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HtmlMeta.Name Property

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Definition

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

Gets or sets the metadata property name defined by the HtmlMeta control.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
member this.Name : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property Name As String

Property Value

String

The property name.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the HtmlMeta control to define HTML <meta> elements for a Web page. Two <meta> tags are defined, one listing keywords describing the page and one listing the date the page was created. The Name property is used to define the name attribute of each <meta> tag.

<%@ 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">

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Create two instances of an HtmlMeta control.
    HtmlMeta hm1 = new HtmlMeta();
    HtmlMeta hm2 = new HtmlMeta();    

    // Get a reference to the page header element.
    HtmlHead head = (HtmlHead)Page.Header;
    
    // Define an HTML <meta> element that is useful for search engines.
    hm1.Name = "keywords";
    hm1.Content = "words that describe your web page";
    head.Controls.Add(hm1);
    
    // Define an HTML <meta> element with a Scheme attribute.
    hm2.Name = "date";
    hm2.Content = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
    hm2.Scheme = "YYYY-MM-DD";
    head.Controls.Add(hm2);
    
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>HtmlMeta Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    View the HTML source code of the page to see the two HTML meta elements added.
    </div>
    </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">

  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    
    ' Create two instances of an HtmlMeta control.
    Dim hm1 As New HtmlMeta()
    Dim hm2 As New HtmlMeta()
    
    ' Get a reference to the page header element.
    Dim head As HtmlHead = Page.Header

    ' Define an HTML <meta> element that is useful for search engines.
    hm1.Name = "keywords"
    hm1.Content = "words that describe your web page"
    head.Controls.Add(hm1)

    ' Define an HTML <meta> element with a Scheme attribute.
    hm2.Name = "date"
    hm2.Content = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")
    hm2.Scheme = "YYYY-MM-DD"
    head.Controls.Add(hm2)

  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>HtmlMeta Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    View the HTML source code of the page to see the two HTML meta elements added.
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

The Name property, together with the Content property, defines a metadata property of the page.

The Name property is rendered to the name attribute of the resulting HTML <meta> element.

Applies to

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