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Generating a label collection

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Topic: Generating a label collection

Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Subject: Generating a label collection
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 6:06am

Hi guys

I'm generating a collection of labels so it reports each status message in its own ... line, like this:

<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %>
<Script Runat="Server">
    Sub Page_Load(o as Object, e as EventArgs)
        Call DoThis()
        Call DoThat()
    End Sub
    Sub DoThis()
        Dim lblStatus As New Label()
        lblStatus.CssClass = "black"
        lblStatus.Text = "This should be black.<br />"
        plcHolder.Controls.Add(lblStatus)
    End Sub
    Sub DoThat()
        Dim lblStatus As New Label()
        lblStatus.CssClass = "red"
        lblStatus.Text = "This should be red.<br />"
        plcHolder.Controls.Add(lblStatus)
    End Sub
</Script>
 
<html>
<head>
  <title>aTitle</title>
  <style>
    body   { font-family: Verdana; }
    .black { color: black; }
    .red   { color: red; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="plcHolder" runat="server" />
</body>
</html>

However, the response gives me 2 spans in the same line:

<span class="black">This should be black.<br /></span><span class="red">This should be red.<br /></span>

I want the spans in seperate lines so I can read what is being generated, I would like it like this:

<span class="black">This should be black.<br /></span>
<span class="red">This should be red.<br /></span>

I manage to add a vbCrLf like this [ lblStatus.Text = "This should be red. " & vbCrLf ] to both lines but the closer I get is this:

<span class="black">This should be black.<br />
</span><span class="red">This should be red.<br />
</span>

Now, how do I get this <spans> to output the way I want?

By the way, whats the control that will output <divs>?

Thanks guys.

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Replies:

Posted By: MortiOli
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 9:24am

Would putting a line break (in the correct format), after plcHolder.Controls.Add(lblStatus) do the trick?

I take it that that's what closes the , so anything after them should work?

Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 08 October 2006 at 11:54am

Private LineBreak As New LiteralControl()

then in Page_Load...

LineBreak.Text = " "

then after adding a label to the placeholder

placeholder.Controls.Add(linebreak)

(I didn't test this, but the principle is the same, you need to construct a literal control with as the text and add it to the placeholder after)

Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 12:29am

The LineBreak.Text should be vbCrLf like; LineBreak.Text = vbCrLf this would output a break after the span is closed. I knew about the Literal control, quite handy as it doesn't output any tag, great.

Thanks guys.

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