I'm trying to set up a strategy to develop a webpage based almost entirely on dynamic controls. However, the first few tests revealed a problem for me. I have in my Page_Load dynamically created a Panel, an ImageButton and a TextBox. The button and the textbox are then assigned to the Panel. I have assigned the ImageButton with a click event and it fires ok. I fill in a value in the TextBox control and press the button. The page is reloaded as it should and the textBox value is preserved. So far so good. Here is the problem/question: How do I render new controls to the panel based upon the value in the textbox? As I understand it, you need to always load dynamic controls in the page_load event to be able to preserve the values/statecontrol? So basically load different controls to the same panel, based upon what's in the textbox. Can it be done at all? if not, how should I perform this? Any leads/ideas/simple code examples are most welcome.
Hi Peter Thanks for the reply. I've been trying the last example in the article, it seemed the most promising. However, I get a problem since the ViewState.Add("mode","1"), which is set in the click event, it is not fired until after the postback. In that sense, I cannot determine the "mode" until after I press the button the 2nd time, where the vewstate["mode"] then has the value "1" Am I missing someting? Regards [quoted text, click to view] "Peter Bucher [MVP]" wrote: > Hello <Whats your name?> > > > Here is the problem/question: How do I render new controls to the panel > > based upon the value in the textbox? As I understand it, you need to > > always > > load dynamic controls in the page_load event to be able to preserve the > > values/statecontrol? So basically load different controls to the same > > panel, > > based upon what's in the textbox. > > > > Can it be done at all? if not, how should I perform this? Any > > leads/ideas/simple code examples are most welcome. > The best practice is to load all controls at once and set the Display > attribute to true or false. > Or load the controls based upon your count saved in the state anywhere, > thats the second one. > > But as you`ll see, the problems came with the - as you wish - statelesse > controls. > Look at this sites: > - http://www.tgreer.com/aspnet_html_04.html > - > http://weblogs.asp.net/infinitiesloop/archive/2006/08/25/TRULY-Understanding-Dynamic-Controls-_2800_Part-1_2900_.aspx > (All parts) > - http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/081402-1.aspx > > -- > Gruss, Peter Bucher > Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland > http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community > http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET
Hello PZ [quoted text, click to view] > Sweet, that made a part of the solution work. However, seems like I can't
> get the controls to maintain state. I better give you the sample code I've
> been working on.
good [quoted text, click to view] > I have a panel on my website called "patest". Then I also have a button
> below that panel. When I press the button, viewstate["action"] is set with
> the value "filter" so a textbox i added to this panel. The textbox has
> AutoPostBack set and pressing return in the textbox makes the page
> postback.
> By the entered value in the textbox is not reproduced along the way.
I`ve take a look at your code, now what it is: Its the classic problem of add a dynamic control too late in the Control Tree (beginning at Page). Please have a look at the links i posted before, they should cleare the missunderstoodments. Solutions: 1. Try to move the code from page_load to page_init 2. add the textbox _every_ time to your Control Tree, set them to Visible=false, except if you don`t want to display them (nothing would be send to client, if the textbox is Visible=false) -- Gruss, Peter Bucher Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET
Not sure if I'm reading this or understanding this correctly but umm: if(MyTextbox.Text == "make a link") { HtmlLink foo = new HtmlLink(); foo.setAttribute("Text", "A Link"); foo.setAttribut("href", "http://evanfreeman.blogspot.com"); MyPanel.Controls.Add(foo); } Something like that is doable from the code behind. unless I'm way off on what your trying to do. -- Evan Freeman Evan.E.Freeman@gmail.com http://evanfreeman.blogspot.com [quoted text, click to view] "PZ" <PZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to set up a strategy to develop a webpage based almost entirely
> on
> dynamic controls. However, the first few tests revealed a problem for me.
>
> I have in my Page_Load dynamically created a Panel, an ImageButton and a
> TextBox. The button and the textbox are then assigned to the Panel.
>
> I have assigned the ImageButton with a click event and it fires ok. I fill
> in a value in the TextBox control and press the button. The page is
> reloaded
> as it should and the textBox value is preserved. So far so good.
>
> Here is the problem/question: How do I render new controls to the panel
> based upon the value in the textbox? As I understand it, you need to
> always
> load dynamic controls in the page_load event to be able to preserve the
> values/statecontrol? So basically load different controls to the same
> panel,
> based upon what's in the textbox.
>
> Can it be done at all? if not, how should I perform this? Any
> leads/ideas/simple code examples are most welcome.
