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HtmlForm.UniqueID Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the unique programmatic identifier assigned to the HtmlForm control.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ UniqueID { System::String ^ get(); };
public override string UniqueID { get; }
member this.UniqueID : string
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property UniqueID As String

Property Value

String

The unique programmatic identifier assigned to the HtmlForm control.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the UniqueID property to retrieve the unique identifier for an HtmlForm control.

<%@ page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="Server">
 
  void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    
    // Write the form's UniqueID to the specified Label control.
    Label1.Text = "The HtmlForm control's UniqueID is "
                  + Form1.UniqueID + ".";
  }

  void Button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    
    // Write the button's UniqueID to the specified Label control.
    Label2.Text = "This Button control's UniqueID is "
                 + Button2.UniqueID + ".";
  }
    
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

<head>

    <title>HtmlForm UniqueID Property Example</title>

</head>

<body>

    <form id="Form1"
          runat="server">
    
    <h3>HtmlForm UniqueID Property Example</h3>        
  
    <asp:button id="Button1"
                text="Get the form's UniqueID" 
                onclick="Button1_Click"
                runat="server">
    </asp:button>
    
    <asp:label id="Label1"
               runat="Server">
    </asp:label>
    
    <br />
    
    <asp:button id="Button2" 
                text="Get this button's UniqueID"
                onclick="Button2_Click"
                runat="server">
    </asp:button>

     
  
    <asp:label id="Label2"
               runat="server">
    </asp:label>
    
  </form>

</body>

</html>

<%@ page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    
  Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
  
    ' Write the form's UniqueID to the specified Label control.
    Label1.Text = "The HtmlForm control's UniqueID is " _
                  & Form1.UniqueID + "."
  End Sub
    
  Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
  
    ' Write the button's UniqueID to the specified Label control.
    Label2.Text = "This Button control's UniqueID is " _
                  & Button2.UniqueID & "."
  End Sub
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

<head>

    <title>HtmlForm UniqueID Property Example</title>

</head>

<body>

    <form id="Form1"
          runat="server">
    
    <h3>HtmlForm UniqueID Property Example</h3>        
  
    <asp:button id="Button1"
                text="Get the form's UniqueID" 
                onclick="Button1_Click"
                runat="server">
    </asp:button>
    
    <asp:label id="Label1"
               runat="Server">
    </asp:label>
    
    <br />
    
    <asp:button id="Button2" 
                text="Get this button's UniqueID"
                onclick="Button2_Click"
                runat="server">
    </asp:button>

    &nbsp    ;
  
    <asp:label id="Label2"
               runat="server">
    </asp:label>
    
  </form>

</body>

</html>

Remarks

Use the UniqueID property to get the unique programmatic identifier assigned to the HtmlForm control. This property overrides the base implementation to return a constant value when the control is contained in an INamingContainer-implemented object other than a page, such as a custom server control. If the naming container is a page, the value of the HtmlForm control's ID property is returned.

The UniqueID property and the Name property always return the same value. This is useful when the HtmlForm control is rendered on a browser that requires the HtmlForm control's UniqueID and Name properties to be the same. To keep these properties synchronized, the Name property always returns the value of the UniqueID property.

Note

The name attribute is not an XHTML-compliant attribute and by default is not rendered by ASP.NET.

Applies to

See also