tag-property

Vb6 "Tag" property equivalent in ASP.Net?

I'm looking for ideas and opinions here, not a "real answer", I guess... Back in the old VB6 days, there was this property called "Tag" in all controls, that was a useful way to store custom information related to a control. Every single control had it, and all was bliss... Now, in .Net (at least for WebForms), it's not there anymore.....

Vb6 “Tag” property equivalent in ASP.Net, BUT...available at design time within the aspx file??

I have an extension to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/183093/vb6-tag-property-equivalent-in-asp-net The solution to that is excellent, but I want to be able to set the Tag property at design time within the aspx file, ie: <asp:TextBox id="myTextBox" Tag="thisIsMyTag" ..... Note: I do not want to inherit and exte...