Question

I created a Label control inheriting from Label WebControl in CustomLabel.vb in my project where I want to use it. And I would like to use the code below in source-view as such:

<custom:SettingLabel ID="lblHelloWorld" runat="server"/>

How can I do that without creating a WebContolLibrary and using it as reference?

Namespace InternetLending.Controls
    Public Class SettingLabel
        Inherits Label

        Protected msDefaultText As String
        Protected moConfigXML As New ConfigXMLParser()

        Public Overridable Property DefaultText() As String
            Get
                Return Me.msDefaultText
            End Get
            Set(ByVal vsValue As String)
                Me.msDefaultText = vsValue
            End Set
        End Property

        Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
            MyBase.OnLoad(e)
            If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Me.moConfigXML.GetLabelTextByID(Me.ID)) Then
                Me.Text = Me.moConfigXML.GetLabelTextByID(Me.ID)
            Else
                Me.Text = Me.DefaultText
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Answer 1

You just need to add this to the top of your page. You don’t need to make a separate library or anything.

<%@ Register Assembly="Assembly" Namespace="Assembly.Controls" TagPrefix="custom" %>