How to 'bind' Text property of a label in markup

Question

Basically I would like to find a way to ddo something like:

Answer 1

When you use <%# MyProperty %> declaration you need to databind it, but when using <%= MyProperty %> you don't (which is similar to just writing Response.Write(MyProperty).

Answer 2

<asp:Label id="lID" runat="server"><%= MyProperty %></asp:Label>

since asp.net tags do not allow <% %> constructs, you cannot use Text="<%= MyProperty %>".

Answer 3

Leave the markup as is and make a call to Page.DataBind(); in your code behind.

Answer 4

You can do

<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# MyProperty %>' />

And then a Page.DataBind() in the codebehind.

Answer 5

You can do this:

<asp:Label ID="lblCurrentTime" runat="server">
    Last update: <%=DateTime.Now.ToString()%>
</asp:Label>

Answer 6

Call lID.Databind() from code-behind