ASP.NET custom templates, still ASP.NET controls possible?

Question

Hello: we currently do not use asp.net controls (no web forms). The way we do is:

1> Read HTML file from disk
2> lookup database, parse tags and populate data

finally,
Response.Write(page.ToString());

here there is no possibility of using asp.net controls. What I am wondering is, if we use asp.net controls in those HTML files, is there way to process them during step 2?

Thanks and appreciate your response.

Answer 1

I haven't tried this but you might want to attach the html extension to the ASPNET ISAPI filter in your IIS and in your page, step 2, use Server.Execute and call out that html file. However that page will execute on its own.

If these html pages from step 1 are meant for making up parts of the page that needs to get inserted in parts of the webform (.aspx), I suggest that you make use of master pages instead.

If the html pages are standalone pages that need extra functionality you can simply upgrade them to webforms without codebehind if needed. Custom made macros in Visual Studio can help a great deal in this transition effort.