Complex Templated Custom Control

[mark007]

I've been working on a custom templated web control and wondering if it woukd be possible to create a complex control whereby one template provides the field for another. For example:

 

<asp:controlname>

<Template1>

<div><%# Container.Template2Data %></div>

</Template1>

<Template2>

<b><%# Container.Item %></b>

</Template2>

</asp:controlname>

 

So template 1 is used multiple times with some source data and then the items genarated from this are placed in the Template2Data fields in the first template.

 

Is this possible?

 

:)

[mark007]

Just a follow up - I've still not worked out if this is possible but I'm thinking it's probably not - I can't think of a way of doing it really unless I could get the HTML out of the evaluated template..

 

(Some may have noticed the typo in the above - it should clearly say:

 

So template 2 is used multiple times....)

 

In the end I built my own template control by parsing my own templates where all the fields looked like:

 

[DataItem]

 

Works fine as I'm pullign the templates from a DB but obviously I couldn't use it as with a standard tmeplated control by typing the HTML into the page.

 

:)