You really should pick up a book on ASP.NET. It'll clear all this up including basic concepts like code-behind. Code-behind is exactly like a Windows Form. The controls and visuals are in one file and the code that manipulates them are in another, the code-behind page. To answer your question, no, there is no way to do this without the code. There is no trick to "using" a code behind page. When you create an ASP.NET page, two files are created. One for the visuals and HTML, the .aspx file, and the code that controls them, the .aspx.vb file. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome