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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 The path to the XML file that contains ad information 1.0
AlternateTextField A data field to use instead of the Alt text for an advertisement 2.0
ImageUrlField A data field to use instead of the ImageURL attribute for an advertisement 2.0
KeywordFilter A filter to limit ads after categories 1.0
NavigateUrlField A data field to use instead of the NavigateUrl attribute for an advertisement 2.0
runat Specifies that the control is a server control.  Must be set to "server" 1.0
Target 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

AdRotator
In this example we declare an AdRotator control in an .aspx file. 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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