How to access html controls in code behind

Question

I\'m trying to follow this example on how to validate credentials. However, it uses asp: controls for the login form.

If I were to use html controls instead so CSS s

Answer 1

You can access them from code behind by adding runat="server" on the html elements.

http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/aspnet_refhtmlcontrols.asp

The below link has an example of how you can do this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478973.aspx