HyperLink.RenderContents Method (HtmlTextWriter)

 

Displays the HyperLink control on a page.

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

Protected Friend Overrides Sub RenderContents (
	writer As HtmlTextWriter
)

Parameters

writer
Type: System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter

The output stream to render on the client.

The following code example demonstrates how to override the RenderContents method in a custom server control so that some text is appended to the HyperLink control.

<%@ 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 HyperLink - RenderContents - VB.NET Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
            <h3>Custom HyperLink - RenderContents - VB.NET Example</h3>

            <aspSample:CustomHyperLinkRenderContents 
             id="HyperLink1" runat="server" Target="_blank"
             NavigateUrl="http://www.microsoft.com/"  
             ToolTip="Microsoft Web Site">www.microsoft.com
            </aspSample:CustomHyperLinkRenderContents>

        </form>
    </body>
</html>
<AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CustomHyperLinkRenderContents
    Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink

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

        ' Call the base RenderContents method.
        MyBase.RenderContents(writer)

        ' Append some text to the HyperLink.
        writer.Write(" Home Page")
    End Sub
End Class

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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