ASP.NET Controls Question

Hello All,

I created a new ASP.NET web application and printed out the number of
controls in the page

Response.Write(this.Page.Controls.Count.ToString() );

It shows a count of 3 even though I did not add any controls to the
page. Could anyone explain why ?

Thanks !

Niranjan

Have you tried walking through your code? If you add your
page object to the watch window, you can open up the
Page.Controls collection and look at which controls are
inside.

The Form is actually a control inside the page, so even if
you haven't added any controls to the page, the Form will
still be there.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello All,
>
>I created a new ASP.NET web application and printed out
the number of
>controls in the page
>
>Response.Write(this.Page.Controls.Count.ToString( ));
>
>It shows a count of 3 even though I did not add any
controls to the
>page. Could anyone explain why ?
>
>Thanks !
>.
>

Becky

Set a breakpoint in the Page load sub. Use the IDE to
explore the properties of the Page.Controls object.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello All,
>
>I created a new ASP.NET web application and printed out
the number of
>controls in the page
>
>Response.Write(this.Page.Controls.Count.ToString( ));
>
>It shows a count of 3 even though I did not add any
controls to the
>page. Could anyone explain why ?
>
>Thanks !
>.
>

i think you should try the following code to get the
Controls List contained in your WebPage.
__________________________________________________ _______

int iTotalControlCount = 0;
System.Text.StringBuilder sbControls = new
System.Text.StringBuilder("");

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
TotalControlCount(this);
Response.Write("Total Controls Count = " +
iTotalControlCount.ToString());
Response.Write(sbControls.ToString());
}

private void TotalControlCount(Control ctl)
{
iTotalControlCount++;
sbControls.Append("<br>" + ctl.ID + " -- " +
ctl.GetType().ToString());

if(ctl.HasControls())
{
foreach(Control eachCtl in this.Controls)
{
iTotalControlCount++;
sbControls.Append("<br>");
sbControls.Append(eachCtl.ID + " --
" + eachCtl.GetType().ToString());
ChildControlCount(eachCtl);
}
}
}

private void ChildControlCount(Control ctl)
{
if(ctl.HasControls())
{
foreach(Control eachCtl in ctl.Controls)
{
iTotalControlCount++;
sbControls.Append("<br>");
sbControls.Append(eachCtl.ID + " --
" + eachCtl.GetType().ToString());
ChildControlCount(eachCtl);
}
}
}
__________________________________________________ _______


>-----Original Message-----
>Hello All,
>
>I created a new ASP.NET web application and printed out
the number of
>controls in the page
>
>Response.Write(this.Page.Controls.Count.ToString( ));
>
>It shows a count of 3 even though I did not add any
controls to the
>page. Could anyone explain why ?
>
>Thanks !
>.
>

Satish R. Katika