In this example, you will see that how can we register multiple web user control in Web.Config. When you are working on multiple web user control and repeating them on different pages in your project.
Let’s start
Here, I will assume that you know how to create a web site/ web application project.
Open you Web Site, right click on your Web Site from Solution Explorer. Create new folder named CustomControl and add three web user controls with named WebUserControl1.ascx, WebUserControl2.ascx and WebUserControl3.ascx.
Your solution explorer will looks like
Most of developer registers then on each page by adding <%@ Register %> directives to the top of pages.
<%@ Register src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl1.ascx" tagname="UserControl" tagprefix="UserControl1" %>
<%@ Register src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl2.ascx" tagname="UserControl" tagprefix="UserControl2" %>
<%@ Register src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl3.ascx" tagname="UserControl" tagprefix="UserControl3" %>
Let us register web user controls in the Web.Config file.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<pages>
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="UserControl" src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl1.ascx" tagName="UserControl1" />
<add tagPrefix="UserControl" src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl2.ascx" tagName="UserControl2" />
<add tagPrefix="UserControl" src="~/CustomControls/WebUserControl3.ascx" tagName="UserControl3" />
</controls>
</pages>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Now, Controls can be used in any page
<UserControl:UserControl1 ID="UserControl1" runat="server" />
<UserControl:UserControl2 ID="UserControl2" runat="server" />
If the intelligence is enabled in your visual studio, you will see
It is easy to use and manage, you don’t have to registered it on multiple page where you have to used web user control.
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