Data binding expression
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default" Debug="true" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Data-bound Expressions</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <h2>Today is <asp:Label ID="Today" runat="server" Text="<%# DateTime.Now %>" /> </h2> </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Text; public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DataBind(); } }