PersistChildrenAttribute.Persist Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets a value that indicates whether the nested content is persisted as nested controls at design time.

public:
 property bool Persist { bool get(); };
public bool Persist { get; }
member this.Persist : bool
Public ReadOnly Property Persist As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true to persist nested content as nested controls; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to get the value of the Persist property.

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the PersistChildrenAttribute class.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSamples" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
  
  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Create two new employees and add them to the custom control.
    Employee e1 = new Employee("Employee 1", "Title 1", "Alias 1");
    Employee e2 = new Employee("Employee 2", "Title 2", "Alias 2");
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e1);
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e2);

    // Verify attribute values.
    PersistChildrenAttribute p =
      (PersistChildrenAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(CollectionPropertyControl), 
      typeof(PersistChildrenAttribute));

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.Append("The Persist property is " + p.Persist.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The UseCustomPersistence property is " + p.UsesCustomPersistence.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The IsDefault method returns " + p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString());
    Message.Text = sb.ToString();
    
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSampleVB" %>


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
  
  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    ' Create two new employees and add them to the custom control.
    Dim e1 As New Employee("Employee 1", "Title 1", "Alias 1")
    Dim e2 As New Employee("Employee 2", "Title 2", "Alias 2")
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e1)
    CollectionPropertyControl1.Employees.Add(e2)

    ' Verify attribute values.
    Dim p As PersistChildrenAttribute = _
    Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(GetType(CollectionPropertyControl), _
    GetType(PersistChildrenAttribute))

    Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
    sb.Append("The Persist property is " & p.Persist.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The UseCustomPersistence property is " & p.UsesCustomPersistence.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The IsDefault method returns " & p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString())
    Message.Text = sb.ToString()

  End Sub
  
</script>


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Applies to

See also