Changing skinId on custom ASP.net control HELP!

[V]

Hello!

I made custom control with tables and labels in it.
In my page I have several of these controls. Each one should have
different color of tables etc.
I have different SkinIDs for that.
When my Default page loads I'd like to set SkinID for each of these
controls.


I understand that Page_PreInit should have this but I can't access my
control's properties from there.
I also know that control can't have PreInit, only Page.


I spent last ten hours trying to get around this. I don't know what to
do. HELP


Thank you,
Hrvoje

[Ananth Ramasamy Meenachi]

RE: Changing skinId on custom ASP.net control HELP!

Hi,

Use the followig code for tablerow

using System;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.W ebControls;
using System.Componen tModel;

namespace PubsPortal.cont rols.display
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for TableRow.
/// </summary>
[DefaultProperty ("Text"),
ToolboxData("<{ 0}:TableRow runat=server></{0}:TableRow>")]
public class TableRow : System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Tabl eRow
{
/// <summary>
/// Render this control to the output parameter specified.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="output"Th e HTML writer to write out to </param>
protected override void Render(HtmlText Writer output)
{
// debug info
// this.ToolTip = this.Parent.Get Type().ToString ();


// better way (instead of checking repeateritem) of doing this
// is to check for odd/even control indexes...
// that way tables without repeater
//int RowCount = this.Parent.Con trols.Count;

if (this.Parent.Ge tType().ToStrin g() ==
"System.Web.UI. WebControls.Rep eaterItem" )
{
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Repe aterItem parentItem =
(System.Web.UI. WebControls.Rep eaterItem)this. Parent;

if (parentItem.Ite mType == ListItemType.Al ternatingItem )
{
this.Attributes["bgcolor"]="#f3f9fd";
this.Attributes["height"]="20";
}
}
base.Render(out put);
}

/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer"></param>
public override void RenderEndTag(Ht mlTextWriter writer)
{
writer.WriteEnd Tag("tr");
writer.WriteLin e();
writer.Indent--;

}
}
}


Ananth Ramasamy Meenachi
Programmer Analyst



"V" wrote:

Hello!
>
I made custom control with tables and labels in it.
In my page I have several of these controls. Each one should have
different color of tables etc.
I have different SkinIDs for that.
When my Default page loads I'd like to set SkinID for each of these
controls.
>
>
I understand that Page_PreInit should have this but I can't access my
control's properties from there.
I also know that control can't have PreInit, only Page.
>
>
I spent last ten hours trying to get around this. I don't know what to
do. HELP
>
>
Thank you,
Hrvoje
>
>