ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

[Harlan Messinger]

I created a new Web application in VS2005, and added a master page and a
content page based on it. I replaced the default XHTML doctype directive
with one for HTML 4.01 Strict.

In the master page code I placed a link tag, without a slash before the
closing ">". The compiler keeps sticking one in, so that the resulting
page isn't valid HTML. I can't figure out how to keep the compiler from
doing this. Please help!

[David Wier]

Re: ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

Based on XHTML, all tags must have a closing tag, or be self-closing - why
don't you just add the closing slash?

David Wier

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"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.rem ovethis@comcast .netwrote in message
news:61sihbF20f dgcU1@mid.indiv idual.net...

>I created a new Web application in VS2005, and added a master page and a
>content page based on it. I replaced the default XHTML doctype directive
>with one for HTML 4.01 Strict.
>
In the master page code I placed a link tag, without a slash before the
closing ">". The compiler keeps sticking one in, so that the resulting
page isn't valid HTML. I can't figure out how to keep the compiler from
doing this. Please help!

[Harlan Messinger]

Re: ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

David Wier wrote:

>
"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.rem ovethis@comcast .netwrote in message
news:61sihbF20f dgcU1@mid.indiv idual.net...

>I created a new Web application in VS2005, and added a master page and a
>content page based on it. I replaced the default XHTML doctype directive
>with one for HTML 4.01 Strict.
>>
>In the master page code I placed a link tag, without a slash before the
>closing ">". The compiler keeps sticking one in, so that the resulting
>page isn't valid HTML. I can't figure out how to keep the compiler from
>doing this. Please help!

>
Based on XHTML, all tags must have a closing tag, or be self-closing - why
don't you just add the closing slash?
>

I repeat: I'm not using XHTML, I'm using HTML 4.01.

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.rem ovethis@comcast .netwrote in message
news:61trfmF1vt j21U2@mid.indiv idual.net...

I repeat: I'm not using XHTML, I'm using HTML 4.01.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t527477-html-401-strict-instead-of-xhtml.html

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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

[Harlan Messinger]

Re: ASP.NET inserts trailing slash in tag

Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

"Harlan Messinger" <hmessinger.rem ovethis@comcast .netwrote in message
news:61trfmF1vt j21U2@mid.indiv idual.net...
>

>I repeat: I'm not using XHTML, I'm using HTML 4.01.

>
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...-of-xhtml.html

Man, that's just awful. Well, thanks anyway. I decided to try

<% Response.Write( "<link rel=\"styleshee t\" type=\"text/css\"
href=\"css/manager.css\">" );%>

and that does the trick. Funny, I don't get the same problem with the
META tag.