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I'm trying to dynamically create and add controls to a web page:



Label obj1 = new Label();

DropDownList obj2 = new DropDownList();

Controls.Add(obj1);

Controls.Add(obj2);



But I get the following error when the DDL is added (but not the Label):



"Control 'ctl07' of type 'DropDownList' must be placed inside a form tag

with runat=server."



So I saw a web page that added controls like so:



foreach (object item in Page.Controls)

{ if (item.GetType() == typeof(HtmlForm))

{ ((HtmlForm)item).Controls.Add(obj);

break;}}



Which works fine in a normal web page, but when I place my code in a Content

Page, this doesn't work.





Why do controls like Label and Image work ok when adding controls using

Controls.Add, and others give the runat=server error?



How do I get this to work when I add controls in a content page?



Any explanations or reference web pages would be appreciated. -- Mark


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to postback a value, a control must be inside a form. just put a placeholder

on the page.



-- bruce (sqlwork.com)





"Mark Denardo" <mark@markdenardo.net>wrote in message



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Well if I plop down a placeholder in the .aspx file, it defeats the purpose

of adding a control dynamically. And if I dynamically create a placeholder

and add the DDL control to it, I get the same error.





"bruce barker (sqlwork.com)" <b_r_u_c_e_removeunderscores@sqlwork.com>wrote

in message news:enB9v5G%23GHA.3644@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...



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Ok, I only need one placeholder for all my added controls. Thought I would

need one per. I guess this will work out me after all.



Thanks - Mark



"Mark Denardo" <mark@markdenardo.net>wrote in message



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