How does HtmlTextWriter write to page?

Question

I'm trying to write HTML code into my ASPX file from my C# file. This is what I have so far, just to try to get it working before I actually starting putting in stuff that I want.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    HtmlTextWriter writer = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);

    writer.WriteBeginTag("p");
    writer.Write("THERE IS STUFF HERE");
    writer.WriteEndTag("p");
}

If my code up to this point is correct, then I assume I need some line of code that actually tells it to write, or something like that. However, I don't know what that is.

Also, if I get this working, what part of the page will it write to? Is there any way to tell it where to write?

Answer 1

Your code is writing HTML. But it's writing it to your StringWriter, which is not what you had in mind.

Try writing it to Response.Output instead.

FYI, you would do better taking that sort of code out of Page_Load and using a User Control instead.