Use of Register Directives in ASP.Net

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Why we use @Register Directives in ASP.Net

Hemant Kumar · Answer

Directives in ASP.NET are used to set attributes for a page. The @Register directive is a directive used to register user defined controls on a web page. A user created server control has an ascx extenstion. These controls inherit from the namespace System.Web.UI.UserControl . This namespace inherits from the System.Web.UI.Control . A user control may be embedded in an aspx web page using the @Register directive. A user control cannot be executed on its own independently, but may be registered on a web page and then used out there. Below is the syntax for registering an @register directive in an aspx page in ASP.NET The TagPrefix attributes is used to specify a unique namespace for the user control. The TagName is a name used to refer a user control uniquely by its name. Say we want to use this control in a webpage, we may use the code below...

Uma Shankar Patel · Answer

as we give the reference of dll in windows appliaction and use using namesapace of dll.in the same way we use Register directive to register dll/custom controls with our application/website.

Prabhu Raja · Answer

Hi, @Register directive informs the compiler of any custom server control added to the page.

Use of Register Directives in ASP.Net

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