How to change the Page Title in ASP.Net 1.1?

Question

With ASP.Net 2.0 you can use the Title property to change the page title :

Page.Title = "New Title";

But since in ASP.Net 1.1 there isn't a Title property in the Page class, how can I change the page's title from the code-behind ?

Answer 1

With ASP.Net 1.1, first you have to set the runat attribute on the title markup :

<title id="PageTitle" runat="server">WebForm1</title>

Then from the code behind :

C#

// We need this name space to use HtmlGenericControl
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace TestWebApp
{

      public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
            // Variable declaration and instantiation
            protected HtmlGenericControl PageTitle = new HtmlGenericControl();

            private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
                  // Set new page title
                  PageTitle.InnerText = "New Page Title";
            }
      }
}

---

VB

Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls

Namespace TestWebApp

    Public Class WebForm1
        Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

        Protected PageTitle As HtmlGenericControl = New HtmlGenericControl()

        Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

            PageTitle.InnerText = "New Page Title"
        End Sub

...

    End Class
End Namespace