Add a stylesheet link programmatically in ASP.NET

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Code snippet for programmatically adding a CSS link in ASP.NET.

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Here’s a code snippet used to programmatically insert a stylesheet link to an external CSS file:

// Create the <link> element for the CSS file
var stylesheet = new HtmlLink { Href = "/path/to/stylesheet.css" };
stylesheet.Attributes.Add("rel","stylesheet");
stylesheet.Attributes.Add("type","text/css");
 
// Add it to the <head> element of the page
Page.Header.Controls.Add(stylesheet);