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Casting a LiteralControl to a Table

Hi All,

I have created a normal HTML table on the fly and I have added it to a panel using Add(new LiteralControl(sHTML))

The thing is now I want to process the data in the table, therefore I would like to somehow cast the literal control to a table.

I have tried doing a cast but it does not work.
I have tried creating a table using Table, tableRow, TableCell but once the table is added, it reads out as a LiteralCOntrol again.

I would like to avoid having to erite a parser for the text of the literal control and just be able to put the data into a table structure whcih would be then accessible through my C# code...

Txs
Peter

msdixon

by generating a string, instead of using an object, an option would be an HtmlTable control:
HtmlTable tbl = new HtmlTable();
tbl.InnerHtml = sHtml;

Pete2003

ASKER

Txs for the reply ...

That was one of the 1st things I tried ...

It generates an error:
'HtmlTable' does not support the InnerHtml property.

msdixon

well, it doesn't look good. you'll have to either change your code to generate an HtmlTable control, or parse the sHTML variable and build the control that way. i would go with the first (changing your code to generate an HtmlTable object instead of a string).

msdixon

have you tried the Table control under the "Web Forms" tab?

Pete2003

ASKER

The thing is that if you generate the table using the Table control or by yourself, once it's on the page it still is a LiteralControl so that wan't help ...

msdixon

an HmlTable control maybe, but if you enable viewstate (default), the web control table should work... i'll give it a try in a minute.

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