Forms Data Controls :: Databinding With Templated Used Control?
Jan 27, 2010
I've created a templated user control by following the example on the microsoft support pages. I won't post it all but the important part of the CS file looks as follows:
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I'm not sure if the whole _CurrentDataItem business is required, I don't think so.The problem I've got, is that I've tried nesting it inside a FormView control so I can use it to display a record from a database. My ASPX looks like this:
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Now, the bound properties (TitleText and TitleSubText) bind correctly, but the nested / template content is blank when the page loads. I'm not sure if this is something to do with the order in which everything is loaded or because I'm missing some code in the SimpleTemplate to get it to bind (etc.).
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Apr 20, 2010
How to change the values in gridview on text change of templated control without databind again?the value of templated text boxes should change If i change the value of one of the templated textbox then accordingly(By mathematical calculations) the vlaues of all tempated textboxes should also change.
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Nov 10, 2010
I have a ObjectDataSource and a ListView referencing it.
I have created a Templated User Control (see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/36574bf6.aspx) and placed it in the ListView's InsertItemTemplate
It has one template <ContentTemplate>. Inside that template, I've defined a couple of server controls with their properties = '<%# Bind("colName") #>'.
See below:
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Dec 20, 2010
I am trying to access a control from the code behind in a tmeplated user control and and keep getting an object reference exception.
Is it possible to access these controls. I have tried the find control and just referencing the object i.e. this.someID, non of which worked.
Here is my templated control:
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Here is the template ascx code:
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Here is the test user control that is using the template:
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Here is the codebehind for the test user control:
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I have also tried this which throws the same error:
Label label = (Label)this.Page.FindControl( "DateTimeLabel2" );
label.Text = DateTime.Today.ToString();
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Jun 4, 2010
i have an Gridview with BoundFiled, for the bound field headertext alo coming from the table, but i dont know how to bind the headertext and data. i have used below code
<asp:BoundField runat="server" DataField="column1_data" HeaderText = DataBinder.Eval '<%# Bind("column1_text") %>'/>
but getting error as "The BoundField control with a two-way databinding to field column1_text must have an ID."
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Aug 4, 2010
I have a asp:repeater control which I am using to display a photo and the Name. So for this I have to execute SQL query and unfortunately I dont have the control of the database - table design. So the photo comes from one table and the Name comes from another table. I wrote 2 sql queries to get both these information created 2 sqldatareader. So now I have to bind the repeater control to both of these reader. But I know it does not work. Is there any other way I can do this? I even tried to nest a repeater control inside another. But that does not work anyway.
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May 3, 2010
I have a strange problem. I have made a PagedRepeater control, which inherits from the Repeater, from a tutorial I saw here: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/020905-1.aspx. It's in VB and I'm in C#, and it didn't quite have all the features I was lookingfor, so, I've modified it quite a bit. I added support for a SqlDataSource control, as well. The only problem is, that it always returns the first item from the SqlDataSource, even when the CurrentPageIndex on the PagedDataSource is set to a different value.
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Feb 8, 2011
I'm working on a user control that renders couple nested divs (a rounded corner box to be frank). This is a templated user control, which means that user can put any control he wants into the header, body or footer of this box. Everything is working fine, except the fact that server-side controls can't be retrived from my box. Take a look at this code:
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Now codebehind of that control:
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I have cut out all the unimportant stuff.Now when I use this control:
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I want to access controls in page codebehind file (on Page Load): LiteralNewses.Text="";
but compiler returns an error that LiteralNewses doesn't exist. Also FindControl method can't find this literal.Any tips on what's wrong with this code? According to MSDN, setting TemplateInstance to Single ensures that controls from template will be accessible but not in my case...
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Nov 8, 2010
I'm trying to implement an ASP.NET DataBoundControl that supports two-way databinding. Unfortunatelly I can't find any documentation on how to do this on the web and even Dino Esposito in his ASP.NET 2.0 Advanced Topics only handles one-way databinding (also the contact form on his blog isn't working). Can anyone provide me with documentation or samples on how to do this?
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Mar 2, 2010
I've got a FormView control for which I'm Viewing, Inserting and Updating to a MS SQL Database.
Instead of adding a SqlDataSource control to the page, I've created it in the code behind and declaring the properties/attributes for it during Page_Load.
