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Sitecore versions: tested with 5.3.0. Expected to work with 5.3.x.

The Problem

Our code needs to render the <sc:sublayout> control via API and get HTML string.  

1.  The Solution

Use the code below to solve the problem:

using Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControls;
using Sitecore.Web;
…
      Sublayout sublayout = new Sublayout();
      sublayout.Path = "/layouts/Sublayout1.ascx";
      Control control = sublayout.GetUserControl(this);
      string html = HtmlUtil.RenderControl(control);
      Response.Write("<hr/>");
      Response.Write(html);

Where “this” is the Page object.