trying to produce w3c valid code....but id tags are invalid

[mgriffith]

if i have a control with an id="q", when my page is rendered the control takes on the id="_ctl0_q". there's no functional problem, but i'd like to have my pages w3c valid, and id's are not allowed to begin with an _ according to spec. any idea on how i can get rid of it?

much thanks. mike griffith
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[mgriffith]

any idea on where the clientid prefix comes from?? is the "_ctrl0__" intrinsic to asp.net, or is there some way that i can change it (to something like "ctrl0__" by setting some value somewhere??

anyone?? mike griffith
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mgriffith@lauren.com
mdg12@po.cwru.edu

 

[mgriffith]

nevermind, i'm an idiot...all it was was that i needed to specify an id for the control...i got all confused because i'm using this crazy templating scheme, and i forgot a simple underlying principle, and all i needed to do was assign an id property to some string when i dynamically loaded my shell control

mike griffith
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mgriffith@lauren.com
mdg12@po.cwru.edu

 

[Zarcom]

Glad you got it. Thanks for posting an answer to the question. It's better if all the threads have some sort of finality That'l do donkey, that'l do
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