Not sure if I'm missing something or what but I am getting an error with the sample code pertaining to Data Source Controls. When I open the Default.aspx page that has the CustomComponents.SqlDataSource control I get the following:

MySource:Property accessor 'ConnectionString' on object 'System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls.SqlDataSourceDes igner' threw the following exception:'Unable to cast object of type 'CustomComponents.SqlDataSource' to type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.SqlDataSource'.' C:\Data\Development\Downloads\ASP.NET_controls\793 507allchapters\793507 ch12\793507 ch12\Code\ASPNET2DataSourceControlModel\Default.as px C:\...\ASPNET2DataSourceControlModel
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

thanks
L

Hi, llealii,
  What you rightly mentioned, what you're getting is a design time error NOT a runtime error. In other words, the code should successfully run without error. The reason for this design time error is that the SqlDataSource control in the SqlDataSource.cs file is wrongly annotated with the following metadata attribute:

[DesignerAttribute("System.Web.UI.Design.WebControl s.SqlDataSourceDesigner, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]

If you remove this metadata attribute, the design time error you're getting should go away.

Cheers!
Shahram


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Shahram Khosravi, Ph.D.
Author of Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development

Dr. Khosravi,

So if I want design support for the custom control I would need to create a custom SqlDataSourceDesigner for it, right? which I don't seem to see any coverage of that subject in the book.

Since I need to have that design support and want to extend some functionality of the current SqlDataSource, I just derived from it. Now what I'm having problems with is the Enable paging option on the GridView. When I try check the "canpage" value of the base sqldatasource or my derived instance it is always false. But I only get an error when I try to set the Maximum Rows on the SqlCommand Object. Othewise the GridView handles the paging as normal.

It's probably something very simple that I'm missing but I don't see it. So a nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
L