how to append string in a HtmlTextWriter asp.net c# webform

Question

Let say i have a function like below, which returns option tag as a string.

 public static string writeDropDownOptionHTML(string tablename, string id_col, string value_col)
        {
            StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter();
            HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringwriter);
            DataTable dt1 = BAL.setDropDown(tablename, id_col, value_col);
            if (dt1.Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (DataRow row in dt1.Rows)
                {
                    writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Value, row[0].ToString());
                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Option);

                    writer.Write(row[1].ToString());
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                }
            }

            return stringwriter.ToString();
        }

now i have another function like below

public static string writeWalkReverseTableData(DataTable dt1)
        {
            StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter();
            HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringwriter);

            if (dt1.Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (DataRow row in dt1.Rows)
                {

                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr);
                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Td);
                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Select);
                    // now i want to call  writeDropDownOptionHTML which will return option html code
                    // writer += writeDropDownOptionHTML("xyz","abc","def"); 
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                }
            }
            return stringwriter.ToString();
        }

how to append string in a HtmlTextWriter?

Answer 1

I'm not too familiar using the HtmlTextWriter but according to msdn you should be able to do

writer.Write(writeDropDownOptionHTML("xyz","abc","def"));

Answer 2

I'd pass writer from writeWalkReverseTableData to writeDropDownOptionHTML as a parameter, like this:

    public static void writeDropDownOptionHTML(HtmlTextWriter writer, string tablename, string id_col, string value_col)
            {
                DataTable dt1 = BAL.setDropDown(tablename, id_col, value_col);
                if (dt1.Rows.Count > 0)
                {
                    foreach (DataRow row in dt1.Rows)
                    {
                        writer.AddAttribute(HtmlTextWriterAttribute.Value, row[0].ToString());
                        writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Option);

                        writer.Write(row[1].ToString());
                        writer.RenderEndTag();
                    }
                }
            }

public static string writeWalkReverseTableData(DataTable dt1)
        {
            StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter();
            HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(stringwriter);

            if (dt1.Rows.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (DataRow row in dt1.Rows)
                {

                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Tr);
                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Td);
                    writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Select);
                    writeDropDownOptionHTML(writer, "xyz","abc","def"); 
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                    writer.RenderEndTag();
                }
            }
            return stringwriter.ToString();
        }