HtmlAnchor.RenderAttributes(HtmlTextWriter) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Renders the HtmlAnchor control's attributes to the specified HtmlTextWriter object.

protected:
 override void RenderAttributes(System::Web::UI::HtmlTextWriter ^ writer);

protected override void RenderAttributes (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer);

override this.RenderAttributes : System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter -> unit

Protected Overrides Sub RenderAttributes (writer As HtmlTextWriter)

Parameters

writer: HtmlTextWriter

The HtmlTextWriter that contains the output stream to render on the client.

Exceptions

HttpException

The HRef contains a malformed URL.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the RenderAttributes method in a custom server control so that specific title text, accessible as a ToolTip, is always displayed for the HtmlAnchor control.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS" %>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head>
    <title>Custom HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - C# Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      Top of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor1"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>

      <h3>Custom HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - C# Example</h3>
      <p>Place the mouse pointer over the HtmlAnchor1 tag (above). A Title attribute was added from within the RenderAttributes override method.</p>
      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</a> below.</p>

      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</a> above.</p>
      <p> </p>Bottom of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor2"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB" %>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head>
    <title>Custom HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - Visual Basic Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      Top of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor1"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>

      <h3>Custom HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - Visual Basic Example</h3>
      <p>Place the mouse pointer over the HtmlAnchor1 tag (above). A Title attribute was added from within the RenderAttributes override method.</p>
      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</a> below.</p>

      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</a> above.</p>
      <p> </p>Bottom of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor2"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;
namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    public sealed class CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes : System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlAnchor
    {
        protected override void RenderAttributes(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            // Call the base class's RenderAttributes method.
            base.RenderAttributes(writer);
            
            // Write out the HtmlAnchor control's Title tag.
            writer.Write(" Title=\"Text from RenderAttributes.\"");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Web
Imports System.Security.Permissions

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls
    <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
    Public NotInheritable Class CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
        Inherits System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlAnchor

        Protected Overrides Sub RenderAttributes(ByVal writer As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

            ' Call the base class's RenderAttributes method.
            MyBase.RenderAttributes(writer)

            ' Write out the HtmlAnchor control's Title tag.
            writer.Write(" Title=""Text from RenderAttributes.""")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

If the value of the HRef property is a malformed URL, the RenderAttributes method throws an HttpException exception.

Applies to

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