HTML 2 ASP.NET ?

hi,
i have theese static html pages
what is the best way to replace the content w/ .NET dynamic data w/o
loosing all the formating?
I have VS.NET, but will prefer to write the aspx code w/o designer.
Is there some straight way to replace say every HTML form w/ an
ASP one?
TIA"Bruce" <no@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> i have theese static html pages
> what is the best way to replace the content w/ .NET dynamic data w/o
> loosing all the formating?
> I have VS.NET, but will prefer to write the aspx code w/o designer.
> Is there some straight way to replace say every HTML form w/ an
> ASP one?
Are you wanting to replace them because you need to turn their static
content into dynamic content? If not, then just leave them the way they
are...
yeap, i need dynamic data from a database
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> Are you wanting to replace them because you need to turn their static
> content into dynamic content? If not, then just leave them the way they
> are...
>
I'm not sure I clearly understand what you want, but I'll give this a
stab. You are talking about HTML forms into ASP forms and I don't think
this is directly doable (I could be wrong). The reason being is ASP.NET
wouldn't be able to address the Control heirarchy and persist ViewState
for you. It would simply render out the "html" with no server side
abilities.
If you are simply talking about text content and not HTML form elements,
then this is a simple matter of cut & paste into a SQL table with a
little development of a control to grab the data.
Clint Hill
H3O Software
http://www.h3osoftware.com
Bruce wrote:
> yeap, i need dynamic data from a database
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> yeap, i need dynamic data from a database
In which case, you'll pretty much need to create the ASPX pages from
scratch. But, any formatting that's possible in raw HTML is perfectly
possible in ASP.NET.
> i have theese static html pages
> what is the best way to replace the content w/ .NET dynamic data w/o
> loosing all the formating?
Write an asp.net application that pulls the data out of the database and
formats the content the same was as your current HTML page is formatted.
There's no 'automated' way to do what you are asking.
-Darrel
The problem is i am not any good at HTML, the pages are already written by a
profecinal
designer, updates are now done manually :( and i heard VS.NET designer
produces very messy markup.
Do u know of some table listing ASP.NET server componets similar to the
different HTML
interface elements or some conversion software?
"Bruce" <no@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> yeap, i need dynamic data from a database
> "Mark Rae" <mark@.mark-N-O-S-P-A-M-rae.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The problem is i am not any good at HTML, the pages are already written by
a
> profecinal
> designer, updates are now done manually :( and i heard VS.NET designer
> produces very messy markup.
> Do u know of some table listing ASP.NET server componets similar to the
> different HTML
> interface elements or some conversion software?
ASP.net's default controls are pretty bad when it comes to producing clean,
semantic, standards compliant markup.
Plus, you still have the issue of formatting the specific content on your
page.
You really need to do this with some custom programing. There really isn't
any way around this.
-Darrel
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> The problem is i am not any good at HTML, the pages are already
> written by a profecinal
> designer, updates are now done manually :( and i heard VS.NET designer
> produces very messy markup.
> Do u know of some table listing ASP.NET server componets similar to
> the different HTML
> interface elements or some conversion software?
>
No such software. Use the HTML as a template and add dynamic controls to
the page - replacing the static text. That is probably your easiest
solution.
Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@.rogers.com)
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:(
u could at least say "wait for ASP.NET 3.0" ^_^
ok, say i have an HTML label, how do i write an ASP label
that rendres w/ the same size, color and triggers the same
JavaScript functions?
"Bruce" <no@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> The problem is i am not any good at HTML, the pages are already written by
> a profecinal
> designer, updates are now done manually :( and i heard VS.NET designer
> produces very messy markup.
> Do u know of some table listing ASP.NET server componets similar to the
> different HTML
> interface elements or some conversion software?
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