ComponentOne LightBox for ASP.NET Web Forms
Quick Start / Step 2 of 3: Adding Content to the C1LightBox Control
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    Step 2 of 3: Adding Content to the C1LightBox Control
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    Adding content to the C1LightBox control is very simple and can be done in a variety of ways. In this step, you'll link to images using the ImageUrl property. The following steps assume you've completed Step 1 of 3: Adding C1LightBox to the Page topic and added a C1LightBox control to the page.

    Complete the following steps to add content to the C1LightBox control:

    1. In Source view, place your mouse between the <cc1:C1LightBox></cc1:C1LightBox> tags, and add the following markup to add items to the control:
      <Items></Items>
      
    2. Place your mouse between the <Items></Items> tags, and add the following markup to add several C1LightBoxItems to the control:

      <cc1:C1LightBoxItem ID="C1LightBoxItem1" Title="Sport1" Text="Sport1" 
      ImageUrl="http://lorempixum.com/120/90/sports/1" LinkUrl="http://lorempixum.com/600/400/sports/1" />
      <cc1:C1LightBoxItem ID="C1LightBoxItem2" Title="Sport2" Text="Sport2"
      ImageUrl="http://lorempixum.com/120/90/sports/2" LinkUrl="http://lorempixum.com/600/400/sports/2" />
      <cc1:C1LightBoxItem ID="C1LightBoxItem3" Title="Sport3" Text="Sport3"
      ImageUrl="http://lorempixum.com/120/90/sports/3" LinkUrl="http://lorempixum.com/600/400/sports/3" />
      <cc1:C1LightBoxItem ID="C1LightBoxItem4" Title="Sport4" Text="Sport4"
      ImageUrl="http://lorempixum.com/120/90/sports/4" LinkUrl="http://lorempixum.com/600/400/sports/4" />

      Note that you set the following properties for each C1LightBoxItem:

      • ID: The unique identifier.
      • Title: Title of the image.
      • Text: Text of the image.
      • ImageUrl: Image URL of the image.
      • LinkURL: Link URL of the image.
    3. Run your application, and observe that the page now looks similar to the following image:

    4. Click on an image and notice that the image appears larger. If you hover your mouse above the image, controls appear allowing you to navigate through the image set:

    In this step you added content to C1LightBox control. In the next step you'll customize the appearance and behavior of the control.

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