At the moment, everything is bound and working fine, but I'm having an issue Databinding to the child controls in my FormView with parameters set in the code behind.
This is where I'm at.
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So, I need to be able to bind the DS.InsertParameters.Add("PageTitle", ---) with the txPageTitle control in the Insert Template, same with the PageURL to txPageURL. Is there any easy way to do this from the code behind? I can't seem to find a way to add a parameter without needing to assign it a value.
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Dec 23, 2010
Bringing back to life an old post that I dont believe ever got solved: http://forums.asp.net/t/1562245.aspxThis may be an old thread .... but no answer was ever given ... and I too have a radio button list and DDL and am stuck in the EXACT same place. If I check one of the two data bound radio buttons, the DDL should repopulate with a different set of results. This works just fine EXCEPT .... the DDL cannot be databound. If I set SELECTEDVALUE of the control to a bind I get this error:Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control.I have followed the advice on this page from various users, all to no avail....surely this can be done, and I assume quite simply. Anyone know the answer?
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Jul 14, 2010
I have a composite control inside a repeater. I am trying to set the controls public properties inline like so (this is a simplified example):
<uc1:Control runat="server" ID="id" Value='<%# Eval("value") %>'>
When I place the repeater inside a user control INSIDE ANOTHER user control and onto the page this works - the property is correctly set, if I inspect it inside the EnsureChildControls() method of the custom control the composite control's Value propertyis set to Eval("value") as intended.
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Feb 14, 2011
I have a gridview and one of the fields is a template field. The item template is a label and the edit template is a drop down box that all works lovely.in the Gridview1_RowUpdating event I would like to compare the original value for this template field with the new value (see if it goes from Pending to Approved). but I am struggling to find the old value for this field. I could save it to a module level variable in the GridView1_RowDataBound when I set the row to 'edit' but I think there is a better idea out there. I have tried to access the datarowview but it keeps coming back as Nothing e.g. This retuns nothing:
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Does anyone have any ideas other than recording the data in the RowDataBound event please?
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Aug 31, 2010
Basically, I have a custom templated control with a custom data container class. When a developer adds an instance of my control to a page, they can define the controls in the LayoutTemplate however they like, as follows:
<ml:MyControl id="MyControl1" runat="server">
<LayoutTemplate>
<span><%#Container.ErrorMessage%></span>[code]...
I would like my control to automatically move the "ml_errormessage" (databound content from Container.ErrorMessage - hard coded token in the property) to be a class of its containing element to make it easier for jQuery to use a selector to find the element and dynamically insert the error message client side. More importantly, I would like it moved out of the way so the class name doesn't get replaced by the content and jQuery can find it as many times as it needs to during the page lifecycle. In other words, I would like the output to look like this without the developer changing the input template or resort to using custom controls in the template:
<span id="MyControl1"><span>
<span class="ml_errormessage"></span>
</span></span>
I would like to move the value using the controls collection rather than resorting to string parsing of the output, if possible. However, when I interrogate the collection in an override of OnPreRender, the control in the template looks like this in the debugger:
{System.Web.UI.DataBoundLiteralControl}
System.Web.UI.DataBoundLiteralControl: {System.Web.UI.DataBoundLiteralControl} [code]...
As you can see the "ml_errormessage" value is nowhere to be found. Upon analysis of the DataBind event of the Control class using Reflector, I see that it delegates the binding behavior to each control. In other words, each control handles its own databinding. However, since I have no way of knowing in advance what control types will be in the template, how can this change be done?
Note: an acceptable alternative would be to add a new HtmlGenericControl (span) in the exact spot where the "ml_errormessage" is and add it as a class to this new control.On a side note, is there an easy way to get the control's output to indent for easy reading during debugging?
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Apr 15, 2010
I want to access a label in templated user control.
I find this code in internet, but it doesn't work.
