I was interested to know if asp.net allows dynamically generating an HTML string on an .aspx source page (rather than code).
For testing, I created the following simple .aspx page ...
In my asp.net code, I have the following:
protected List<string> myList = null;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (myList == null)
myList = new List<string>();
myList.Add("One String");
myList.Add("Two String");
myList.Add("Three String");
myList.Add("Four String");
this.Repeater1.DataSource = myList;
this.Repeater1.DataBind();
}
On the corresponding source page, I:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<li>
<%# DataBinder.GetDataItem(myList) %>
</li>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
The resulting .aspx page:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>
</title></head>
<body>
<ol>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Notice that the Repeater element actually created four list items. However, the contents (One String, Two String, etc.) of the myList was not sent for the trip.
What do I need to do to evaluate the list myList and get its values inside the tags of the list item? By the way, I do not deal with how to use the repeater specifically, so if there is a solution to this problem that does not include the Repeater control, I am fine with that.
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