Setting static variable in compiled ASP.NET

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I have compiled ASP.NET dynamic page with editable aspx pages. I would like to some links to be generated upon changing some static variable What i did is edit:

web.config as follows:

<appSettings>
       <add key="currentEnvironment" value="dev-"/>
</appSettings>

and then edited aspx page as follows

 <a href="http://<asp:Literal runat ="server" Text='<%# ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["currentEnvironment"] %>'></asp:Literal>www.mysite.com/web/index.html">Home</a>

But there is nothing appened when i try and run the .aspx page. Please help

@AndrewMorton no, they don't necessarily need an ID. Though I'm not sure why one would do that. But it will work. — MikeSmithDev
– MikeSmithDev, Commented Dec 2, 2013 at 21:34
Hi, the problem was that site was already compiled and i want to just add one static variable, without recompiling code,as i am no author of the code — vd1008
– vd1008, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 21:34

MikeSmithDev · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-02 21:09:46Z

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You can't put a server tag inside another tag's markup like that, but you can just use the value directly. If you remove it and change the # to a =, it will work.

<a href="http://<%= ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["currentEnvironment"] %>www.mysite.com/web/index.html">Home</a>

Although if you can access the code behind, that would be a much cleaner way to do it, as in:

<asp:HyperLink ID="_index" runat="server">Home</asp:HyperLink>

and then set value from code behind

_index.NavigateUrl = String.Format("http://{0}www.mysite.com/web/index.html", ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["currentEnvironment"]);

answered Dec 2, 2013 at 21:09

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