<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <%@ OutputCache Duration="30" VaryByParam="None" %> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Substitution Control</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Label ID="Label1" Runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label> <br /> <asp:Substitution ID="Substitution1" Runat="server" methodName="GetUpdatedTime" /> <br /> </div> </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { public static string GetUpdatedTime(HttpContext context) { return DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + " by " + context.User.Identity.Name; } protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString(); } }