IWML > Custom Controls > Method Calls

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During start up and continued operation of a control a series of overridable methods are called.

Sequences

Start Up

On first render, controls will be initialized. Normally this happens when a page is first rendered. As Pages are layouts, they will in turn initialize all child controls.

Controls

1.DoInit

1.DoInitDOM

1.InitDOM

2.DoAfterInitDOM

1.AfterInitDOM

AfterDomComplete

Layouts

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1.DoInitDOM

1.For each Cell

1. Cell.InitDOM

1.Cell.Control.InitDOM

2.InitDOM

3.AfterInitDOM

1.InitCellListDOM

AfterDomComplete

Rendering

1.Render

Method Details

DoInitDOM

InitDOM

InitCellListDOM (Layouts only)

AfterInitDOM

DomComplete

Render

Renderer.Render() will call .DoInit if it has not been called yet. This is why it is critical to call super.Render() at an early stage.