>Hello,
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> I have a custom search control that we are going to use in an ASP.Net Application. I created the logic to add the child controls, but when I add the custom control to a webform the controls do not show up. Instead, the text "system.web.ui.HTMLTextWritter" is displayed. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

Are you sure you need a Custom control and not a User control? In a custom control you will have to override the render method and write html elements to the HTMLTextWriter.