use asp:LinkButton in umbraco - asp.net

im creating a umbraco plugin, which uses an asp:LinkButton. which looks something like this
<asp:LinkButton ID="ObjectInformationBtn" class="link" runat="server" Text="View Full Details of Item" OnClick="ObjectInformationBtn_Click"></asp:LinkButton>
when I test this plugin locally I get the following result
View Full Details of Item
however when I put the plugin on the website I get a complete different results, which looks like this
<p> </p>
can someone please tell me what is going on.

Are you sure the ascx containing the linkbutton is published to the production website in the usercontrols folder?

Do you have a Macro created that references the User Control that contains the LinkButton?

Related

`a` tag with runat server and tilde in href

For example, I have two sibling pages Index.aspx and Orders.aspx in one folder. On the page Index.aspx I have the link to Orders.aspx. What is the correct way to implement this:
<a runat="server" href="~/Orders.aspx">
or
<a href="Orders.aspx">
I know what runat="server" does (server-control, performance impact etc.).
You really never need to run markup with a run at server tag if it's never used in code behind, if it is then you should use a ASP.NET control for it.
So just a hyperlink without runat=server would be fine.
It's always best to use ASP.NET controls on your page though if an upgrade in the future could require language translations, or have some logic assigned to them in the future. So always plan ahead on your designs.
If both views are in the same folder, than the second one:
<a href="Orders.aspx">

Can't reference controls in code behind. Visual Studio 2012

There are quite a few questions out there regarding this (for me, recurring) issue, but none of them have solved my problem.
Problem:
Whatever control I add in my aspx page, it is not recognised in the codebehind. Compiling doesn't work, because the ID is not recognised.
None of the following worked:
Clean and rebuild solution.
Close and open VS
Delete asp.net temp files
Check project's target framework.
Check assemblies are all there.
Check designer viewn to see if the control is actually there (it is)
Get control's ID with JS function to check it is the intended one (it is)
The problem has started only recently. In fact, I can reference the older controls fine.
The problem is observed both with standard ASP controls and Telerik ones.
Does anyone know of something else I should try? Please help me, I'm in the middle of a project and this is causing unnecessary delays, ta.
Make sure all of your asp.net controls (in the .aspx file) have the:
runat='server'
tag... Without this, you will not be able to reference the controls.
e.g.
<asp:Label runat='server' Text='Test Label' ID='TestLabel' />
Hope this helped...
Rodit
This is how I solved my issue. For a full account of it, please refer to the comments above.
I've noticed that although my project was already of web application type, designer files weren't showing.
I've forced the designer files to be recompiled by clicking on the ''convert to web application' option
I was then able to reference the control ID.
Thanks to the commentators anyway.
I was having a similar issue, due to the fact that I was using the pre-generated Login page. My solution was to change this section from this:
<asp:Login runat="server" ViewStateMode="Disabled" RenderOuterTable="false">
<LayoutTemplate>
To this:
<asp:Login ID="asplogin" runat="server" ViewStateMode="Disabled" RenderOuterTable="false">
<LayoutTemplate>
basically, I just added an ID to the asp:Login which allowed me to access the objects in the code from behind by prefixing the control name with asplogin
asplogin.youControlNameHere

