Accessing Literal HTML Controls in a Code-Behind Page 1

[VBRookie]

This is my situation,

I have a page that has three form tags in it. On is a server form tag (for the main body portion of the site), the other two are regular old HTML form tags without the runat=server.

Is there anyway to reference the controls contained in the regular HTML tags from the code-behind file or do they have to have to be server controls to be able to do that?

 

[link9]

They don't have to be server controls, but they do have to be contained in the server form.

If you just give a normal html form element an id, and then a declaration with "protected withevents" in the code-behind (like the server control declarations), then you will be able to access them.

If the page is a post back, though, you MIGHT be able to ask:

Request.forms[n]("elementName&quot

to get the value. I've never tried it, but it seems like it would work maybe.

 

[VBRookie]

Oh ... ok thanks link9. I will make some adjustments in my code and see what happens.

Thanks again!

- VBRookie