ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

[Harlan Messinger]

I created a new Web application in VS2005, and added a master page and a
content page based on it. I replaced the default XHTML doctype directive
with one for HTML 4.01 Strict.

In the master page code I placed a link tag, without a slash before the
closing ">". The compiler keeps sticking one in, so that the resulting
page isn't valid HTML. I can't figure out how to keep the compiler from
doing this. Please help!

 

[David Wier]

Based on XHTML, all tags must have a closing tag, or be self-closing - why
don't you just add the closing slash?

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[Harlan Messinger]

Based on XHTML, all tags must have a closing tag, or be self-closing - why
don't you just add the closing slash?

I repeat: I'm not using XHTML, I'm using HTML 4.01.

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

I repeat: I'm not using XHTML, I'm using HTML 4.01.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t527477-html-401-strict-instead-of-xhtml.html

 

[Harlan Messinger]

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t527477-html-401-strict-instead-of-xhtml.html

Man, that's just awful. Well, thanks anyway. I decided to try

<% Response.Write("<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\"
href=\"css/manager.css\">");%>

and that does the trick. Funny, I don't get the same problem with the
META tag.