Howto disable client script block server side (asp.net)

Question

I have js script block (very long one that does editing capabilities to an invoice page).

I want to enable/disable this functionality on the server-side. First thing popped up on my mind was to say runat="server" to the tag, and set visible=true/false to asp.net, thinking asp.net does not render the HTML for non-visible items, so the block wouldn't load at all, which was what I wanted. But I quickly realized that saying runat="server" to client-side code was a real bad idea :)

What ar emy options, besides loading script from client side. Cuz I have other buttons that come from the server-that will enable dieable too ... If I use js for them the code will be ugly ... Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Try this trick

<asp:Literal run="server" id="MyScriptBlock" EnableViewState="false">

     here type what ever you like

</asp:Literal>

and just make Visible or not the MyScriptBlock