Parse a html string with ASP.NET controls

erwin21 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Today I searched for a solution to parse a html string with ASP.NET controls on runtime. A string like for example this:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Name</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><asp:TextBox id="name" runat="server" /></td>
    </tr>
</table>

Now I want to parse this string a runtime into a Control object, this can be done with the ParseControl method from the TemplateControl class, the ParseControl methods can be accessed from the Page instance, like this for example:

string html = "<table><tr><td>Name</td></tr><tr><td><asp:TextBox id=\"name\" runat=\"server\" /></td></tr>b</table>"
 
Control ctrl = Page.ParseControl(html);
 
somePlaceHolder.Controls.Add(ctrl);

After the html has been parsed the control can be added to for example a placeholder.

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Parse a html string with ASP.NET controls