C# Dynamicly Generating HTML

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Hey Guys,

I have a Server App that communicates with multiple clients.

I need to send the client an html page as a string, and that I can do.
The html page needs to be generated on the fly, and it must contain account info.

I need to be able to change the generated content dynamically without stopping the server.
So I'm thinking about having a XML file that contains the "fields" I need to fetch from a SQL db, and then just then read the xml file in the server and generate the content.

Is my logic correct here, or is there a better way to do it?
How would I go about doing it?

Posted 2-Dec-10 20:35pm

josefvz

Updated 2-Dec-10 21:57pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 3-Dec-10 3:57am

Edited for Grammar and Readability.

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Solution 1

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Response.Write("<div><font size='2' face='Tahoma'><B>" +
                                   mydata + "</B></font></div>");

Response.Write("<div style='position:absolute; background-color:#D1FFFF ; width:150px; height:150px;'>");

Posted 2-Dec-10 21:30pm

velmahesh

Updated 2-Dec-10 21:33pm

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[no name] 3-Dec-10 3:34am

This won't help me as the server is not a asp app.
And you are just giving me formatting?

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fjdiewornncalwe · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-03T01:51:00

Solution 2

If the html is pretty much static with just some data values inserted, I would suggest saving the html file as a file in your application project, placing tags like "[replaceThisWithxxx]" where the data needs to go. Then, instead of creating html on the fly, you can just load the entire file contents into a string and perform a replace on the tags with the appropriate data.

Posted 3-Dec-10 1:51am

fjdiewornncalwe

Updated 3-Dec-10 4:22am

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[no name] 3-Dec-10 8:02am

This I can use. i am going to do that but, I'll add the tag I have got in the HTML file to the XML file as well. So that i don't have to stop the server at all