<% %> in ASP.NET (embedded code blocks)

Question

I understand what these signify in the markup of the aspx pages ... but I don\'t not know the full power they can be used for or even the name to denote these special directives

Answer 1

Here (or here - in case it moves again) is a post I found and stashed away some time ago listing all the different inline server-side tags with examples. There are seven:

1. <%...%> runs normal code
2. <%=...%> is equivalent to Response.Write()
3. <%#...%> is used for databinding expressions
4. <%$...%> returns the value of an expression, and can be used in parameters (note: expressions are not code - see here)
5. <%@...%> is for page directives, usually at the top of the ASPX file
6. <%--...--%> is for comments
7. <%:...%> is the same as <%= except it HTML-encodes the value