Hi folks,

Got a bit of code in an ascx

<%@ Control Language="VB" Inherits="DESD.Modules.EmploymentListing.EmploymentListView"
    CodeFile="EmploymentListView.ascx.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="Audit" Src="~/controls/ModuleAuditControl.ascx" %>

    <asp:LinkButton CssClass="CommandButton" ID="cmdDelete" resourcekey="cmdDelete" runat="server"
        BorderStyle="none" Text="Delete" CausesValidation="False" Visible="<%#IsEditable%>"></asp:LinkButton>&nbsp;
                <asp:HyperLink ID="cmdEdit"
                    Visible="<%#IsEditable %>" runat="server">
                    <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/images/edit.gif" AlternateText="Edit"
                        Visible="<%#IsEditable %>" resourcekey="Edit" /></asp:HyperLink>
                <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblContent"></asp:Label>
<br />
<asp:Label ID="lblTest" runat="server" text="What? "/><% If IsEditable Then%>Hello<%End If%>

Ideas on what I can do to correct this or how I got in this state?

In the case of the Delete and Edit links the items are visible regardless of being logged in or not.

That last line of code using the Label will add Hello when logged in, or otherwise nothing when not, just a little thing to see what IsEditable is doing.

Just in case it might have some impact on the above, I get to the page that the code runs on via this line of code in the primary control

Response.Redirect(NavigateURL(TabId, "ListingDetails", "Mid=" & ModuleId.ToString, "JobID", JobId.ToString))

it is run through am ItemCommand event against a grid.

Forgive me when I say - Huh? I'm just following along with what other modules have in them.

So you're saying I need to BindData them; seems silly, but okay is there an un-obvious reason as to why I would need to do that?

Is there someplace that will guide me as to when to use <% and <#?

Thanks for the assistance, I'll give it a go.

Ewww. got am error when switching <# to <%=

InnerException: Cannot create an object of type 'System.Boolean' from its string representation '<%=IsEditable%>' for the 'Visible' property.
FileName:

Even tried something like this <%=iif(IsEditable = True,'True','False') %>, still got the same error.

I tried iif, gave the same problem. Did Visible="<%=iif(IsEditable,'True','False')%> same error. Don't know how it figured that out since I'm returning a string from inside the iif.

Also tried Visible="<%=iif(IsEditable, Cstr('True'), Cstr('False')) %>"

Went with  Visible=<%=iif(IsEditable, Cstr('True'), Cstr('False')) %> and got a different error about server tags.

Trying Me.DataBind()

Not having read the articles from the links you gave me, it doesn't make sense as to why I would need to do the binding in the first place. If this where PHP I could say Visible="<?=(IsEditable?'True':'False')?>" and get no complaints (save for the fact that I'm guessing at the moment about the ternary expression but that's the general idea).

Anyway, the DataBind did the trick. *sigh* Still seems silly to have to do that just to get something to do what it's suppose to do. :(