Hi
i am trying to concatenate the value of variable s with the text property of the Literal control. But keep getting the error message:

ATTRIBUTE S IS NOT A VALID ATTRIBUTE OF ELEMENT LITERAL

Thanks



<table >
            <tr><%Dim s As String = "<h2>January - </h2>" & category%>
                <td><asp:Literal runat = "server" ID="IDJanuary" Text ="January" & s></asp:Literal></td></tr></table>

hi,

you cad do this at runtime Like :

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim s As String = "<h2>January - </h2>"
        IDJanuary.Text = IDJanuary.Text & s

    End Sub

but you can not concate like you have given so remove s and try to do at runtime.

Yes you can. The syntax is a bit off. First I want to be up front that I agree with imjigu2001, this is something you should handle in your code behind if, for nothing else, to maintain seperation between your UI and program logic.

If you want to mix script with design however, something like this would work:

<%= "<h2>January - </h2>" & category%>

Notice the addition of the equals sign. My only other concern here is that, I assume, category is a variable that is declared in your code behind which means you have it declared (probably) as public, correct? There is nothing wrong with this but I think you would be better off using imjigu's code.

-Doug

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