"J'son" <sitexcite@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Guys,
>
> I have created a custom class that derives from DataList so that I can
> add some custom client side functionality into each new item row
> (<td>). Heres the class in its simplest form:
>
> public class MyDataList : DataList
> {
> public string MyValue1 = "alert('Hey there!');";
> public string MyValue2 = "alert('Hey there yourself!');";
>
> protected override DataListItem CreateItem(int itemIndex,
> ListItemType itemType)
> {
> DataListItem item = base.CreateItem(itemIndex, itemType);
>
> if (itemType == ListItemType.Item || itemType ==
> ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
> {
> item.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", MyValue1);
> item.Attributes.Add("onmouseout", MyValue2);
> }
>
> return item;
> }
> }
>
> Pretty simple right? Well, when I put MyDataList on the page and
> DataBind() my items to it, the attributes are NOWHERE to be seen. The
> items and their values show up great, just not my attributes.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Thanx!
>
> J'son
>

"J'son" wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I have created a custom class that derives from DataList so that I can
> add some custom client side functionality into each new item row
> (<td>). Heres the class in its simplest form:
>
> public class MyDataList : DataList
> {
> public string MyValue1 = "alert('Hey there!');";
> public string MyValue2 = "alert('Hey there yourself!');";
>
> protected override DataListItem CreateItem(int itemIndex,
> ListItemType itemType)
> {
> DataListItem item = base.CreateItem(itemIndex, itemType);
>
> if (itemType == ListItemType.Item || itemType ==
> ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
> {
> item.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", MyValue1);
> item.Attributes.Add("onmouseout", MyValue2);
> }
>
> return item;
> }
> }
>
> Pretty simple right? Well, when I put MyDataList on the page and
> DataBind() my items to it, the attributes are NOWHERE to be seen. The
> items and their values show up great, just not my attributes.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Thanx!
>
> J'son
>