string in c#

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string customButtonControl = "<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />";

I am wrting this code in my c# code, but I am getting design time error. Can anyone suggest me where I am doing wrong? Actually I am creating a button by c#.

Posted 31-Jan-11 23:58pm

spydeehunk

Updated 31-Jan-11 23:59pm

JF2015

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Solution 4

There are two ways of escaping quote in a a string literal:

As in other Answers:

C#

string target = "word in \"quotes\"";

Or, alternatively the verbose syntax:

C#

string target = @"word in ""quotes""";

Also, the verbose syntax is designed to interpret source code lines of a multi-line strings with end-of-lines in the literal:

C#

string target = @"A multi-line
string,
verbosely";

—SA

Posted 1-Feb-11 8:40am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 1-Feb-11 13:34pm

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Espen Harlinn 1-Feb-11 17:52pm

Additional info the OP may find interesting 5+ :)

Solution 5

While the other answers are technically correct about how you escape quotes in a string, that will not help you dynamically create a button in C#. Here is an example of how to accomplish that:

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Button b = new Button { ID = "btnGenerated", Text = "Click Me!" };
    b.Click += new EventHandler(delegate(object mySender, EventArgs myArgs)
    {
        b.Text = "You Clicked Me!";
    });
    Page.Form.Controls.Add(b);
}

Posted 1-Feb-11 14:41pm

AspDotNetDev

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Henry Minute 1-Feb-11 20:49pm

Does this still apply in ASP.NET? Genuine question!

AspDotNetDev 1-Feb-11 21:06pm

Yep. In fact, it only applies to ASP.Net (see that page load event handler and that Page.Form property?). If the OP tries to toss a dynamic server-side control onto the form using a string, it's not going to work. They could toss HTML onto the page, but they can't us a string to create a dynamic server-side control.

Henry Minute 1-Feb-11 21:11pm

Cheers! :)

Solution 3

use this string:

string customButtonControl = "<asp:Button ID=\"Button1\" runat=\"server\" Text=\"Button\" />";

thx

Posted 1-Feb-11 7:52am

Hadi Basiri

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Umair Feroze · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01T00:02:00

Solution 2

Change your string as follows:

string customButtonControl = "<asp:Button ID=\"Button1\" runat=\"server\" Text=\"Button\"/>";

Hope this answer your question

Posted 1-Feb-11 0:02am

Umair Feroze

Updated 1-Feb-11 0:03am

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Estys 1-Feb-11 6:06am

Problem with quotes right :)? Me as well.

Estys · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01T00:01:00

Solution 1

Try it like this :

string customButtonControl = "<asp:button id=\"Button1\" runat=\"server\" text=\"Button\" />";

The "\" before the double quotes signify a special character is following.

(can't get the quotes right in my example :( )
Cheers

Posted 1-Feb-11 0:01am

Estys

Updated 1-Feb-11 0:05am

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