Adding a Hyperlink control to a PlaceHolder

[Mark Rae]

Hi,

I have an <asplaceHolder control on a page in an ASP.NET 1.1 app, as
follows:

<td nowrap><asplaceHolder ID="phClientWebsite"
Runat=server>&nbsp;</asplaceHolder></td>

Server-side, I'm running the following code:

HyperLink lnkWebsite = new HyperLink();
lnkWebsite.NavigateUrl = dr["strWebsite"].ToString();
lnkWebsite.Target = "_blank";
Page.FindControl("phClientWebsite").Controls.Add(lnkWebsite);


However, the hyperlink is not displayed on the page, although it appears in
the HTML when I do a View Source. Incidentally, if I copy the HTML from View
Source into a stand-alone HTML page, the hyperlink is displayed.

Incidentally, I've also tried this with an <asp:Label control, to no
avail...

What am I doing wrong?

Any assistance gratefully received.

Mark Rae

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hey Mark,

If link is showing in the source code but not being rendered properly by the
browser, I'd question whether the HTML is well formed.

Ken

 

[Mark Rae]

If link is showing in the source code but not being rendered properly by
the browser, I'd question whether the HTML is well formed.

Surely this means that it's well formed...?

 

[Jos]

Hi,

I have an <asplaceHolder control on a page in an ASP.NET 1.1 app, as
follows:

<td nowrap><asplaceHolder ID="phClientWebsite"
Runat=server>&nbsp;</asplaceHolder></td>

Server-side, I'm running the following code:

HyperLink lnkWebsite = new HyperLink();
lnkWebsite.NavigateUrl = dr["strWebsite"].ToString();
lnkWebsite.Target = "_blank";
Page.FindControl("phClientWebsite").Controls.Add(lnkWebsite);


However, the hyperlink is not displayed on the page, although it
appears in the HTML when I do a View Source.

I noticed that you don't set the "Text" property of your Hyperlink control.
This will cause it to be invisible in the page.

Incidentally, if I copy
the HTML from View Source into a stand-alone HTML page, the hyperlink
is displayed.

This is weird.

 

[Mark Rae]

This is weird.

I did an iisreset and now everything's working again...????