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ASP.NET: Render a control to a string

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Summary: Render a control to a string

Getting the rendered contents of a control can be very useful in situation where you may want to email or send the details out to an external source.

To get the contents is actually quite simple and can be seen in this example:

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Public Function RenderControlToString(ByVal ctrl As Control) As String
Dim sb As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder
Dim tw As StringWriter = New StringWriter(sb)
Dim hw As HtmlTextWriter = New HtmlTextWriter(tw)
ctrl.RenderControl(hw)
Return sb.ToString
End Function

You may also need to add these Imports statements:

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Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO

This Hack is part of the ASP.NET Hacks collection

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