Anilkumar Mantena

• Jul 24th, 2006

 

HTML Server Controls:

This controls will follow similar syntax of html client side controls with the same set of properties (with runat="server" attribute).  The purpose of this HTML Server controls is towards migration projects.   And this HTML Server Controls doesn't support extensibility.

Web Server Controls:

These are very advanced controls if compared to HTML Controls.  These controls overcome the extensibility problem which araises in HTML Server Controls.  These controls are also called as Smart Controls, because these controls will produce HTML context based on reuested browser.

These Controls also supports data binding and xml based syntax with .net object model.

aanand_agrawal

 Profile Answers by aanand_agrawal 

• Apr 24th, 2009

 

We require HTML Control in some of circumstances:

1) Migrating Project from ASP to ASP.NET u just need to add Runat="Server" and ID="XYZ" , so
you do not need to make big changes to current project

2) If you have use frequently Client side JavaScripts

Disadvantage of HTML Control

1 ) HTML Control don't have a programming model that consist with WinForm Programming

E.g: HTML TextboxControl :: Value Property
ServerControl TextboxControl :: Text Property

2) HTML server control directly map to a single html tag.

Thanks