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An ExpressionBuilder  class generates one expression  from another expression. 
File: App_Code\LookupExpressionBuilder.cs
using System;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web.Compilation;
using System.Xml;
using System.Web.Hosting;
using System.Web.Caching;
namespace MyNamespace
{
    public class LookupExpressionBuilder : ExpressionBuilder
    {
        public override CodeExpression GetCodeExpression(BoundPropertyEntry entry, object parsedData, ExpressionBuilderContext context)
        {
            CodeTypeReferenceExpression refMe = new CodeTypeReferenceExpression(base.GetType());
            CodePrimitiveExpression expression = new CodePrimitiveExpression(entry.Expression);
            return new CodeMethodInvokeExpression(refMe, "GetEvalData", new CodeExpression[] { expression });
        }
        public override object EvaluateExpression(object target, BoundPropertyEntry entry, object parsedData, ExpressionBuilderContext context)
        {
            return GetEvalData(entry.Expression);
        }
        public override bool SupportsEvaluate
        {
            get
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
        public static string GetEvalData(string expression)
        {
            XmlDocument lookupDoc = (XmlDocument)HostingEnvironment.Cache["Lookup"];
            if (lookupDoc == null)
            {
                lookupDoc = new XmlDocument();
                string lookupFileName = HostingEnvironment.MapPath ("~/Lookup.config");
                lookupDoc.Load(lookupFileName);
                CacheDependency fileDepend = new CacheDependency(lookupFileName);
                HostingEnvironment.Cache.Insert("Lookup", lookupDoc, fileDepend);
            }
            string search = String.Format("//add[@key='{0}']", expression);
            XmlNode match = lookupDoc.SelectSingleNode(search);
            if (match != null)
                return match.Attributes["value"].Value;
            return "[no match]";
        }
    }
}
            
File: Web.Config

  
    
      
                   type="MyNamespace.LookupExpressionBuilder" />
      

    

  


File: Lookup.config

  
  

File: ShowLookupExpressionBuilder.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


    Show LookupExpressionBuilder


    
    

            Text="<%$ lookup:WelcomeMessage %>"
        runat="Server" />