I'm trying to dynamically add a button on the OrderHistory.aspx page.

Getting this error message:
Control 'buttonDownload' of type 'Button' must be placed inside a form tag with runat=server.

There is a form tag in the masterpage. I have tried to place another form tag on the OrderHistory.aspx but of course you I get an error message that states only one form tag is allowed.

I do not how many buttons that the page will need is the reason that I'm trying to add buttons dynamically.

There is a number of products that are mp3 files and I thought that the best place to allow the customer to download the files would be in the OrderHistory page.

Below is the code that I am testing with just to try to add one button.

Dim objButton AsNew Button
objButton.Text = "Click me!"
objButton.ID = "buttonDownload"
Page.Controls.Add(objButton)

OK if you just want to whack buttons on the page, then you can use

Just using Page.Controls will add it after the form and hence be outside of it.

I would have thought you would want to lay them out more nicely tho, for example putting them next to the song names or something. You might want to look into using one of the built-in binding controls such as a GridView or DataList

HTH
Phil

philip_cole,

Thank you for your help. Your response has set me on the right way.

You were correct in stating that the button should be next to the downloadable product.

In testing I was just adding some test buttons using page.add.controls() - my mistake.

James