Dynamic values for asp control - asp.net

Question

I'd like have the following type of code fragment in a .aspx page:
<% foreach( int i in <some-expression> ) { %>
<asp:linkbutton CommandArgument="<value-of-i>" OnClick="<some-handler>" runat="server" />
<$ } %>
Basically, I want to generate the page sans data binding, but supply the value of CommandArgument to the linkbutton from a variable in the code behind, so that when the click handler activates, I can retrieve the value of the variable from the CommandArgument, that existed when the code ran.
I do not want to use data binding, for various reasons. Is this possible? I understand that the <%: ... %> syntax is equivalent to Response.Write, and that the syntax <%# %> retrieves values which are databound. I also know that I can't use the <%: %> syntax here to solve my problem. And because I am not using data binding, I can't use the <%# %> syntax.
It seems to me that something like this should be very basic.

Answer 1

So, to answer my own question, there seems to be no way to mix server side controls and state generated from the code around them. The reason being that server side controls are generated before the code runs, and the code, for the most part, runs to emit the response (think Response.Write).
However, one can "manually" cause the post back that server side controls, like asp:LinkButton, perform with a java script call to __doPostBack. So the solution to my problem is something like the following:
<% for( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { %>
<a href="" onclick='javascript:__doPostBack( "MeClicked", "<%: i %>" ); return false; '>Click Me <%: i %></a>
<% } %>
Where Page_Load does something like::
if ("MeClicked".Equals( Request.Form[ "__EVENTTARGET" ] )) {
string arg = Request.Form[ "__EVENTARGUMENT" ];
Response.ClearContent();
Response.Write( arg + " Clicked" );
Response.End();
return;
}