Any way to set attributes for server controls by referencing properties/methods/variables?

[Paul]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a declarative way to set server control attributes
using the attribute="<%= SomeValue %>" syntax.

This works fine for basic HTML controls, but server controls will
literally display the contained text, but won't execute the containing
code.

It works fine if I use the attribute="<%# SomeValue %>" syntax and
calling DataBind() in the code behind, but this feels really ugly.

Other than just setting the attribute in the code behind, is there a
better way to do this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

[Ciaran O''Donnell]

The databinding is how you do this. It isnt ugly, its just the way its done
<%= is shorthand for Response.Write which wont give server controls
information but is suposed to write things to the client on render.

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Ciaran O''''Donnell
http://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
"Paul" wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a declarative way to set server control attributes
using the attribute="<%= SomeValue %>" syntax.

This works fine for basic HTML controls, but server controls will
literally display the contained text, but won't execute the containing
code.

It works fine if I use the attribute="<%# SomeValue %>" syntax and
calling DataBind() in the code behind, but this feels really ugly.

Other than just setting the attribute in the code behind, is there a
better way to do this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul