asp.net data binding in literal

Question

Lets say we have the following in the default.aspx file

<asp:Literal runat="server" Text="<%= TestMethod() %>" />

What needs to be defined in the default.aspx.cs file to make this work?

I tried to add a method called TestMethod to the _Default class which simply returned the string Test, but it didn't seem to work.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

AJ

Answer 1

I think you can get the same result by doing this

In your .aspx file

<asp:Literal runat="server" ID="ltr1" />

And in your aspx.cs file

ltr1.text = TestMethod();

Answer 2

Apart from the method being marked public...

i think you could also remove the asp:Literal altogether

example your code

<p><asp:Literal runat="server" Text="<%= TestMethod() %>" /></p>

could be

<p><%= TestMethod() %></p>

However if you are intent on using the Literal then please rather set it on page load.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.literal.aspx

Regards.