Question

I am trying to hide or show a certain section of my table depending on the value of a property in my binding object(s).

public class Class1
{
    public bool Display { get; set; }
}

In ASP.NET MVC, I can just do the following (assuming that Class1 is the model that binds to the page.)

<table>
    <tr>Row 1</tr>
    <tr>Row 2</tr>
    <% if(Model.Display) { %>
    <tr>Row 3</tr>
    <tr>Row 4</tr>
    <% } %>
</table>

How can I achieve the same behavior in transitional ASP.NET? That “Model” variable is not available. How do I retrieve the data binding object? Thanks.

Answer 1

Add a property to your page class that has the information you need. You can then reference it from the markup.

Codebehind:

class PageClass : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected Class1 SomeImportantInfo { get; private set; }
}

Markup:

<table>
    <tr>Row 1</tr>
    <tr>Row 2</tr>
    <% if (this.SomeImportantInfo.Display) { %>
    <tr>Row 3</tr>
    <tr>Row 4</tr>
    <% } %>
</table>