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Shuaib
Shuaib

Reputation: 753

Get HTML button in aspx.cs page

Can I get a button or anchor written in pure HTML (with no runat=server) from my backend C# code?

I mean, my button is in aspx page and I want to get the button in aspx.cs page.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1181

Answers (3)

tariq
tariq

Reputation: 2258

No you cannot get html controls not decorated with runat="server"in code-behind.
The FindControl method also works for only those controls that are marked runat="server".

Upvotes: 2

Deepak Joshi
Deepak Joshi

Reputation: 1066

I think you can do it by using jquery ajax and webmethod like below

write in aspx page below code on button click

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
$(document).ready(function() 
{
 $("#btnGetHTML").click(function()
   {
       $.ajax({
                url: "YourPAge.aspx/GetHTML",
                type: "POST",
                dataType: "json",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                success: function (data) 
                         {
                              //You will get html code here 
                              alert("success: " + data.d); 
                         },
                failure: function (data) 
                         {
                                alert("Failure : " + data.d);
                         },
                error: function (data) 
                        {
                                alert("Error3 : " + data.d);
                         }
         });
   }
}
</script>

aspx.cs code 

[WebMethod]
public static string GetHTML()
{
  string html="<html><body></body></html>" 
  return html; 
}

Upvotes: 1

Alpha Gabriel V. Timbol
Alpha Gabriel V. Timbol

Reputation: 150

I've always believed it was there more for the understanding that you can mix ASP.NET tags and HTML Tags, and HTML Tags have the option of either being runat="server" or not. It doesn't hurt anything to leave the tag in, and it causes a compiler error to take it out. The more things you imply about web language, the less easy it is for a budding programmer to come in and learn it. That's as good a reason as any to be verbose about tag attributes.

the importance of is more for consistency and extensibility.

If the developer has to mark some tags (viz. ) for the ASP.NET Engine to ignore, then there's also the potential issue of namespace collisions among tags and future enhancements. By requiring the attribute, this is negated.

Upvotes: 0

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