>Actually, this works. What I meant was adding some code like this but expecting the control in it to be ASP.NETized:
>
>

>        ' Find the control to hold the customized page
>        loControl = Page.FindControl("LabelDataEntry")
>
>            loControlLabel2 = New System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label
>            loControlLabel2.Text = "<tr>" + _
>             "<td class=""Label""><asp:Label ID=""LabelGenericEntity"" runat=""server""></asp:Label>:</td>" + _
>             "<td><img src=""Images/point.gif"" width=3 height=1 /></td>" + _
>             "<td><asp:DropDownList ID=""NoEntity"" runat=""server"" Width=300></asp:DropDownList>" + _
>             "</tr>"
>            loControlLabel.Controls.Add(loControlLabel2)
>

>
>...and, hoping for NoEntity to be seen after with:
>
>

>loControl = Page.FindControl("NoEntity")
>

Where is this code executing?
You can use the technique to create HTML objects in the browser but NOT asp.net controls - they just end up in the browser as an unknown element.