ASP.Net Page Template and using asp tag in rendered pages

I want to use page templating in ASP.Net (Visual Studio 2012 with .Net 4.0).
The base page emits the basic template inclusive of the body, html, form, and other tags. That means the rendered pages just have what goes inside the body part. The template adds the header and footer. Although I have not finalized a design, I am looking at a concept documented here. (Yes, I know that coding practice is to not give links to pages, which can go away, but I do not want to side track the question.)
The part of each page is:
<%# Page language="c#" Codebehind="AdvancedPageInheritance.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="true" Inherits="PageInheritanceSample.AdvancedPageInheritance" %>
Anything after that first line is part of the body.
If I drag and drop controls onto the form, VS2012 emits code such as:
<asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox2" runat="server" OnCheckedChanged="CheckBox1_CheckedChanged" />
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Button" />
VS2012 automagically emits the warning, "Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'asp'."
One thought is to simply add in the body stuff programatically, but that is a page. I rather use the GUI.
How can I avoid the warning? Is there a better way to do templates? That author wrote the article 10-years ago, so things might have changed since then. The warnings are understandable, but in error, as there is a form, body, and html tags, just not directly visible.
(I just answered my question by catching a phrase in Vs2012 and researching it a bit. Master Pages are the answer. Obviously, Microsoft must have added that with either VS2008 or VS2010. I will leave this post, as others, like me, may not know the concept "Master Page" and may reserach page templates, just like I did. I hope that this post says other people time. Google should hopefully pick up on ASP.Net and Page Templates.)
Ideally you would use the MasterPage for laying out your main template.
Your Content pages would then have the appropriate <asp:Content /> controls, where you add your content. To add a content page you would add a new 'Web Form' item in Visual Studio and, by selecting the 'Select Master Page' checkbox, you can choose the master page the content page should use.
See Here for a tutorial on Master Pages
Then you would use a BasePage for site-wide code; for example anything that has logic needed on most pages. Your Content pages would inherit this BasePage
As a side-note, see this page Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'asp' in VS2012 with regards to your "Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'asp'." message

.NET replace LocalizedButton with an image

I inhereted this old .net 2.0 site and need to make this code view as an image, like a normal input type = "image" src=".." etc.
<cc1:LocalizedButton ID="btnLogin" runat="server" />
The site is precompiled, so I have no access to the code behind, and I need to keep this forms functionality.
It is VB to if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE: Code for first question: https://gist.github.com/1320856
You can use the ImageButton control

Editing a Database Entry

I'm creating a website with ASP.net that, if you are logged in as an admin, you can edit the current pages text (this way I don't have to update the website all the time just for small changes, I can just edit the page myself while its online). All the page data is stored in a SQL Database table. Each entry is simply "ID" and "PAGECONTENT". Now, I used a SQLDataSource to get the data and put it into a FormView on my page. This all works. I made a button that is only visible if I'm logged in as the site-admin. I need to make it so when I click the button, the textlabel displaying the page content turns into a TextArea for me to edit, then I can click a "Done" button and have it update it to the Database table. I can do the updating part, I just don't know how I'm supposed to display the text in an editable manner...
You need something called a Rich Text Editor control. This will give you a Microsoft Word style interface with a toolbar etc and it will parse the html for you that you have stored in the database.
There are lots of free ones out there. A commonly used one is the one included in the Ajax Control Toolkit.
You should use nuget to install the latest Ajax Control Toolkit into your project.
There are lots of tutorials out there which explain how to use this control:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=asp.net+ajax+control+toolkit+htmleditor
The POST scenario: Just like you have a button that is visible only when you're logged as the site admin, have a textarea only visible when you click the edit button and have it saved when you click the done button.
A good practice would be to have a dedicated page for the edition of your db entry unless you're working with an ajax interface. It can get complicated and unsafe to POST when changing from a detail view to an edit view and to POST again when saving. That's just an idea.
The GET-then-POST scenario: have a dedicated edit page for your db entry. Let's say: /editpage.aspx?id=1. Have a done button on that page that postback and save your work.
Good luck.
http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/control_htmltextarea.asp
maybe this is what you are looking for.
<script runat="server">
Sub submit(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
p1.InnerHtml = "<b>You wrote:</b> " & textarea1.Value
End Sub
</script>
<html>
<body>
<form runat="server">
Enter some text:<br />
<textarea id="textarea1" cols="35" rows="6" runat="server" value="PUT_YOUR_TEXT_HERE_to_prepopulate_the_Data" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" OnServerClick="submit" runat="server" />
<p id="p1" runat="server" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

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