Panels, innerHTML, white-space

[TR]

I am adding a Panel to my page at runtime so:

'//note that P is another container Panel

Dim MyPanel As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel
MyPanel.CssClass = "MYPANEL"
MyPanel.ID = "p100"
P.Controls.Add(MyPanel)


This is emitted as the following HTML (note the white space):

<div id="p100" class="MYPANEL">

</div>


Is there any way to get ASP.NET to emit this without white space?

<div id="p100" class="MYPANEL"></div>

Thanks!
TR