How can I use Databound variables in conditional statements within Custom Databound controls?

Posted by William Calleja on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by William Calleja
Published on 2010-03-18T12:28:15Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 12:31 UTC
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I'm developing my custom DataBound Controls that make use of an '<ItemTemplate>' tag and '<%# %>' server tags to generate some data however I need to make a conditional statement within one of my Databound controls as shown below.

<custom:DataboundControl runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <% if(((Dictionary<string, string>)Container.DataItem)["MyVariable"]=="" { %>
            <!-- Conditional Code Happens Here -->
        <% } %>
    </ItemTemplate>
</custom:DataboundControl>

Right now my code isn't working because the compiler cannot recognize my Container.DataItem variable within a <% %> tag and a <%# %> tag doesn't support conditional statements. What can I use?

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