Set Visible property with server tag <%= %> in Framework 3.5

Question

I have been working in a .NET Framework 4 project using server tags like <%=whatever %> to set the visibility of runat=\"server\" controls, like the following:

Answer 1

Here is another approach which maintains the simplicity of the code from your original question. Here you would have to remove the runat="server" from the div tag and use css "display:none" instead of the "Visible" property. The downside to this approach is that the tag still gets sent to the browser even if it is not visible and the visibility is handled on the client side.

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