How to access Literal conrol from Visual Web Part code file

Question

I have added a literal control in my visual web part VisualWebPart1.ascx file as follows:

<asp:Literal id="slider"></asp:Literal>

I am trying to access it in VisualWebPart1.ascx.cs file as follows but it is not working:

protected void Page_load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
      slider.Text = "Testing";
}

ali Sharepoint · Answer 1 · 2013-04-08 13:48:00Z

up vote 1 down vote

Fixed it by adding runat="server" attribute in literal. Silly mistake!

edited Apr 8 at 13:48

ali Sharepoint
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answered Apr 8 at 12:09

Frank Martin
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lol yes it is ;), without the runat=server it wouldnt be available within the .cs as thats run at the server :) – ali Sharepoint Apr 8 at 13:48

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