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user1085935
user1085935

Reputation: 1

How can I get a server-side control's tag?

How can I get a server-side control's tag? I'm guessing it's something like below:

TextBox textBox=new TextBox();

GetTag(TextBox textBox)
{
    ...
}

And the result is something like <asp:TextBox /> (the control's design time tag).

When I change the control to CheckBox then the result should be something like <asp:CheckBox />.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 237

Answers (2)

Vano Maisuradze
Vano Maisuradze

Reputation: 5909

You can use RenderControl method

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb))
{
    using (HtmlTextWriter textWriter = new HtmlTextWriter(sw))
    {
        textBox.RenderControl(textWriter);
    }
}

sb will have textBox's html content.

Edit:

You can get aspx content and find element tag. like this:

    String path = Server.MapPath("~/[aspx path]");
    string content = File.ReadAllText(path);

    string controlID = "textBox";
    int startIndex = content.IndexOf("<asp:TextBox ID=\"" + controlID + "\"");
    bool foundEndTag = false;

    string controlTag = "";
    int i = startIndex;
    while (!foundEndTag)
    {
        if (content[i] == '>')
            foundEndTag = true;

        controlTag += content[i];
        i++;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Icarus
Icarus

Reputation: 63970

There are no methods that can return these tags for you but constructing a dictionary your self should be easy enough. 

Dictionary<Type, string> d = new Dictionary<Type, string>();
d.Add(typeof(TextBox), @"<\asp:TextBox />");
TextBox t = new TextBox();
string tag= (d[t.GetType()]);

And so on...

Upvotes: 2

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