wrote:

>The control in question is not data bound.
>
>Is this possible? Is it perhaps possible with a different syntactical
>construction; e.g. perhaps with <%# %>?

> Let's say my ASPX page codebehind has a method S() which returns a
> string value (of let's say a constant "string").
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> If I do this (hope all these special chars make it through) on an ASPX
> page:
> <a href=3D'<%=3DS()%>'>Link</a>
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> this renders as one might expect; i.e. S() is evaluated and the html
> rendered will be something like:
> <a href=3D'string'>Link</a>
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> With a server control:
> <asp:HyperLink
> runat=3D"server"
> NavigateUrl=3D'<%=3DS()%>'>
> Link
> </asp:HyperLink>
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> I instead get:
> <a href=3D'<%=3DS()%>'>Link</a>
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> i.e. the expression is not evaluated. This appears to be the same for
> most or perhaps all attributes of most or perhaps all server controls.
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> I'm creating a custom control (derived from WebControl) where I would
> prefer to have these expressions evaluated in attributes (or at least
> some of them) before they are passed to the control. I'd imagine that
> this is probably done by specifying an attribute for the control
> property or perhaps for the control as a whole, as the evaluation
> needs to occur prior to the attribute value being passed to the
> control, which has no context for evaluation at that point.
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> The control in question is not data bound.
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> Is this possible? Is it perhaps possible with a different syntactical
> construction; e.g. perhaps with <%# %>?
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> (VS2005, ASP.NET2.0)