AdRotator Control, asp:AdRotator Control

AdRotator control displays an image and updates both Image and target URL each time the page refreshes. When user clicks on the image, he/she is redirected to the target URL.

Its properties like BackColor, ForeColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, Height etc. are implemented through style properites of <img>.
Generally, AdRotator control is used to show the advertisement banner on the page. The source of advertisements banners are written in a XML file in a certain format.

Following are some important properties that are very useful.

AdvertisementFile	Location of the XML file that contains the image, target URL, and other details.
ImageUrl	Url of image location.
AlternetText	Appears if image not loaded properly
NavigateUrl	The target link that will open when user clicks the image.
Impression	A number that sets how often an advertisement banner will appear. This number is relative to numbers specified for other ads. eg. a banner with impression 60 will be shown twice as the banner with 30.
KeywordFilter	Gets or sets a keyword to filter for a specific type of advertisements.

DEMO : AdRotator

Show Source Code

        // AdRotator contrl 
        <asp:AdRotator ID="AdRotator2" runat="Server" AdvertisementFile="~/tutorials/controls/controldata/adRotator.xml"
         ImageUrlField="ImageUrl" NavigateUrlField="NavigateUrl" AlternateTextField="AlternateText"
          BorderWidth="1" BorderColor="blue" />         
          
          // Advertisement File
          <Advertisements>
          <Ad>
            <ImageUrl>~/images/samples/DotNetLogo.gif</ImageUrl>
            <NavigateUrl>~/tutorials/controls/listbox.aspx</NavigateUrl>
            <AlternateText>Go to ListBox tutorials</AlternateText>
            <Impression>30</Impression>
          </Ad>
          <Ad>
            <ImageUrl>~/images/samples/NewAdvance.gif</ImageUrl>
            <NavigateUrl>~/tutorials/controls/button.aspx</NavigateUrl>
            <AlternateText>Go to Button tutorials</AlternateText>
            <Impression>15</Impression>
          </Ad>
          <Ad>
            <ImageUrl>~/images/samples/DotNetFunda3.gif</ImageUrl>
            <NavigateUrl>~/tutorials/controls/label.aspx</NavigateUrl>
            <AlternateText>Go to Label tutorials</AlternateText>
            <Impression>15</Impression>
          </Ad>
          <Ad>
            <ImageUrl>~/images/samples/DotNetFunda2.gif</ImageUrl>
            <NavigateUrl>~/tutorials/controls/calendar.aspx</NavigateUrl>
            <AlternateText>Go to Calendar control tutorials</AlternateText>
            <Impression>40</Impression>
          </Ad>
        </Advertisements>