Controlling whitespace when using server-side evaluation

Currently, if there is a line of code in a ViewPage, for example:

<% foreach (Product p in ViewData) { %>

When evaluated, a blank line is emitted to the resulting HTML. Is there a way to control when/if these blank lines are emitted into the HTML? I like to have my code formatted with a decent amount of breaks, but the resultant HTML is not what I would like to see.

Re: Controlling whitespace when using server-side evaluation

Nice call, Brail for Monorail has the ability to have <%... -%> The - before the closing script tag tells Brail to squash the new line. It makes for some very nice html.

If we are talking about extending the asp.net compiler for MVC, I would throw this into the mix.

Re: Controlling whitespace when using server-side evaluation

The trick is placement of the <% %> tags which should be where the HTML & whitespace should stop and not where the code starts...

e.g. if you wanted all the options on one line but the code over many;

<select id="something"><%
foreach(Product p in ViewData) {
     %><option value="<%=HttpUtility.HtmlAttributeEncode(p.Code)%>"><%=HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(p.Description)%></option><%
}
%>

[)amien