Of these two the first shows up in an html page, but the second one 

doesn't.  Anybody know why?



response.write ("<input type=""textbox"" name=""myBox"" runat=""server"">")





response.write ("<asp:textbox id=""prodid"" runat=""server"" />")

Response.write is used for writing strings directly out to the output

stream.  So any tags that a browser would understand would be translated

correctly.  A browser does not understand the <asp:textbox> tag.  So if you

view the source from the browser you will see the tag there but it has not

been translated into anything.



You have to use the Page_Prerender or Page_Load events to insert the textbox

object into the page.  Then the asp.net engine will translate this "server"

tag into the correct html (in this case the asp:textbox tag would be

translated into the input type=textbox tag).



Pretty much, the difference is what is happening on the server verse what is

happening on the client.



Hope this helps.

-Jeff



-----Original Message-----

From: Jose Haymaker [mailto:ehaymaker@a...]

Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:05 PM

To: ASP+

Subject: [aspx] Concatenate <input type=""checkbox"" vs. <asp:textbox







Of these two the first shows up in an html page, but the second one

doesn't.  Anybody know why?



response.write ("<input type=""textbox"" name=""myBox"" runat=""server"">")





response.write ("<asp:textbox id=""prodid"" runat=""server"" />")

You are sending server side code (asp:textbox) to the browser. If you look at

source from the browser you will probably see the asp code.



The correct way to build a textbox through code would be something like this:





TextBox t = new TextBox();

t.visible = true;



If you need it positioned you can put a panel and add the following line to the

code



panel.Controls.add(t);



Please let me know if you need more help on this









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Of these two the first shows up in an html page, but the second one

doesn't.  Anybody know why?



response.write ("<input type=""textbox"" name=""myBox"" runat=""server"">")





response.write ("<asp:textbox id=""prodid"" runat=""server"" />")