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c#asp.net
RandomPerson
RandomPerson

Reputation: 790

Call function in html

I'm fairly new to the whole ASP.NET and I'm struggling to get the html to load my functions.

So I have this basic ASP.NET Web Form that I used, when I click on "Click this" it should show the connection string but I have no idea as to what I'm doing wrong.

I currently have this in the Default.aspx: 

        <a ID="MyAnchor"
           OnServerClick="Page_Load"
           runat="server">
           Click This
        </a>

And this in the Default.aspx.cs:

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    var connectionString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DefaultConnection"].ConnectionString;
    }

I'm guessing I'm not really updating the text in the html since I'm not doing anything with my connectionString, am I right?

How can I let it update the text then?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 186

Answers (1)

user743382
user743382

Reputation:

I'm guessing I'm not really updating the text in the html since I'm not doing anything with my connectionString, am I right?

That's right. It would be pretty bad if every local variable were implicitly placed in the generated HTML.

How can I let it update the text then?

You named your element MyAnchor, which should let you access that element by name in your C# code. You can set its InnerText property.

If you want to display the text somewhere else, place another control somewhere else, and set the text of that instead.

Note: you may want to use the asp:* controls (such as asp:HyperLink), which are typically a bit easier to manipulate code-wise.

Upvotes: 1

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