<a> or Hyperlink?

[maz77]

Hi!
I'd like to know what's the difference between <a runat="server"
href="tmp.aspx"and <Hyperlink NavigateUrl="tmp.aspx"in
VisualStudio2005. What's the better chice?

Thanks

Max

[Munna]

Hi,

Not that much... because, when rendered and send to client both
generate almost same markup...

But using hyper link in asp.net gives you more control in code
behind ...
Best of luck

Munna

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[Peter Bucher [MVP]]

Hello Max

I'd like to know what's the difference between <a runat="server"
href="tmp.aspx"and <Hyperlink NavigateUrl="tmp.aspx"in
VisualStudio2005. What's the better chice?

That depents on what you are want to do.

A <a ... runat="server" /equals to the HtmlAnchor-Control.
That means in key difference, that you dont have any Styling possibilitys
out-of-the-box,
with properties.

Instead, you need to make use of <Control>.Attributes.Add(.... to accomplish
the same.
The second difference is, that the HtmlAnchor-Control doesnt support
Databinding at all.

If you dont need that both features, use an HtmlAnchor, that is faster that
HyperLink-Control.

--
Gruss, Peter Bucher
Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland
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http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET

[rogers.terry]

As Munna says not that much.

Take a look at the difference between
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlAnchor and
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Hyperlink for the details.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...tmlanchor.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...yperlink..aspx

I would tend to use HyperLink as a server control and the <atag
when just client side HTML (i.e. no runat="server").

Terry.


On Jun 20, 9:35*am, maz77 <[e-mail]:

Hi!
I'd like to know what's the difference between <a runat="server"
href="tmp.aspx"and <Hyperlink NavigateUrl="tmp.aspx"in
VisualStudio2005. What's the better chice?

Thanks

Max

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

Using a standard HTML anchor tag is the most performant option for static
content:
<a href='whatever.aspx'>click me</a>

The hyperlink web control is best used when you need to manipulate the
hyperlink dynamically from server side code.

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net
http://iPhonePlaza.net
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Hi!
I'd like to know what's the difference between <a runat="server"
href="tmp.aspx"and <Hyperlink NavigateUrl="tmp.aspx"in
VisualStudio2005. What's the better chice?

Thanks

Max