Error:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
public static Control FindControl(Control parent, string id)
{
Control recurse;
if (parent.ID == id)
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Aug 11, 2010
I have a templated user control with single instance template attribute. It works great for everything except the following scenario:
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The folder selector uses a tree view that allows people to select a folder, its FolderSelected event works perfectly and the file selector updates with the files. The file selector has a repeater that lists the files in the selected directory. It has a linkbutton for each of the files so that the user can select a file. The problem is that the ItemCommand event of the repeater doesn't fire when the file name is clicked on. The page performs the async postback like it should, but in debug, the method to handle the itemcommand event is never hit. On the same user control to select files there is a button that the user can add files to the folder. When it is clicked, the event DOES fire and the file is added and the control refreshes in the update panel, everything perfect. It seems that because the linkbutton is already in a templated control (which is in a user control, in a templated control), the event isn't firing correctly. I am confused as to why this should be a problem, especially since all the other events (even the custom ones) fire as long as they aren't in another templated control. Since the code is complicated, I didn't want to post it all here.
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Jul 14, 2010
I have a GridView and the second column (ie column 1) is:
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On the GridView's SelectedIndexChanged event I have:
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fullname is a Label alright, but its Text property is an empty string. How do I get the actual string that is shown in the cell?
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Jan 10, 2011
I'm trying to extend the GridView control to enable sorting and paging for any situation.
When using my control I am fetching data from a database and filling a DataSet with it, then binding the GridView upon every page load. My first question would be, is this the correct approach?
To sort the GridView I am overriding the OnSorting method which stores the sort expression and direction in the ViewState, then creates a DataView and utalises the Sort method to sort the underlying data. It then sets the Data Source to this DataView and rebinds the GridView.
Paging is handled by OnPageIndexChanging which simply sets the PageIndex property and again rebinds the GridView.
My problem is; when any control causes a postback my GridView is no longer sorted, presumably because it is persistently rebound. If I don't rebind it then the GridView is empty on postback since the data isn't automatically stored in the ViewState. I have considered saving the data source in the ViewState but I would assume that this is bad practice for large amounts of data? - also DataViews are not seralisable.
The only solution I can think of currently is to override OnDataBound and sort the data every time. This results in a double sort when paging triggers a postback which seems inefficient. Code illustration of this below,
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I'm looking for the cleanest 'best practice' solution as this is a learning exercise more than anything else.
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Nov 11, 2010
I am fairly new to asp.net programming. I found this custom control that uses ajax to update the contents of the control and it is working perfectly. However, I need to access some of the asp.net labels and images in the databound event so I can set their values/properties appropriately, and am not sure how to go about adding additional code or accessing these in my custom control (I have been googling endlessly with no results). My code for the custom control is below.
Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Namespace myControls
Public Class AjaxDivView
Inherits CompositeDataBoundControl
Implements ICallbackEventHandler
Private _itemTemplate As ITemplate
''' <summary>
''' The ItemTemplate is used to format each item from the data source.
''' </summary>
<TemplateContainer(GetType(DivViewItem))> _
<PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)> _
Public Property ItemTemplate() As ITemplate
Get
Return _itemTemplate
End Get
Set(ByVal value As ITemplate)
_itemTemplate = value
End Set
End Property
''' <summary>
''' Register Javascript
''' </summary>
Protected Overrides Sub OnPreRender(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
'Register Refresh Function
Dim eRef As String = Page.ClientScript.GetCallbackEventReference(Me, Nothing, "AjaxDivView_Result", "'" & Me.ClientID & "'", "AjaxDivView_Error", False)
Dim refreshFunc As String = "function AjaxDivView_Refresh() {" & eRef & "}"
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType(), Me.UniqueID, refreshFunc, True)
MyBase.OnPreRender(e)
End Sub
''' <summary>
''' Iterate through the data items and instantiate each data item in a template.
''' </summary>
Protected Overloads Overrides Function CreateChildControls(ByVal dataSource As System.Collections.IEnumerable, ByVal dataBinding As Boolean) As Integer
Dim counter As Integer = 0
For Each dataItem As Object In dataSource
Dim contentItem As New DivViewItem(dataItem, counter)
_itemTemplate.InstantiateIn(contentItem)
Controls.Add(contentItem)
counter = counter + 1
Next
DataBind(False)
Return counter
End Function
''' <summary>
''' Render this control's contents in a Ul tag
''' </summary>
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property TagKey() As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag
Get
Return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div
End Get
End Property
''' <summary>
''' Render my contents to a string and send the result back to the client
''' </summary>
Public Function GetCallbackResult() As String Implements System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler.GetCallbackResult
Dim builder As New StringBuilder()
Dim sWriter As New StringWriter(builder)
Dim hWriter As New HtmlTextWriter(sWriter)
Me.RenderContents(hWriter)
Return builder.ToString()
End Function
''' <summary>
''' Whenever I get called through AJAX, rebind my data.
