Setting a controls property in the .aspx : Visible=<%#...%>

[Andrew Backer]

I would like to be able to set the Visible property of a placeholder to
'false/true' via a normal function call rather than in the codebehind.
What I am aiming for is something approximating this :
<asp:PlaceHolder runat="server" Visible=<%#
MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet%> />

This works fine, as I would expect it to, inline :
<b>The value is = (<%=(bool)MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet%>) </b>

Is there any way I can put this kind of statement into a control and
have it do something? It apparently ignores it right now, since it
doesn't crash.

I am trying to get something really simple to work here, rather than
writing yet another single purpose control with lots 'o logic.

TIA,

Andrew Backer

[cuike519]

<b>The value is = (<%=MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet.ToString()%>) </b>

"Andrew Backer" wrote:

I would like to be able to set the Visible property of a placeholder to
'false/true' via a normal function call rather than in the codebehind.
What I am aiming for is something approximating this :
<asp:PlaceHolder runat="server" Visible=<%#
MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet%> />

This works fine, as I would expect it to, inline :
<b>The value is = (<%=(bool)MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet%>) </b>

Is there any way I can put this kind of statement into a control and
have it do something? It apparently ignores it right now, since it
doesn't crash.

I am trying to get something really simple to work here, rather than
writing yet another single purpose control with lots 'o logic.

TIA,

Andrew Backer

[Andrew Backer]

IIRC it will do the tostring() automatically for you, but that is
neither here nor there (i hate it when ppl say that). It has been easy
to get to work in that context.

What I am trying to do is get that to work with a placeholder control.
All the versions that I try (that don't crash) do nothing to the
control, and the ones that work inline (not inside a server control)
all crap out. Why would it not crash, but still not do anything to the
'visible' property of the control?

I want to do something like this :

<asp:PlaceHolder runat="server" id="MyTest"
visible="<%# MyNs.Class.StaticPropertyGet %>">
.....
</asp:PlaceHolder>

Thanks in advance,
Andrew Backer
gmail://awbacker