In my aspx file i have this:
addServiceOption(list, {
ID: null,
Name: '<%# SelectItemText ?? "[Select a service..]" %>'
});
and in my code-behind i have of course this property:
public string SelectItemText { get; set; }
When i change the language on my page, it causes a postback and the new language cookie is set, but that code is irrelevant here, it works.
With breakpoints i've seen that the setter of SelectItemText gets the string in the new language. However, i see that the getter is not called on postback.
I'm pretty sure the <%# %> syntax (which is impossible to search more info about if you don't know the name of the construct) means: only bind this data once, then never again.
The simple solution would be to make a which i databind the text value to on each postback, but that's a bit too hardcoded and specific for me. Is there a more general solution?
Cheers!
Change <%# to <%=
Does that work for you?
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Let's say I have an ASCX user control that requires access to the current user's full name. An ASPX page contains this line at the top
<%# Register src="top.ascx" tagprefix="custom" tagname="top" %>
and this line in the body:
<custom:top runat="server" />
The ASPX file knows the user ID of the current user and could determine his full name. So how can I use the code run by the ASPX file to provide its information to the ASCX file?
Declare a property on the UserControl and have the parent page set it.
On your usercontrol:
public string FullName { get; set; }
On the aspx page either set it in the code behind
YourUserControl.FullName = FullName
or through markup
<custom:top runat="server" FullName="<%= SomeProperty %>" />
You could use the Page property of the user control and cast it to the instance of your page. Then, call the method of your page class to get the user name.
To make this work in a dynamically compiled project, you have to do a little more work to have the control recognize the data type of the dynamically compiled page. Here is a short tutorial on how to do.
Or, as Brandon outlines, do the opposite and let your page tell your user control the information.
This sounds like you might be mistaken about how the page lifecycle works and how you can expose data across your controls. For example, lets say you have this code in your ASPX:
public override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
string userName = "Bob";
}
In your ASPX file, you can reference the control and set a property on it to pass the data along:
<custom:top ID="someControl" runat="server" />
You expose a property in your top control like so:
public string UserName { get; set; }
You could then add this code to your OnLoad method:
someControl.UserName = userName;
Then your control will have access to that data. Alternatively, you can stick things in the Request cache if you dont have a direct line to the control:
HttpContext.Current.Items["key"] = userName;
And then pull the data from your control via the same fashion:
string fromCache = HttpContext.Current.Items["key"];
You could go about this in several ways. I typically use a session variable, since the user will be bound to the session.
In the ASPX (or when the user logs in):
Session["UserFullName"] = GetFullName(); //Code to get full name here
In the ASMX:
this.FullName = Session["UserFullName"]; //TODO: Check for null values
I would like to set a value:
$('#swfupload').swfupload({
upload_url: "uploadResume.aspx",
file_post_name: 'uploadfile',
post_params : {"session_guid" : [HERE]}
});
...where [HERE] is the placeholder for my value, from my code behind in ASP.NET before the page is rendered. I generate a guid, and I need that apart of the script on the page. How can I accomplish this?
Thanks,
George
if it's a public or protected variable you can do
'<%= session_guid %>'
where session_guid is the name of your public or protected variable.
IF the script is IN the markup just use <%= sessionGuid %>, if the script is included then set a var in a preceeding script tag and reference it in the upload.
This should be really easy but I can't figure out how to make it work...
I have an ASP.NET UserControl (.ascx) with the following property:
public string LabelCssClass
{
get
{
return _labelCssClass;
}
set
{
_labelCssClass = value;
}
}
I want to bind that property into the HTML of the UserControl at run time, using the <%# syntax. I imagine it must be something along these lines:
<td class="<%# Eval("LabelCssClass") %>" >
I've tried all different versions of Eval() and so on ... I'm not getting errors but the binding isn't working, and my breakpoints show that the property is not being accessed.
Whats the correct syntax? cheers
I think what you might want is this:
<td class="<%=LabelCssClass%>">
Kevin's answer is probably closer to what you are trying to achieve; however, you can successfully use the <%# %> syntax in the standard markup if you call DataBind() on the Page itself.
