Hour 8. Asp.net web controls for displaying text

In the past three hours, we examined the syntax and semantics for Visual Basic .NET, the programming language we'll be using in the source code portion of our ASP.NET Web pages. Prior to these three hours, we discussed ASP.NET fundamentals, such as how each ASP.NET Web page comprises a source code portion and an HTML portion. Recall that the HTML portion can contain HTML markup as well as Web controls.

Web controls, like regular HTML markup, are placed in the HTML portion. When a browser requests an ASP.NET Web page, the Web controls are converted into their associated HTML markup. However, Web controls can be accessed programmatically through the page's source code. In this manner Web controls ...

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