No offense intended, but a lot of the "agile" post Ive read lately have come across as condescending and dogmatic. Agilists: Rigid and inflexible.

This technique is also useful when you want a "templated" email -- load the control, popuplate what you need, render it using this technique and use the output as the mail body.

Looked to me like he was just commenting on what he had discovered while experimentnig with something new to him.

He wasnt preaching, proselytizing, or even suggesting that you consider it. No reason for you to get your panties all wadded up.

Always worked great for me too.