Dynamic Textbox Using Asp.net - asp.net

in asp.net TextBox will create pressure to button1's. Button2 to the pressure inside the TextBox data consisting of label1 my yazdırıca. I tried to do it like this gives an error.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
button1_click{
TextBox txt = new TextBox();
txt.ID = "a";
txt.EnableViewState = true;
Panel1.Controls.Add(txt);
}
Button2_click{
TextBox deneme= Panel1.FindControl("a") as TextBox;
Label1.Text = deneme.Text;
}

After you create your control, on the first click, the control shown on the page and exist.
On the second click the page is not know any more about that text control because you did not save that information somewhere and because only you know that some time in the past you create it.
So on this code you have:
Button2_click{
TextBox deneme= Panel1.FindControl("a") as TextBox;
// here the deneme is null ! and you get the exception !
// the deneme is not exist on the second click, not saved anywhere
Label1.Text = deneme.Text;
}
The solution is to keep on viewstate what control you create and how, and re-create them on PageInit. Alternative you can redesign your page and think a different approach to that, eg you can have the TextControl's all ready on page hidden, and just open them.

Button2_click{
TextBox txt = (TextBox)Panel1.FindControl("a");
Label Label1 = new Label();
Label1.Text=txt.Texxt;
}

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Datalist Controls access in ASP.NET

i am using a DataList that contains a few TextBox within a table. i had tried the code is the code behind
TextBox txtbox = dlCRR.FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
The error is
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
When i debug i am seeing a null value. why is this?
You won't be able to find the textbox directly from the datalist control. You will have to find it from the DataList.Items.
Ex:
TextBox txt = myDataList.Items[indexOfWhatIamLookingFor].FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
or if you want to iterate all items
foreach (DataListItem dli in myDataList.Items)
{
TextBox txt = dli.FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
}

How to retrieve TextBox value in ViewState from its ID

I am building many textboxes programmatically in my ASP.NET page, after I've clicked a button, I would like to process those values, is there any possibility to retrieve them from their ID in ViewState ?
Here is my code :
Reference of the table in the aspx :
<asp:Table ID="Distances" runat="server" ViewStateMode="Inherit"></asp:Table>
Then in code behind after creating all the rows and cells, I add a textbox into some of them :
Distances.Rows[j].Cells[i].Controls.Add(CreateTB(distance.ToString(), (i + j * rows).ToString(), false));
protected TextBox CreateTB(string text, string id, bool ebanled = true)
{
TextBox tb = new TextBox() { Text = text, ID = id, Enabled = ebanled};
tb.TextChanged += new EventHandler(OnTBChanged);
return tb;
}
ViewState is enabled by default, so it should already work that the Text property is persisted across postbacks.
So you could for example use FindControl("TextBoxID") or enumerate them to get the refernce to the TextBox (assuming that they are added to a container-control like Panel):
foreach(TextBox txt in MyPanel.Controls.OfType<TextBox>())
{
String text = txt.Text;
}
or
TextBox txt = (TextBox)MyPanel.FindControl("TextBox1")
String text = txt.Text;
I assume you're not recreating those TextBoxes on postbacks. Therefore you need to use the same ID as before and recreate them in Page_Load at the latest stage in page's life-cycle. So you can create them in an event, but you cannot recreate them there.
You should show your code where you create them dynamically, then i could be more specific.
TRULY UNDERSTANDING DYNAMIC CONTROLS

Error with dynamically adding controls

I have a UserControl. I dynamically create some controls (Columns for SPGridView. Grid control was added in markup, ObjectDataSource, Button and Label) in CreateChildControl method and add them to Controls collection. Two of these controls are added well (Button and Label) in postback, but one of them (MenuTemplate) raise the exception with such content:
"Failed to load viewstate. The control tree into which viewstate is
being loaded must match the control tree that was used to save
viewstate during the previous request. For example, when adding
controls dynamically, the controls added during a post-back must match
the type and position of the controls added during the initial
request. "
When I move my code to OnInit method all controls are added successfully. So, I have a question: Could someone explain me why some controls are added to Controls collection successfully and others are failed in CreateChildControls in postback? I have read about ViewState here. Probably I didn't understand some moments.
Look at me code:
protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
Label l = new Label();
l.ID = "labelTest";
l.Text = "Hello test!";
Button b = new Button();
b.Text = "Press test";
b.ID = "buttonTest";
b.Click += b_Click;
Controls.Add(l);
Controls.Add(b);
ObjectDataSource gridDataSource = new ObjectDataSource();
gridDataSource.ID = "gridDataSource";
gridDataSource.SelectMethod = "GetDataSource";
gridDataSource.TypeName = this.GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName;
Controls.Add(gridDataSource);
SPMenuField colMenu = new SPMenuField();
colMenu.HeaderText = "Test";
colMenu.TextFields = "Test";
colMenu.MenuTemplateId = "ListMenu";
// it is my SPGridView that added in markup
customGridView.Columns.Add(colMenu);
MenuTemplate titleListMenu = new MenuTemplate();
titleListMenu.ID = "ListMenu";
// The exception occurs here
Controls.Add(titleListMenu);
base.CreateChildControls();
}
I think, you can only add items into a template in Page_Load or other events(ie, after Page_Init) so that it will be retained in postback, not the template itself.. Templates are need to be created before or at Page_Init stage, otherwise it may not load the controls into that templates from viewstate or may result in error.

storing the value of dynamically created textbox in session

I have done a project in ASP.Net that asks to input a number in textbox. After typing a number in it and click a button it generates the number of textbox according to the value given in the textbox. Like if I type 5 in the textbox it dynamically generates 5 textboxes below.
I want all the value of dynamically created textbox(more than one textbox) to be stored in session and pass to next page through session after clicking another button. But i could not do that.
How can i solve this problem.
Anyone can help me.
Thanks
You could create an array with the values and store that in the session. Code below is untested, but should give you an idea.
string[] arrayTextboxes = new string[numberOfTextboxes];
int index = 0;
foreach (Control ctrl in Page.Controls)
{
if (ctrl is TextBox)
{
arrayTextboxes[index] = ((Textbox)ctrl).Text;
index++;
}
}
Session["tbValues"] = arrayTextboxes;

How to reference dynamic textboxes created at run time?

I have an ASP project which references a WCF service. Does exactly half of what I need.
A button on the page calls a function from the WCF, which returns a list of objects (variable names). When returned, the vb code dynamically adds textboxes to a panel on the page. Like this:
For Each LetterVariables In LetterVarList
tb = New TextBox
lb = New Label
lb.Text = LetterVariables._key & " "
tb.ID = LetterVariables._key
pnlVars.Controls.Add(lb)
pnlVars.Controls.Add(tb)
Dim LineBreak As LiteralControl = New LiteralControl("<br />")
pnlVars.Controls.Add(LineBreak)
Next
Now the problem is, after this is finished the user will enter some values into those texboxes. I (somehow) need to reference those texboxes to snag the values when a user clicks another button.
How can I do this?
Thanks,
Jason
You can give the TextBox an ID which you could use FindControl to retrieve.
tb.ID = "txt" + LetterVariables._key.ToString();
Then when you want to reference it.
TextBox txtBox = (TextBox)FindControl("txt" + someKey);
Something like that might work for you.
Don't forget to recreate the controls on post back BEFORE the controls are loaded with the posted values.

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