>
> TIA
What version of ASP.NET does this apply to? I'm running 2.0 and I can't find the method "setAttribute" on the HTMLlink control. If I use the property Href it does not render the website within my Panel control. Regards PS [quoted text, click to view] "Evan Freeman" wrote: > Not sure if I'm reading this or understanding this correctly but umm: > > if(MyTextbox.Text == "make a link") > { > HtmlLink foo = new HtmlLink(); > foo.setAttribute("Text", "A Link"); > foo.setAttribut("href", "http://evanfreeman.blogspot.com"); > MyPanel.Controls.Add(foo); > } > > Something like that is doable from the code behind. > > unless I'm way off on what your trying to do. > -- > Evan Freeman > Evan.E.Freeman@gmail.com > http://evanfreeman.blogspot.com > "PZ" <PZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4532A588-A309-4659-A999-0D97EE44328B@microsoft.com... > > I'm trying to set up a strategy to develop a webpage based almost entirely > > on > > dynamic controls. However, the first few tests revealed a problem for me. > > > > I have in my Page_Load dynamically created a Panel, an ImageButton and a > > TextBox. The button and the textbox are then assigned to the Panel. > > > > I have assigned the ImageButton with a click event and it fires ok. I fill > > in a value in the TextBox control and press the button. The page is > > reloaded > > as it should and the textBox value is preserved. So far so good. > > > > Here is the problem/question: How do I render new controls to the panel > > based upon the value in the textbox? As I understand it, you need to > > always > > load dynamic controls in the page_load event to be able to preserve the > > values/statecontrol? So basically load different controls to the same > > panel, > > based upon what's in the textbox. > > > > Can it be done at all? if not, how should I perform this? Any > > leads/ideas/simple code examples are most welcome. > > > > TIA > >
Hi Peter Sweet, that made a part of the solution work. However, seems like I can't get the controls to maintain state. I better give you the sample code I've been working on. I have a panel on my website called "patest". Then I also have a button below that panel. When I press the button, viewstate["action"] is set with the value "filter" so a textbox i added to this panel. The textbox has AutoPostBack set and pressing return in the textbox makes the page postback. By the entered value in the textbox is not reproduced along the way. The simple code: protected TextBox tb = new TextBox(); override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e) { tb.ID = "okok"; tb.EnableViewState = true; tb.Style.Add("width","200px"); tb.AutoPostBack = true; } protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e) { base.OnPreRender(e); if (ViewState["action"] != null && ViewState["action"].ToString() == "filter") { patest.Controls.Add(tb); } } protected void goClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { ViewState.Add("action", "filter"); } Regards PZ [quoted text, click to view] "Peter Bucher [MVP]" wrote: > Hello PZ > > > Thanks for the reply. I've been trying the last example in the article, it > > seemed the most promising. However, I get a problem since the > > ViewState.Add("mode","1"), which is set in the click event, it is not > > fired > > until after the postback. In that sense, I cannot determine the "mode" > > until > > after I press the button the 2nd time, where the vewstate["mode"] then has > > the value "1" > Thats in the nature of the Page / Control / Adapter Lifecycle. > Look at this image: > - > http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/archive/2007/07/21/asp-net-page-control-adapter-lifecycle-diagramm.aspx > > Use Page.OnPreRender to determine your mode, > this methode would invoke after all user events (eg. button_click). > > -- > Gruss, Peter Bucher > Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland > http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community > http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET
Hello Peter Well then it has to be done like that. Reminds me of conditional design on the form, all controls must be there from the beginning. Some of my controls are data driven, so I guess I need to do one DB lookup too many for each time I want to render controls, just so I can hide them. I recon the chicken/egg problem, as you can't keep controls loaded forever. But it seems like a heavy for the server to render everything everytime. Thanks for the tips, I now know my design path. Will probably return later when design evolves. Regards, PZ [quoted text, click to view] "Peter Bucher [MVP]" wrote: > Hello PZ > > > Sweet, that made a part of the solution work. However, seems like I can't > > get the controls to maintain state. I better give you the sample code I've > > been working on. > good > > > I have a panel on my website called "patest". Then I also have a button > > below that panel. When I press the button, viewstate["action"] is set with > > the value "filter" so a textbox i added to this panel. The textbox has > > AutoPostBack set and pressing return in the textbox makes the page > > postback. > > By the entered value in the textbox is not reproduced along the way. > I`ve take a look at your code, now what it is: > > Its the classic problem of add a dynamic control too late in the Control > Tree (beginning at Page). > Please have a look at the links i posted before, they should cleare the > missunderstoodments. > > Solutions: > 1. Try to move the code from page_load to page_init > 2. add the textbox _every_ time to your Control Tree, set them to > Visible=false, except if you don`t want to display them > (nothing would be send to client, if the textbox is Visible=false) > > -- > Gruss, Peter Bucher > Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland > http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community > http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET
Hello PZ [quoted text, click to view] > Thanks for the reply. I've been trying the last example in the article, it
> seemed the most promising. However, I get a problem since the
> ViewState.Add("mode","1"), which is set in the click event, it is not
> fired
> until after the postback. In that sense, I cannot determine the "mode"
> until
> after I press the button the 2nd time, where the vewstate["mode"] then has
> the value "1"
Thats in the nature of the Page / Control / Adapter Lifecycle. Look at this image: - http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/archive/2007/07/21/asp-net-page-control-adapter-lifecycle-diagramm.aspx Use Page.OnPreRender to determine your mode, this methode would invoke after all user events (eg. button_click). -- Gruss, Peter Bucher Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland http://www.aspnetzone.de/ - ASP.NET Zone, die ASP.NET Community http://www.aspnetzone.de/blogs/peterbucher/ - Auf den Spuren von .NET
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