AppSettings shourtcut question

Question

I am trying to use the <%$ AppSettings: .. %> shortcut in an asp.net user control.

I am able to use the syntax fine when binding a property to an appsetting, however I want to use an appsetting to hold a page id. for exmaple:

<a href="default.aspx?page=<%$ AppSettings:TestPageID %>">Test link</a>

This method does not work, so my question is, can the appsetting shortcut be used like this to insert a literal, or can anybody suggest a way I can achieve this.

Many thanks,

Adam

Answer 1

add literal into the anchor tag.

<a href="/default.aspx?page=<asp:Literal runat="server" Text="<%$ appSettings:TestPageId %>"/>">Test Link</a>

Answer 2

Try:

<%= System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("TestPageID") %>

Answer 3

Just add runat=server to the original 'a' tag and everything will work properly like this:

<a runat="server" href="default.aspx?page=<%$ AppSettings:TestPageID %>">Test link</a>