Can Ascx Or Asp.net Files Be Saved As Html Files

Can ASCX or ASP.net files be saved as HTML files? if so, how?

Solution 1:

yes, it is possible, to get the rendered content of a User Control, do the following :

StringWriteroutput=newStringWriter();
PagepageHolder=newPage();
UserControlviewControl= (UserControl)pageHolder.LoadControl("path to ascx file");
pageHolder.Controls.Add(viewControl);
HttpContext.Current.Server.Execute(pageHolder, output, true);
stringhtmlOutput= output.ToString();

Am sure you can adapt the above for ASPX page if required :-)

From there, saving that to a file should be fairly straight forward.

HTH. D

Solution 2:

You can do this directly with the Render method of a Page or UserControl. Since the method is protected, you will need to create a control that subclasses either. From there, you've got access to do whatever you need.

e.g.

publicpartialclassMyPage: Page
{
    publicstringGetPageContents()
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb);
        using (HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(sw))
        {
              Render(writer);
        }
        return sb.ToString();
    }
}

You probably wouldn't want to call this anytime before the PreRenderComplete event of the page though, since otherwise you can't be sure all child controls/events/etc have finished.