Converting HtmlTextWriter to String or Stream

[Leo Smith]

I would like to find out how to convert HtmlTextWriter to either a string or a stream? I am working with an application that requires this to be either in a string or stream format and I can't seem to accomplish this. ToString only gives me the object name. Any assistance would be appreciated. Current language is C# but VB is fine. Thanks,

Leo T. Smith Senior Programmer/Analyst

[Leo Smith]

I would like to add one thing. All I am trying to get is the whole page response file in a string before I send it to the browser. I really don't want to iterate through all the controls and build the page manually. Thanks, Leo

Leo T. Smith

[Dominic Pettifer]

Are you trying to get the full raw HTML response for the entire page or for just a control?

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[Guffa]

Create a StringWriter and create the HtmlTextWriter using that. The ToString method of the StringWriter returns what's written to the HtmlTextWriter as a string.

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[Leo Smith]

Yes I want the complete raw html, like you would see in a text editor, or by going view source. Thanks,

Leo T. Smith

[Leo Smith]

Is there a function call to convert a current HtmlTextWriter to a StringWriter before using the ToString function in the StringWriter? Thanks,

Leo T. Smith

[Guffa]

Cast the InnerWriter property to StringWriter (assuming of course that the HtmlTextWriter is actually based on a StringWriter).

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[logiclabz]

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