''' </summary>
Public Sub RaiseCallbackEvent(ByVal eventArgument As String) Implements System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler.RaiseCallbackEvent
Me.DataBind()
End Sub
Public Class DivViewItem
Inherits WebControl
Implements IDataItemContainer
Private _dataItem As Object
Private _index As Integer
Public ReadOnly Property DataItem() As Object Implements System.Web.UI.IDataItemContainer.DataItem
Get
Return _dataItem
End Get
End Property
Public ReadOnly Property DataItemIndex() As Integer Implements System.Web.UI.IDataItemContainer.DataItemIndex
Get
Return _index
End Get
End Property
Public ReadOnly Property DisplayIndex() As Integer Implements System.Web.UI.IDataItemContainer.DisplayIndex
Get
Return _index
End Get
End Property
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property TagKey() As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag
Get
Return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div
End Get
End Property
Public Sub New(ByVal dataItem As Object, ByVal index As Integer)
_dataItem = dataItem
_index = index
End Sub
End Class
End Class
End Namespace
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May 11, 2010
Does anyone have an example for how to create a Dynamically Templated Listview with prefernces page to specify which columns & column order)? Also the listview would also have Edit, delete and insert options if possible. And uses the n-tier approach with Bus Layer and does NOT use LINQ.
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May 25, 2010
I want to be able to do something like this
<test:TabControl id="" runat="server"....>
<ItemTemplate>
<tabItem label="tab1" />
<tabItem label="tab2" />
</ItemTemplate>
</test>
The idea being here is that the only acceptable items in "ItemTemplates" are the tabitem types. There are many asp.net controls that use this, for example the ScriptManager class only allows you to specify certain types of objects under its various collections. Maybe thats the key to this.. I want to add a collection as opposed to a template. The idea is that in code I will then iterate over each "tabItem" and create the tab as I want it to look (probably rendering div's etc). Ive had a look at most of MSDN link on how to create templated controls but it doesnt seem to do exactly what I want it to. Would be grateful for some assistance.
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Sep 29, 2010
Context
I'm putting together a templated, databound control. Presently it works with the following syntax...
<cc:ItemChooserControl ID="ItemChooser" runat="server">
<TitleTemplate>
<h4><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "DisplayName") %></h4>
</TitleTemplate>
</cc:ItemChooserControl>
Problem
What I would like though is that the shorter, simpler Eval would work instead.
<h4><%# Eval("DisplayName") %></h4>
What I get however when using straight Eval is an error:
Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control.
Code
I'm databinding to a custom HtmlTableCell...
public class TitleTemplateTableCell: HtmlTableCell, INamingContainer
{
private object m_DataItem;
public virtual object DataItem
{
get { return m_DataItem; }
set { m_DataItem = value; }
}
}
With the following custom DataBind (non-related code removed)...
foreach (object dataItem in dataSource) {
TitleTemplateTableCell title = new TitleTemplateTableCell();
TitleTemplate.InstantiateIn(title); // TitleTemplate is the template property
title.DataItem = dataItem;
title.DataBind();
}
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May 28, 2010
I'm creating a custom templated composite control. If there is no 'ItemTemplate' specified in the mark-up, how do I create a default template programmatically?
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May 18, 2010
I am trying to bind a FormView on runtime in codebehind (instead of using predefined datasource).
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GetCase will return a DataTable with just 1 row.Then on my aspx:
<asp:FormView DefaultMode="ReadOnly" runat="server" ID="FormView1" DataKeyNames="complaint_ID">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblComplaintID" runat="server" Text="<% Eval('case_ID'); %>" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>
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Sep 27, 2010
I'm wondering why I'm getting value 0 for both "NumberOfReplies" &NumberOfRepliesinPercent ?
[Code]....
<asp:Repeater id="rptReplies" runat="server">
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "NumberOfReplies")%>
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "NumberOfRepliesinPercent")%>
[code]...
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