how to add webpartzone in sharepoint 2010 programmetically using c#?

Question

i have a really simple question and probably hard answer.
i want to add webpartzone into my sharepoint page using c# code, how can i do that?
i search all of web and found nothing.
what i did is: i create visual web part project and added this code to page_init event of it:

protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    WebPartZone webPartZone1 = new WebPartZone();
    webPartZone1.AllowLayoutChange = true;
    webPartZone1.EmptyZoneText = "No Data are provided";
    webPartZone1.Enabled = true;
    webPartZone1.HeaderText = "My Custom Zone";
    webPartZone1.Visible = true;

    this.Page.Controls.Add(webPartZone1);
}  

and it's doesn't work. but can give you some idea of what i want. im really confused. could anyone help. thanks anyway.

Answer 1

Try adding your web part zone into the controls collection of a TD on your page instead of directly to the page. Also, make sure you give your new webpartzone an ID.

Your page markup:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td id="TopLeftZone" runat="server"></td>
  </tr>
</table>

Your code-behind:

WebPartZone webPartZone1 = new WebPartZone();
webPartZone1.ID = "myTopLeftZone";
. . .
TopLeftZone.Controls.Add(webPartZone1);

Answer 2

I think you will have to update the aspx file content directly (adding the webpart zone template tag).

Using the code you wrote, you won't persist the control addition