please excuse my rookie thinking here.

what webcontrol can i use to assign strings to. For example. I have the following string but now want to display the string on the page specifically to an object. my question is what object? Since it is returning an HTML string i don't think label would work. Thanks.

string test = "<a href=something>something</a>";

You can use an <asp:Literal> for that. It renders no other output than its Text property....

Cheers,

Imar

Imar,

Thanks for the reply, however; now it does not loop for me. To be more detailed, I am trying to output a list of files from a directory which is no problem. It works well, but when assigning it to an object it only returns 1 file out of 3. I also tried it using the table HTML Control. It's also the same as using <asp:Literal>

You or anyone's help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advan!

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CS CODE:
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private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\crystal\admin\u tilities");
FileInfo[] dir = directoryInfo.GetFiles("*.aspx");
foreach(FileInfo fi in dir)
{
string strDirFiles = "<a href=\"" + fi.Name.ToString() + "\" target=\"_blank\">" + fi.Name.ToString() + "</a>";
dirFiles.InnerHtml = strDirFiles;
}
}


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HTML CODE:
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<table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="5" width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td id="dirFiles" runat="server">&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
</table>

You should append to the Text or InnerHtml property:

dirFiles.InnerHtml += strDirFiles;

or

dirFiles.Text += strDirFiles;

Imar

Imar you ROCK AND ROLL dude! I'm also new to C#. Good lesson for me. Greatly appreciate it. Have a great weekend!

It's probably better and easier to bind the results of GetFiles directly to a data repeating control, like the <asp:DataList>, <asp:Repeater> or <asp:DataGrid>

Search Google for these controls and how to use them.

Cheers,

Imar