menu items & functionality .

Any .NET Master please help me to sort out this mess ( making a user control as template for other user control)

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

This sounds like pretty fundamental OOP inheritance applied to ASP.NET

Create a class which includes your basic functionality, ensure it inherits from UserControl, and your child controls will inherit this functionality and include anything else which you declare.

If you're confused about how to do this, here's an intro to inheritance: http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/lesson08.aspx

And here's a tutorial from MSDN on writing UserControls: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a6h7e207(v=vs.71).aspx