Conditional html blocks

[Richard Frenkel]

In scripting languages such as PHP and ColdFusion, it is easy to
conditionally include a block of html using something like
(pseudocode):

<if x=true>
This is some <b>random html<b>
that gets displayed if x is true and not otherwise
</if>

I've been coding using c# and asp.net and find it impossible to do the
same thing on asp.net pages. I don't need the html block parsed, so 2
passes aren't needed (although that would be nice).

[Raterus]

If you are having trouble doing this with asp.net, then I don't believe you full understand how asp.net controls work. For instance, to accomplish your example you could do the following.

Put all the random html you want inside an <asp:placeholder> control

Then from a script block, you can do this

myPlaceHolder.Visible = x;

(if x is true, so will the contents of the placeholder)

--Michael

"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message news:11**********************@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...

In scripting languages such as PHP and ColdFusion, it is easy to
conditionally include a block of html using something like
(pseudocode):

<if x=true>
This is some <b>random html<b>
that gets displayed if x is true and not otherwise
</if>

I've been coding using c# and asp.net and find it impossible to do the
same thing on asp.net pages. I don't need the html block parsed, so 2
passes aren't needed (although that would be nice).

[Karl Seguin]

You can simply place the text in a literal or placeholder and switch the
visibility of it, pseudocode:

<asp:plaholder id="plc" runat="server">
this is some <b>random html</b>
that gets displayed if x is true and not otherwise
</asp:plaholder >

Sub Page_Load
plc.Visible = (x = true)
end sub

Karl

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"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message
news:11**********************@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...

In scripting languages such as PHP and ColdFusion, it is easy to
conditionally include a block of html using something like
(pseudocode):

<if x=true>
This is some <b>random html<b>
that gets displayed if x is true and not otherwise
</if>

I've been coding using c# and asp.net and find it impossible to do the
same thing on asp.net pages. I don't need the html block parsed, so 2
passes aren't needed (although that would be nice).