Forms Data Controls :: Binding Dropdownlist Inside Repeater?
Oct 7, 2010
I'm trying to bind a value to a dropdownlist. Here how the code looks like in the aspx page...Bind the textboxes below is not a problem...but its not working with the dropdownlist..
So basically, what i want is the value selected from the dropdownlist to be remembered after i press next button and back button..
I am having problem to do a 2 way binding with DropDownList inside DetailsView, my markup declaration is:
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But I am getting the following error messages on the line ddlCategoryId.DataBind(): ArgumentOutOfRangeException: 'ddlCategoryId' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.sometimes I get different error: InvalidOperationException: Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control.]
I am new to ASP.NET, trying to learn it. I am using ASP.NET 3.5 with VB for scripting. Also read some books. I just can't figure out how to bind a DropDown List inside a Repeater Control. I saw a few examples but none were clear enough and explained all the details. I want to populate the Drop-Down using values from a Database inside the repeater.
I also read this article [URL] but still can't understand how to bind dropdown in a repeater.
I want to display 2 things inside the Repeater Control.
1. User Selected Values (which comes in the form of an Arraylist) from a previous page using "PostBackUrl" method.
2. Then allow users to select values from a Dropdown list corresponding to each design code they selected on previous page. (the dropdown values here must come from a backend db)
Also, I want to control the number or rows displayed inside the repeater control. It should be equal to the number of "design codes" selected by the user on a previous page.
I'm having a problem trying to retrieve a dropdownlist value that is located within a nested repeater. Basically I'm trying to create a shopping cart that allows the user to select a shipping method and the shipping method is contained in the repeater. So my page structure looks something like this.
Gridview
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To me this should work, but the problem I'm facing is that there are no repeater items. The Items.Count property in the repeater is 0. I am not calling DataBind on the Gridview nor the Repeater before this code is reached (this code is the first thing that happens in my button click event) and my binding is done inside a !IsPostBack statement in my page load. I've made sure databinding is not occurring by setting breakpoints on the code that databinds both the gridview and repeater.
It seems to me like the nested repeater is losing it's viewstate or something on a postback. If that's the case, how can I get the selected value of that dropdown control inside a nested repeater?
Two ddl inside gridview. on selecting first ddl1 fill next ddl2 by passing selected value as parameter by executing the sqldatasource select command in codebehind.code:
GridViewRow gr = (GridViewRow)((DataControlFieldCell)((DropDownList)sender).Parent).Parent; //find the control in that DropDownList d1 = (DropDownList)gr.FindControl(ddl1); DropDownList d2 = (DropDownList)gr.FindControl(ddl2); SqliaDataSource.SelectParameters.Add("@name", d1.SelectedItem.Text.ToString()); dataView dv=(dataview) SqliaDataSource.select(DataSourceSelectArguments .Empty); Error: There is no source code available for the current location. and Returns null value
I have two dropdownlists inside a repeater. And based on the value I pick in the first dropdownlist the second needs to get populated (both need to be populated from the DB via stored proc). I am adding the code I have so far but it's not complete
I have a user control that displays a shopping cart in an ecommerce application.
The main cart display is a repeater that renders as a html table. In one of those table columns, there is another repeater to display people associated with the products int he cart (it's a repeater in case there is a line item >1 with multiple people).
I've added an ImageButton that I want to use to change the person associated with the item. At first, when I'd click on it I was getting this error:
Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@ Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or callback events originate from the server control that originally rendered them. If the data is valid and expected, use the ClientScriptManager.RegisterForEventValidation method in order to register the postback or callback data for validation.
So as an experiment I disabled EventValidation on the page (not the control it's self) and now I do not get an error, but I also do not ever hit the breakpoint I set in the innermost repeater's ItemCommand event.
So I wonder how I might do this without disabling EventValidation, because this control will show up on multiple pages and we don't want to edit them all. Also, I'll need to know not only the repeater containing the control's row that the event came from but also the row index of the repeater containg this one. Is this possible?
what changed do I need to make to my code for it to achieve what I'm after.
At the moment I am getting a "cannot cast to type" error message with the below code.
I have also tried calling the ItemDataBound method in with the parent repeater tags and had no errors but when I clicked on the button it would just move back to the top of the page and would not hide or show any data. Also I have made the div style to none but the first record still shows its child but the rest don't.
I am trying to bind a DropDownList inside a repeater control to an existing data set (to be able to edit the data) and I have been searching for an answer to this problem for a day and a half now without any luck.
I'm following a tutorial from [URL] to create a better menu with submenus. Does anyone know how to convert this inline code to code behind? I'm not a big fan of inline code but I have no idea on how to convert it to code behind.
I have a couple of Checkbox controls in the Item Template of a Repeater and am trying to set them (checked or not) based on an underlying data value. With Labels the <%# Bind... > syntax can be used but there does not seem to be an equivelent for a Checkbox.
So I have moved into the code, specifically the ItemDataBound handler of the Repeater control but cannot seem to instantiate the Checkbox controls.
In the handler repProjectList_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) I can instantiate the Repeater by casting sender or the RepeaterItem by using e.item and both have FindControl() methods but neither seem to find my Checkbox.
Further, once I am able to 'find' the Checkbox, I'm not sure how to reference the various values in the underlying data source.
i have a database of values that I am rendering in a table via the repeater control. (Previously I was using a gridview but I know require a repeater) I have a checkbox being 'repeated' for each record and I can get the id of each row to do some logic, but what I cannot get is whether it is checked or not as the value is null. As the database has no null values, I can only asume it is not binding for the checkboxes as current true values do not have a check in the box. The onCheckedChanged event carries out the logic required to change whether record is disabled via the database. With a gridview
Checked='<%# Bind ("Disabled")%>' was enough <td class="GridCentre"[code]....
is this done with the itemdatabound event? and how is it done?
I have a repeater on which I need to bind the name returned by the querystring, the binding should be don on the following request : Request.QueryString("file_type")
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basically the file type represent a foldername on the server, and this changes depending on the request
I am attempting to bind a Repeater (but it could be a GridView or ListView) to a list of objects. The List's type is an abstract type, which has two different classes derived from it, both with different properties. Because they have different properties, I cannot just have one ItemTemplate. If I bind a control to a property of one type of class and the other type doesn't have it, it throws an error.
Here's where I'm at:
I cannot use <% if (whatever) { %> some stuff <% } else { %> some other stuff <% } %> because I cannot access the databound item to make the choice based on its type. I cannot use the <%# %> syntax, which lets me use the databound information, because you cannot code logic like if...then...else. I cannot (rather not) call a function and return a string with the code because what I want to render is complex and contains further nested databound controls. Has anyone found an ingenious way of doing if it is this type of object, display these controls, else display these other controls?
What's the difference between binding for example a column called ("Name") in both cases ? and is there's any performance difference ?1- Assigning the data in the mark-up
2- defining a control object for every control inside the repeater ItemTemplate and find it and then assign the data in the column "Name" to ite.Item.FindControl("Name_Lbl")
When the FormView is in Edit mode, ddlCategory is populated as expected by calling GetCategories(), which returns a List of categories. However, when the ListView is in Insert mode, ddlCountry is empty. I put a break point in GetCountries(), but it never gets called. If I change the name of the method, I get an error. So it recognizes the method at compile time, but does not call it at run time. I'm guessing this is an embedded binding issue of some kind, but I'm hoping someone can save me a lot of time by pointing out the solution.
I have an UpdatePanel with a GridView. This GridView has a template column that is a DropDownList. The problem is that the SelectedIndexChanged event does not fire for the DropDownList. Here is the code: