Calling function on dynamic page in aspx code behind - asp.net

Question

I have a function loadList() that loads a dynamic list based on our database.
In element_maint.aspx.vb:
Private Sub loadList()
'load sub-organizations
Dim lstItems As cihElementList = Nothing
Dim thr As TableHeaderRow = Nothing
Dim tr As TableRow = Nothing
Dim tc As TableCell = Nothing
Dim lnk1 As HyperLink = Nothing
Dim lnk2 As HyperLink = Nothing
Dim item As cihCategoryOrgDef = Nothing
Dim rvd As Routing.RouteValueDictionary = Nothing
Dim rvdDeactivate As Routing.RouteValueDictionary = Nothing
Dim vpd As Routing.VirtualPathData = Nothing
Dim vpdDeactivate As Routing.VirtualPathData = Nothing
Dim btnAction As cihBootstrapButtonDropdown = Nothing
'*****************************************
'Build the action drop down
'Build the action button
'*****************************************
btnAction = New cihBootstrapButtonDropdown("Action", cihBootstrapButtonDropdown.buttonTypes.link)
'Existing Items
lstItems = New cihElementList()
lstItems.loadForOrganization(orgId)
For Each ele As cihElementList.elementShort In lstItems.listOfElements
tr = New TableRow
lnk1 = New HyperLink
lnk1.Text = "Edit"
lnk2 = New HyperLink
lnk2.Text = "Deactivate"
rvd = New Routing.RouteValueDictionary(New With {.action = "edit", .elementid = ele.elementId.ToString()})
rvdDeactivate = New Routing.RouteValueDictionary(New With {.action = "deactivate", .elementid = ele.elementId.ToString()})
vpd = Routing.RouteTable.Routes.GetVirtualPath(Nothing, "element_maint", rvd)
vpdDeactivate = Routing.RouteTable.Routes.GetVirtualPath(Nothing, "element_deactivate", rvdDeactivate)
btnAction.addLink("Edit", vpd.VirtualPath, False)
If (ZenCommon.CurrentUser.secLevelId = cihCommonDef.FullSiteAdmin Or ZenCommon.CurrentUser.secLevelId = cihCommonDef.OrganizationAdmin) Then 'if SuperAdmin or Campus Admin
'Need Help here
btnAction.addLink("Deactivate", vpdDeactivate.VirtualPath, False)
End If
ZenCommon.AddCell(tr, ele.eleDescr, , , "200px")
tc = New TableCell
tc.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl(btnAction.buttonHTML))
tc.Style.Add("width", "50px")
tr.Cells.Add(tc)
Me.tblList.Rows.Add(tr)
Next
End Sub
Private Sub deactivateTag()
'Goto Database, flag 'tag' as inactive
End Sub
I want the btnAction.addLink("Deactivate") to call a function in my aspx.vb. The function will go mark the tag as inactive.
Right now the 'Edit" button (just above the 'Deactivate' button, will go to a new page to allow you to edit it. I get that. But is there a way to make it so when I click my 'Deactivate' button it will just call my deactivateTag()

Answer 1

In your codebehind you could change your method signature
Protected Sub deactivateTag(ByRef sender as Object, ByRef e as System.EventArgs) Handles btnDeactivate.Click
and in your markup
<asp:Button ID="btnDeactivate" onClick="deactivateTag" />
Or you can add a click event for the button and call your function from that event.
Protected Sub btnDeactivate_Click(ByRef sender as Object, ByRef e as System.EventArgs) Handles btnDeactivate.Click
deactivateTag()
End Sub
It depends on whether you'll need to call deactivateTag from other controls or not.