HtmlTextWriter to String - Am I overlooking something?

asp.net, c#

Solution

Try this:

protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter output)  
{  
   StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();  
   HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(new System.IO.StringWriter(sb,   
   System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));  
   foreach (Control ctrl in Controls)  
   {  
      ctrl.RenderControl(htw);  
   }  
  string strContents = sb.ToString();

}

Problem

Perhaps I'm going about this all wrong (and please tell me if I am), but I'm hitting my head against a wall with something that seems like a really simple concept. This Render override is coming from a User Control. ``` protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) { string htmlAboutToBeRendered = writer.GetWhatHasBeenWrittenToTheWriterSoFar(); // Do something nefarious, yet unrelated with htmlAboutToBeRendered } ``` This seems like a there would be an obvious way to do this, but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone shed some light on this for me, please?

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