WEb Form controls and Regular HTML controls

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What are main differences between Web Form Controls and Regular HTML Controls that are created in the Visual Studio .NET environment. For e.g, how are a Web Form Button and an HTML Button different.

Thanks.

Saad

 

[BG12424]

try reading about it here:

http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/aspnet_refhtmlcontrols.asp

regards,
Brian

http://www.gainesconsulting.com

The problem with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

 

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Or more importantly, my question was: What is the difference between a server control and a plain HTML control. So essentially, server controls can have event-handling code defined at the server, while plain HTML controls do not. it's just adding the runat="server" attribute to the HTML attribute. It's not a concept new to .NET is it. It existed before .NET, server code for a "server control" can be in any server-side language including (VBSCript w/ classic ASP), PHP, Perl etc.

Thanks for your answer.

Saad

 

[BG12424]

You are correct and no, it's not new to .NET, but .NET lends an easier way to interact with the server controls and provide enhanced mechanisms for integrating with the framework.

regards,
Brian

http://www.gainesconsulting.com

The problem with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.