ASP.net custom user control design

I've built a custom control that generates a tab style navigation. Each page might have different tabs to display, the aim was to modularise it so I can make global changes to all the tabs.

TabMenu.ascx

TabMenu.ascx.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections;

public partial class TabMenu : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
public string TabGroup { get; set; } // The tab group this control belongs to
public int SelectedTab { get; set; } // Index of selected tab

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ArrayList tabCollection = new ArrayList();
MenuTab myTab;

// Artorking tab group
if (this.TabGroup.ToLower() == "artwork")
{
myTab = new MenuTab() { linkURL = "artworkHome.aspx", linkText = "First!" };
tabCollection.Add(myTab);

myTab = new MenuTab() { linkURL = "artworkHome.aspx", linkText = "Second!" };
tabCollection.Add(myTab);

myTab = new MenuTab() { linkURL = "artworkHome.aspx", linkText = "3rd!" };
tabCollection.Add(myTab);

myTab = new MenuTab() { linkURL = "artworkHome.aspx", linkText = "Fourth!" };
tabCollection.Add(myTab);
}

// Add tabs to the page
for (int i = 0; i < tabCollection.Count; i++)
{
MenuTab thisTab = ((MenuTab)(tabCollection[i]));
thisTab.CreateTab();

if (i == this.SelectedTab)
{
thisTab.tabPanel.CssClass = "tab tabSelected";
}

TabMenuWrapper.Controls.Add(thisTab.tabPanel);
}
TabMenuWrapper.Controls.Add(new Panel(){CssClass = "clear"});

}
}

// A menu tab
public class MenuTab
{
public string linkURL;
public string linkText;
public HyperLink tabLink;
public Panel tabPanel;

// Create inte

Step:

• Open a Blank Default.aspx page from visual studio 2005.

• Go to the solution explorer and right click on to the Default.aspx and then click on the Add New Item.

• After that you have to select the Web User Control.ascx file from add new item dialog box.

• That page will be the same like as default asp page draw your user control on that page.

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Code on the User Control.ascx page:

For more details please check out this link...

http://www.mindstick.com/Articles/535bd817-c3c1-46dd-be9c-f14e42c7db78/?Creating%20User%20Define%20Control%20in%20ASP%20.Net

Thanks

StackExchange Code Review Q#364, answer score: 2