difference between htmlbutton and webcontrol button?

[Bob]

Hi,

I 'm starting asp.net and i saw two ways to make buttons. Which way to use?
Are the htmlbuttons in specific case better than webbuttons? Are there
advantages?
Thanks
Bob

htmlbutton:
<script runat="server">
Sub button1(Source As Object, e As EventArgs)
p1.InnerHtml="You clicked the blue button!"
End Sub
</script>

<form runat="server">
<button id="b1" OnServerClick="button1" runat="server">htmlbutton</button>
<p id="p1" runat="server" />
</form>

and webcontrol button.
<script runat="server">
Sub submit(Source As Object, e As EventArgs)
button1.Text="You clicked me!"
End Sub
</script>

<form runat="server">
<asp:Button id="button1" Text="Click me!" runat="server" OnClick="submit"/>
</form>

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

basically you can do same thing with the both in this case. Difference is
that HtmlButton represents an HTML control which has API following closely
the HTML API. While WebControl Button is more abstracted over what it's
rendered as. E.g WebControls are more abstractions over the presentation
layer while HTML controls are tightly coupled with it. WebControls can also
expose and do things which aren't possible to expose via HTML control API.

Here's also a few links
http://steveorr.net/FAQ/3in1.aspx#HTMLvsWeb

ASP.NET Web Server Controls Overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zsyt68f1.aspx

 

[Bob]

Thanks

Hi,

basically you can do same thing with the both in this case. Difference is
that HtmlButton represents an HTML control which has API following closely
the HTML API. While WebControl Button is more abstracted over what it's
rendered as. E.g WebControls are more abstractions over the presentation
layer while HTML controls are tightly coupled with it. WebControls can also
expose and do things which aren't possible to expose via HTML control API.

Here's also a few links
http://steveorr.net/FAQ/3in1.aspx#HTMLvsWeb

ASP.NET Web Server Controls Overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zsyt68f1.aspx

--
Teemu Keiski
ASP.NET MVP, AspInsider
Finland, EU
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke

 

[CMM]

Basically the way I see it... WebControls trigger postback events and are
easier to set-up and manipulate on the server site. HTMLControls are classic
old-school html elements that do everything on the client-side (though you
could always at a RunAt attribute to them and essentially turn them into a
"WebControl."