using If statment included in axpx page generates compile error

Question

i have a default.aspx

and a sidebar.aspx

i included the sidebar in my default by :

<!--#include file="../sidebar.aspx"-->

it included successfully without any error i used this code in my sidbar file :

<% if (True) { %>
    <div class="left-box">
        ....
    </div>
<% } %>

it works fine when i refresh the page @ development server but vs 2010 shows compile error :

Error 25 End of statement expected. C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\WebSite2\sidebar.aspx 6

Error 24 'If' must end with a matching 'End If'. C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\WebSite2\sidebar.aspx 6

Error 26 Syntax error. C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\WebSite2\sidebar.aspx 22

UPDATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ! -> at top of my default.aspx is -> <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> and then i included my sidebar.aspx .... i dont know why sidebar run as VB ... i didnt use any page language at top of this file ... and it should use the default.aspx language

If it's expecting an end if, then it's trying to parse Visual Basic. I don't use .NET servers, but I'd think there's some way to change it to use C# instead. — Kaleb Brasee

Ray Ray · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-05T18:29:08

Check the 'language' attribute in your <%@ Page %> directive. Make sure it is set to "c#" (the error message makes it sound like the page is using vb)

using If statment included in axpx page generates compile error

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