Re: Why use <%= %> ?

From: Karl Seguin (_at_)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:50:52 -0500

There are controls which let you render text or even html inside a tag, but
I don't think there are any that let you define the attributes via
strings...even if they did, it would be the same as using <%= %> as you
wouldn't be able to program against it.

Karl 

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"Alan Silver" <alan-silver@nospam.thanx> wrote in message
news:VrrOvlSZRS9BFwXa@nospamthankyou.spam...
> >Alan:
> >You are right, there's almost never a good reason to prefer <%= %> over
> >using controls.  True <%= %> might be nanoseconds faster, but you pay the
> >price (about 10x over) with maintenance and bugs.  Hopefully the book was
> >just showing that you COULD do it.
>
> OK, I guessed it wasn't necessary (usually), but it's nice tohave it
> confirmed.
>
> >  There might be very odd occasions were
> >you want to.  Someone recently asked how to create a <base> tag...at
ifrst I
> >thought just use <base id="x" runat="server" />  and declare it as an
> >HtmlGenericControl...but it turns out <base> CAN'T have a closing tag,
and
> >all server/html controls render a closing tag. I provided the guy with a
> >server control which overwrote the closing tag behaviour, but using <%=
%>
> >might have been an easier solution for him to use...There have been
other,
> >although I can probably count them on a single hand, occasions...
>
> OK, forgive the ignorance as I'm *really* new at this, but I think I
> read that one of the generic controls just produces pretty much what you
> put in, which could be plain text. If I'm right, then can't you use that
> instead? Or can't you use a control inside a tag? Just occurred to me as
> I'm typing that this might not work.
>
> Thanks
>
> -- 
> Alan Silver
> (anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)

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