ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Using the Label Control

Whenever you need to modify the text displayed in a page dynamically, you can use the Label control. For example, the page in Listing 2.1 dynamically modifies the value of a Label control’s Text property to display the current time (see Figure 2.1).

Figure 2.1. Displaying the time with a Label control.

Listing 2.1. ShowLabel.aspx

Any string that you assign to the Label control’s Text property is displayed by the Label when the control is rendered. You can assign simple text to the Text property, or you can assign HTML ...