Header User Control

Description:  The Header user control displays a list of four navigation icons: Login, Account History, Shopping Cart, and Services.  It also contains the Search form. 

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Implementation Notes: The Header control is used at the top of each page within the Adventure Works Cycles application. 

This user control contains only standard html content.  There is no server code -- or any server controls -- present within it.

Search Form:   The Search functionality is implemented in two parts.  The UI for getting the search string is implemented as an HTML form within the Header user control.  The form contains a text input field (<input type="text">) , and an image button (<input type="image">) that, when clicked, causes the form to be submitted.  This simple form posts to SearchResults.aspx, which does the actual work of searching the database and displaying the results.