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ASP.NET AdRotator Control

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Definition and Usage

The AdRotator control is used to display a sequence of ad images.

This control uses an XML file to store the ad information. The XML file must begin and end with an <Advertisements> tag. Inside the <Advertisements> tag there may be several <Ad> tags which defines each ad.

The predefined elements inside the <Ad> tag are listed below:

Element Description
<ImageUrl> Optional. The path to the image file
<NavigateUrl> Optional. The URL to link to if the user clicks the ad
<AlternateText> Optional. An alternate text for the image
<Keyword> Optional. A category for the ad
<Impressions> Optional. The display rates in percent of the hits

Properties

Property Description .NET
AdvertisementFile Specifies the path to the XML file that contains ad information 1.0
AlternateTextField Specifies a data field to be used instead of the Alt text for an ad 2.0
ImageUrlField Specifies a data field to be used instead of the ImageURL attribute for an ad 2.0
KeywordFilter Specifies a filter to limit ads after categories 1.0
NavigateUrlField Specifies a data field to be used instead of the NavigateUrl attribute for an ad 2.0
runat Specifies that the control is a server control. Must be set to "server" 1.0
Target Specifies where to open the URL 1.0

Web Control Standard Properties

AccessKey, Attributes, BackColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, CssClass, Enabled, Font, EnableTheming, ForeColor, Height, IsEnabled, SkinID, Style, TabIndex, ToolTip, Width

For a full description, go to Web Control Standard Attributes.

Control Standard Properties

AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory, BindingContainer, ClientID, Controls, EnableTheming, EnableViewState, ID, NamingContainer, Page, Parent, Site, TemplateControl, TemplateSourceDirectory, UniqueID, Visible

For a full description, go to Control Standard Attributes.

Examples

Try it Yourself - Examples

AdRotator
Declare an AdRotator control. Then we create an event handler for the AdCreated event, in the .aspx file, to override the value of the NavigateUrl element in the XML file.

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