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Cannot use Response.Write in <head> section of aspx page?

Answer 1

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You can't use <%= %> inside a runat="server" tag, which your <head> tag is.

You can either change it to <%# %> and DataBind to it in the code-behind, or you can make the link tag runat="server", give it an id and assign the attribute from the code behind.

See this answer, which goes into the details.

Richard Szalay 2010-02-18 16:10:54

Thanks. You got me going. < head > had runat="server" already, so it turns out I did not need to add that to the link, but I did give the link an id="csslink" and then in codebehind, I call csslink.DataBind(). Works like a charm!

MattSlay 2010-02-18 16:51:43

Answer 2

A:

If you write out the full line you should be ok:

<%
Response.write("<link href=\"" + Corporation.PageStyleSheet + "\" rel=\"stylesheet\" />");
%>

P.S. My syntax may not be completely right, sorry in advance.

Luke Duddridge 2010-02-18 16:15:18

That won't work for the same reason that `<%= %>` doesn't work. The code within a runat=server control is parsed as a server-control tree only.

Richard Szalay 2010-02-18 16:50:47

Good idea for thinking outside the box (kind of), but, as stated, it still doesn't work. Sorry, man.

MattSlay 2010-02-19 00:23:02

That's odd, because I have it working in a head runat="server"Does ASP.NET runat Server work differently from MVC? or is it because my head section is inside a masterpage anyone know?

Luke Duddridge 2010-02-19 08:24:20

@Luke Duddridge FYI, you shouldn't be using head runat="server" with ASP.NET MVC as doing so mixes control hierarchies (webforms) with MVC

Richard Szalay 2010-03-01 09:11:38

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