Anchor control in Literal

Question

using System;

namespace WebApplication1
{
    public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {

        public void Download(object obj, EventArgs e)
        {
            Response.Write("abc");
        }

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Literal1.Text = "<a id='anc' href ='#' runat='server' onserverclick='Download'>Click Me</a>";
            Response.Write(Literal1.Text);

        }
    }
}

 <div>
    <asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
 </div>

I have the above code sniplet. I am trying to bind the anchor within the literal to a function in a following manner: onserverclick = "Download"

But the event is not firing. The requirement is that anchor is rendered through literal only.

Please help.

Answer 1

While your Literal1 control is a server-side control, setting the.Text value to represent a server control will not work.

Perhaps use the asp LinkButton control instead of a literal

so your.aspx page would have:

<asp:LinkButton ID="abc" runat="server" OnClick="Download" Text="Download" />

and your code behind.aspx.cs something like:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

protected void Download(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Write("abc");
}

Answer 2

The attribute runat="server" is meaningless in the client-side code (which is what you're generating here). You may need to resort to calling a webservice.

Answer 3

We are using anchor tag outside literal. Then it works fine

Answer 4

If you do not wish to use a LinkButton, you could replace your Literal with the text which you are adding to it on Page_Load (not entirely sure why youre doing it this way anyway?).

And then run an AJAX web request to run the Download method.