The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% ... %>)

Because I have pages with the markup <%= someVariable%> like

<script type="text/javascript">
            
  function ConfirmCallBack(arg)
  {
    if (arg)
     <%= this._nextPostBack%>
  }

</script>

I get the following error: "The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% … %><% … %>)."

To correct it I had to change from

<%= this._nextPostBack%>

to

<%# this._nextPostBack%>

and in the PageLoad event add the call to Page’s DataBind method

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

  ...

  Page.DataBind();
}