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Creating user control could serve multiple pages. This is not complicated as you are familiar with ASP world.<br />
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Below articles can guide you.<br />
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26db8ysc(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26db8ysc(v=vs.85).aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/user-controls/myusercontrol.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/KB/user-controls/myusercontrol.aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://www.asp.net/general/videos/how-do-i-create-a-custom-user-control-in-aspnet" rel="ugc">http://www.asp.net/general/videos/how-do-i-create-a-custom-user-control-in-aspnet</a>
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Creating user control could serve multiple pages. This is not complicated as you are familiar with ASP world.

Below articles can guide you.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26db8ysc(v=vs.85).aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26db8ysc(v=vs.85).aspx]
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/user-controls/myusercontrol.aspx [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/user-controls/myusercontrol.aspx]
http://www.asp.net/general/videos/how-do-i-create-a-custom-user-control-in-aspnet [http://www.asp.net/general/videos/how-do-i-create-a-custom-user-control-in-aspnet]

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coming from a classic asp background, I understand that user controls are basically a set of web controls that are wrapped so that you can reuse in other web pages...is it like an include from asp?
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coming from a classic asp background, I understand that user controls are basically a set of web controls that are wrapped so that you can reuse in other web pages...is it like an include from asp?

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