internal static int GetGeneratedColumnOffset(CodeDomProvider codeDomProvider) {
        object o = null;

        if (_generatedColumnOffsetDictionary == null) {
            _generatedColumnOffsetDictionary = new ListDictionary();
        }
        else {
            o = _generatedColumnOffsetDictionary[codeDomProvider.GetType()];
        }

        if (o == null) {
            CodeCompileUnit ccu = new CodeCompileUnit();

            CodeNamespace cnamespace = new CodeNamespace("ASP");
            ccu.Namespaces.Add(cnamespace);

            CodeTypeDeclaration type = new CodeTypeDeclaration("ColumnOffsetCalculator");
            type.IsClass = true;
            cnamespace.Types.Add(type);

            CodeMemberMethod method = new CodeMemberMethod();
            method.ReturnType = new CodeTypeReference(typeof(void));
            method.Name = "GenerateMethod";
            type.Members.Add(method);

            CodeStatement simpleAssignment = new CodeAssignStatement(
                new CodeVariableReferenceExpression(BaseTemplateCodeDomTreeGenerator.tempObjectVariable),
                new CodeSnippetExpression(_dummyVariable));
            method.Statements.Add(simpleAssignment);

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            StringWriter w = new StringWriter(sb, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

            codeDomProvider.GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit(ccu, w, null);

            StringReader reader = new StringReader(sb.ToString());
            String line = null;

            int offset = _defaultColumnOffset;

            while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) {
                int index = 0;
                line = line.TrimStart();
                if ((index = line.IndexOf(_dummyVariable, StringComparison.Ordinal)) != -1) {
                    offset = index - BaseTemplateCodeDomTreeGenerator.tempObjectVariable.Length + 1;
                }
            }

            // Save the offset per type.
            _generatedColumnOffsetDictionary[codeDomProvider.GetType()] = offset;

            return offset;
        }

        return (int)o;
    }