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This example shows how to extend the functionality of an existing control—the Label
control—and turn it into a RainbowLabel.This is accomplished through the use of
inheritance—RainbowLabel is a subclass of the System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label class.
The RainbowLabel class is as follows:
Imports System
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.ComponentModel
Public Class RainbowLabel
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label
Public Property EnableRainbowMode() As Boolean
Get
If ViewState(“EnableRainbowMode”) Is Nothing Then
Return True
Else
Return Boolean.Parse(CStr(ViewState(“EnableRainbowMode”)))
End If
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Boolean)
ViewState(“EnableRainbowMode”) = Value
End Set
End Property
Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal output As HtmlTextWriter)
If EnableRainbowMode Then
output.Write(ColorizeString([Text]))
Else
output.Write([Text])
End If
End Sub ‘Render
Private Function ColorizeString(ByVal input As String) As String
Dim output As New System.Text.StringBuilder(input.Length)
Dim rand As Random = New Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond)
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To input.Length - 1
Dim red As Integer = rand.Next(0, 255)
Dim green As Integer = rand.Next(0, 255)
Dim blue As Integer = rand.Next(0, 255)
output.Append(“<font color=””#”)
output.Append(Convert.ToString(red, 16))
output.Append(Convert.ToString(green, 16))
output.Append(Convert.ToString(blue, 16))
output.Append(“””>”)
output.Append(input.Substring(i, 1))
output.Append(“</font>”)
Next i
Return output.ToString()
End Function
End Class
To use this control, you need to do the following:
<%@ Page language=”VB” %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix=”AspNetCookbook” Namespace=”AspNetCookbook”
Assembly=”AspNetCookbook” %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” >
<html>
<head>
<title>03 Custom Controls - 02 Extending Existing Web Controls</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id=”Form1” method=”post” runat=”server”>
<AspNetCookbook:RainbowLabel text=”This is a rainbow colored test string”
runat=”server”/><br />
<AspNetCookbook:RainbowLabel EnableRainbowMode=”false”
text=”This is a test string” runat=”server”/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
This control creates a rainbow-ish pattern in the text it displays.This is accomplished by
encapsulating each character in <font> tags.The color on each character is randomized.
Although perhaps not the most useful control, it does demonstrate how easy it is to
extend the functionality of existing Web Controls. It is worth noting that the Label control
should not be overlooked as a powerful control on which to build—the validation
controls all inherit from the simple Label control.
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