Question

I have the following code:

List<HtmlMeta> metas = new List<HtmlMeta>();
foreach (Control c in this.Page.Header.Controls)
    if (c.GetType() == typeof(HtmlMeta))
    {
        HtmlMeta meta = (HtmlMeta)c;
        if (meta.Name == "CategoryID")
            strMeta = meta.Content;
    }

I created this custom meta tag:

<meta id ="CategoryID" name="CategoryID" content="35" />

I step through the code and break at if (meta.Name == "CategoryID")

It gets to the meta tag before this then shows meta.name =”” then exits loop. It never sees my custom meta tag.

The tag before this one is: <meta name="verify-v1" content="AtroutoUUTAiOHzlmZOap4a5YdzOByK5v9bzwpzPy60=" />

Now you may ask why would I do this. I am using DotNetNuke CMS, I need a way for the end user to put in a parameter needed for a query in the backend code. I cannot seem to put anything in the url , like a querystring off the link to get to the page, so I tried a meta tag, as they can add this in the settings of the page(tab) in dnn.

I have tried leaving out id in the tag and just name, but same issue.

I am looking forr a simple and non resource intense solution.

Any insight to this or workaround in dnn or ASP.net would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

My solution does work, it is the process of how the page is rendered in DotNetNuke.