is this possible?

[Guest]

I have a datagrid with
<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Needs">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# MySplit(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "UnitRequestNeed")) %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

my asp.vb page has the function:
Public Function MySplit(ByVal s As String)
Dim var
Dim strString As String
Dim arrArray() As String
Dim strItem As String
Dim x As Integer

strString = s
arrArray = strString.Split("/")
If arrArray.Length = "2" Then

var = "<asp:Button runat=""Server"" CommandArgument=" &arrArray(0)
&">"
Else
End If
Return var
End Function

When I try it I get the page displayed, but no button. It seems to be hard
coded in the html.

 

[Brock Allen]

This won't work, because the result needs to be a string to set in as content
or to a property on the layout that's already been parsed by ASP.NET. Handing
back <asp:TextBox> syntax at runtime is past when the ASP.NET parser runs
for the item template.