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HtmlGenericControl Class

Defines the methods, properties, and events for all HTML server control elements not represented by a specific .NET Framework class.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

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public ref class HtmlGenericControl : public HtmlContainerControl
<asp:HtmlGenericControl />

Use this class to represent an HTML server control element not directly represented by a .NET Framework class, such as <span>, <div>, <body>, or <font>.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of HtmlGenericControl, see the HtmlGenericControl constructor.

Caution noteCaution:

This control can be used to display user input, which might include malicious client script. Check any information that is sent from a client for executable script, SQL statements, or other code before displaying it in your application. ASP.NET provides an input request validation feature to block script and HTML in user input. Validation server controls are also provided to assess user input. For more information, see Validation Server Control Syntax and Validating User Input in ASP.NET Web Pages.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the HtmlGenericControl class to represent the <body> element.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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