Question

I have a usercontrol (.ascx) like this:

<% if (HasAccessMediaPlans) { iPortletCounter++; %>
                <div class="orange-portlet-box">
                    <div class="HomeModulePortletTitle"><a href="<%= (RawHtml)RootPath %>MediaPlanning/Default.aspx">Plans</a></div>
                    <p>Create // Edit // Review</p>
                </div>
                <div style="clear: both;"></div>
<% } %>

where HasAccessMediaPlans is a variable defined in user control’s code behind(.ascx.cs) and it’s assigned in page load.

protected Boolean HasAccessMediaPlans = false;

 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            HasAccessMediaPlans      = SessionState.CurrentUser.HasModuleAccess(MediaString + " Plans");
}

My question is: how can I avoid inline server code embeded in <% %> at my usercontrol markup(.ascx) ?

Answer 1

You can wrap this piece of code with a server side container control (say <div id="wrapper" runat="server">) and on the server side assign its visibility properties in the wanted manner.

This avoids littering your .aspx/.ascx files with code and keeps code in the code-behind file.