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Dynamically set a link to a CSS file in ASP.NET

By , 3 Dec 2004
 

Introduction

I had a tough time finding this online so I thought I would post it on CodeProject.com.

I wanted to be able to dynamically set a link to a CSS file. For example, for users to be able to personalize their site, change the look and feel.

Just add a runat attribute to your traditional link tag. ID attribute has to be present, and tag has to be properly closed (not like HTML).

<head>
<link id="MyStyleSheet" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" runat="server" />
</head>

Then in your Page_Load, simply add a "href" attribute as below:

Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, E As EventArgs)
 If Not (IsPostBack)
  MyStyleSheet.Attributes.Add("href","/css/flostyle.css")
 End If
End Sub

Nothing fancy, very simple, but very useful. It also works for meta tags.

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About the Author

Florent Boulanger
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United States United States
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Broad engineering background with business knowledge (graduated from a top French engineering school training entrepreneurs), and excellent relationship skills that Flo utilizes in the I.T. field to streamline/improve company processes.
 
From web to embedded programming, from a big-5 consulting company to a local hospital, Flo shares his time between development and implementation lead.
Work with ASP.NET, VB.NET, LDAP, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL...

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