Tips & Tricks: Register ASP.NET Web User Controls in Web.config

We can register user control to Web.config file with the following entry:

Web config entry would look like:

<configuration>

<system.web>

<pages>

<controls>

<add tagPrefix="MyControl" src="~/Controls/WebUserControl.ascx" tagName="MyBtn/>

controls>

pages>

system.web>

configuration>

Once the web config entry is made. The control can then be used in any page like this:

<body>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

        <MyControl:MyBtn ID="MyUserControl" runat="server" />

    form>

body>

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