Dynamically create HTML anchor tag with server-side click event

Hi experts,

I am dynamically creating a navigation menu with tabs for the different pages/topics of a survey.  I'm doing this by concatenating the HTML code at runtime and setting it as the innerhtml property of a DIV tag on the page.  I need to make the anchor tags trigger a server-side click event rather than set the HREF property.  This is because I'm using the page's viewstate to store the user's answers as they progress through the survey rather than make a trip to the SQL database for each tab.

Can anyone tell me if this is possible, or if I'm overlooking something obvious?  If more information/code samples are needed, please let me know.  Thanks in advance!

P.S. If this seems overly complicated, I agree.  But I have requirements for compatibility with css, etc.


        Protected WithEvents header As System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl
        ...

        Dim strMenuHtml As New StringBuilder("<ul>")

        ' Loop through each page in the form and add a menu item
        For i As Integer = 1 To objForm.PageCount - 1
            strMenuHtml.Append("<li ")
            If i = intPage Then
                strMenuHtml.Append("id=""current"" ")
            Else
                strMenuHtml.Append("id=""menuOption" & i & """ ")
            End If
            strMenuHtml.Append("runat=""server"" command=""" & i & """><a href=""Default.aspx?Form=" & intForm & "&Page=" & i & """>" & GetPageCaption(i) & "</a></li>")
        Next

        strMenuHtml.Append("</ul>")

        ' Insert the HTML code into the menu DIV tag
        header.InnerHtml = strMenuHtml.ToString