Getting c# function value and displaying in html table

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I am trying to get a string returned by a c# function and display it in an html table I have created. I have an asp.net button which calls a c# button_onclick function:

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Button" />

I also have an html table:

<table>
<tr>
    <th>Col1</th>
    <th><span>Col2</span></th>
    <th>Col3</th>
</tr>

<tr>
    <td>Random1</td>
    <td>Random2</td>
    <td>Random3</td>
</tr>
</table>

I have a c# function linked to the button click.

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  //not sure what to do here. I want to call a separate function which will return
  //an array of 3 strings which would go in place of Random1, Random2, Random3 in the table
}

The reason I'm not using an asp.net table is because I want to use the css for my html table (let me know if there's a way to incorporate that css into an asp.net table, or if my logic is completely off here). Any idea how I should approach this?

Ben Bartle · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-04 19:37:06Z

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One option is to put an asp:Label into your table

<tr>
    <td><asp:label id="lblRandom1" runat="server" /></td>
    <td><asp:label id="lblRandom2" runat="server" /></td>
    <td><asp:label id="lblRandom3" runat="server" /></td>
</tr>

and populate those from within Button1_Click

Also, you can use css with an asp table by setting the CssClass attribute, e.g.

<asp:Table CssClass="classname" runat="server">

answered Jun 4, 2014 at 19:37

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rene · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-04 19:45:23Z

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Make your <td> runat server which would make it a HtmlTableCell

<td runat="server" id="td1">Random1</td>
<td runat="server" id="td2">Random2</td>
<td runat="server" id="td3">Random3</td>

So you can access them in your click event:

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     td1.InnerText ="Random1";
     td2.InnerText ="Random2";
     td3.InnerText ="Random3";
}

because the HtmlTableCell is subclass of HtmlContainerControl which provides properties to set or get the Innertext and InnerHtml which in turn will be rendered in the <td>

edited Jun 4, 2014 at 19:45

answered Jun 4, 2014 at 19:37

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