"The server tag is not well formed"

<td style="WIDTH: 257px"><input id="txtAddress" style="WIDTH: 220px" type="text" size="20" name="txtAddress" runat="server" /><td>

Any ideas on this one?

The base class includes the field 'txtVenID', but its type (System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox) is not compatible with the type of control (System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputText).

Source Error:


Line 23:     <td style="WIDTH: 205px"><FONT size="2"
Line 24:       >Vender ID:</FONT></td>
    Line 25:     <td><input id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" type="text"
Line 26:       size="20" name="txtVenID" runat="server"></td>
Line 27:     <td><FONT size=2>Vendor
 

<td><asp:TextBox id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" type="text" size="20" name="txtVenID" runat="server"></td>

If you want an Html text field control:
<td>
   <INPUT id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" type="text" size="20" name="txtVenID" runat="server">
</td>

Else if you want to use a TextBox web control:
<td>
   <asp:TextBox id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" runat="server" MaxLength="20">
   </asp:TextBox>
</td>

when I use an Html text field I get get the above error.

When I use and TextBox web control, the attributes name, type and size are underlined with  statements such as "could not find any attribute 'name' of element 'TextBox'.

I heard that Visual Studio messes around with your html code?????

Actually there are no "name" / "type" / "size" properties for TextBox web server control.. so the error you have received is genuine... no messing around :))

You need to write it like this...
<asp:TextBox id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" runat="server" MaxLength="20">

thanks,

but what if I want to use Html. How do I get around the error they cause (see above)

Is there another control with the same id "txtVenID".. The error message seems to say so..

The base class includes the field 'txtVenID', but its type (System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox) is not compatible with the type of control (System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputText).

Does this give an error message too??
<td>
   <INPUT id="txtVenID" style="WIDTH: 220px" type="text" size="20" name="txtVenID" runat="server">
</td>

No other control named txtVenID. This page does consist of 30+ controls.

Yes, it gets the same error.

This page was built originally with web controls on gridflow. I was having trouble with some controls roaming so I which to flowgrid and built Html controls. I never could get it to preview so I copied the Html into a clean project and it works with no problems. Maybe the problem is deeper than the Html code.

Okay..
I think your HTML is okay.. there is probably a TextBox declared with the same id in the code-behind file. Look for something like this in the code-behind file (.aspx.cs)..

protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtVenID;

And remove that declaration, it would be a remnant of the old web controls page.

I commented out all the Protected WithEvents and got the same error for txtVenID. I might have to redo the code-behide page also then add that new page to the project.