Server control html

[vikram]

How can i get html generated by a web server control in
the code behid page itself.
i want to store the html in some variable for some
purpose. is it possible.

 

[Brock Allen]

This is difficult because some controls dynamically render based upon the
conditions of the request -- primarily based upon browser version. You can
always do some screen scraping to gather the raw HTML output.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Matt Berther]

Hello Vikram,

You could do something like this:

[C#]
using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
{
HtmlTextWriter hw = new Html32TextWriter(writer);
myControl.RenderControl(hw);
}

writer.ToString() contains your controls HTML

Keep in mind that as Brock said, some controls alter their output based on
browser versions, so this may not help you in accomplishing your goals.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Try this code:

Dim SB as New StringBuilder()
Dim SW as New StringWriter(SB)
Dim htmlTW as New HtmlTextWriter(SW)
MyControl.RenderControl(htmlTW)
Dim MyHTML as String = SB.ToString()