Question

I have a large html file that I want to split apart. I have managed to split it apart and place each part in a htm file. As a result my structure now looks like:

note all the files in the folder are just specific to the Default.aspx page. I like to have my code spitted into several parts; I find it easier to program that way.

Anyways why when I do:

    <%   
        Response.WriteFile("_Menu.htm");        
    %>

that creates a different output that if I where to go to _Menu.htm copying the entire content and pasting it in there? I know I can create a user control for each file. but if I do so I will have to create a page directive at the root of the page for each file and plus I just need to place static content I don’t need to call an aspx page. Why does Response.WriteFile include stuff that I don’t have in the file. For example it places ‘”‘ marks whenever I have a paragraph.

EDIT

I use user controls when I plan to reuse html. In this case I am just spliting apart a page into several ones. I will like to have the content of each chunk in a separate file.

EDIT 2

Doing:

    <%   

        //Response.WriteFile("_Menu.htm");

        Response.Write(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"A:\Users\Antonio\Dropbox\VisualStudio Projects\Websites\Boat\Boat\MasterPages\User\_Menu.htm"));        
    %>

works great. why is Response.WriteFile including ” (paragraph) ” at the the beginning!?

Answer 1

create your Response.Write method:

Create the following extension method globaly so all your pages can access it:

using System.Web.UI;

public static class StaticExtensionMethods
{
    public static void Include(this System.Web.UI.Page Page, string path)
    {
        Page.Response.Write(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Page.Server.MapPath(path))); 
    }



}

then do:

    <%   
        this.Include("_Menu.htm");
    %>