Is there a way to get a value I am storing in a Master Page hidden field from a User Class which I created and placed in the App_Code folder of my ASP.Net 2.0 Application?
Some examples would preferably in VB.Net is highly appreciated.
Thanks.
To give further details, assume the following:
MasterPage.Master
MasterPage.Master.vb
MyPage.aspx
Mypage.aspx.vb
IN the app_code folder, add a new class, say TESTClass.
I have placed some logic in master page. MyPage.aspx uses the Masterpage.master as its master page. In the master page, the logic which I did stores a value into a hidden field.
in my TestClass, how do I access the master page hidden field?
Please take note that TestClass is NOT a user control but a user defined class, which contains some Business-Specific logic which is accessed by myPage.aspx.vb.
I tried ScarletGarden's suggestion but it did not seem to get the Masterpage Hiddenfield which I need to get the value.
Would something like this work?
((HiddenField)this.Page.Master.FindControl("[hidden control id]")).Text
You can get it by these :
hiddenControlValue = HttpContext.Current.Request["hiddenControlId"]
or you can pass your page to your method that belongs to your class under App_Config, and reach it as :
public static string GetHiddenValue(Page currentPage)
{
return currentPage.Request["hiddenValue"];
}
or you can get it over context :
public static string GetHiddenValue()
{
return HttpContext.Current.Request["hiddenValue"];
}
hope this helps.
EDIT: I re-read the question after answering, and realize my answer was probably not quite what you were after. :/
Jared's code might work, but you can also try the following.
In your MasterPage, make the HiddenField a public property, and store the content in the ViewState to make keep it during post backs.
Something like so:
public HiddenField theHiddenField
{
get
{
if (ViewState["HiddenField"] == null)
return null; //or something that makes you handle an unset ViewState
else
return ViewState["HiddenField"].ToString();
}
set
{
ViewState["HiddenField"] = value;
}
}
You then have to add the following to your ASCX-file:
<%# Reference Control="~/Masterpages/Communication.Master" %>
You then access it thusly.
Page mypage = (Page) this.Page; // Or instead of Page, use the page you're actually working with, like MyWebsite.Pages.PageWithUserControl
MasterPage mp = (MasterPage) mypage.Master;
HiddenField hf = mp.theHiddenField;
Sorry if the answer got a bit messy. This is, of course, how to do it in C#, if you want to use VB have a look at this link for the same idea.
I'm sure I'm going to have to write supporting javascript code to do this. I have an autocomplete extender set up that selects values from a database table, when a selection is made, i would like it to set the ID of the value selected to a hidden control. I can do that by handling a value change on the text box and making a select call to the database, Select idCompany from Companies Where CompanyName = "the text box value";
The most important thing is to constrain the values of the text box that is the targetcontrol for the autocomplete extender to ONLY use values from the autocomplete drop down. Is this possible with that control, is there examples somewhere? is there a better control to use (within the ajax control toolkit or standard .net framework - not a third party control)?
I'm going to be trying to work out some javascript, but I'll be checking back to this question to see if anyone has some useful links. I've been googling this last night for quite a while.
Update: I did not get an answer or any useful links, I've posted an almost acceptable user control that does what I want, with a few workable issues.
No one was able to give me an answer. This has been an ongoing saga. It started when I was trying to find a solution not using drop down lists for large amounts of data. I have run into issues with this so many times in previous projects. This seems to be workable code. Now I need to know how to supply a AutoPostBack Property, and allow for some events, such as SelectedValueChanged. And due to the javascript, it will conflict with another control, if I have more than one of them on the same page. Well, that's some of the known issues I'm looking at with the code, but it's a start and definately better than looking at a hung browser for 3 or 4 minutes while the drop down is loading 30k list items.
This code is assuming there is an asmx file with the script methods GetCompanyListBySearchString and GetCompanyIDByCompanyName.
ASPX FILE
<%# Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="SelectCompany.ascx.cs" Inherits="Controls_SelectCompany" %>
<%# Register TagPrefix="ajaxToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" %>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var txtCompanyIDHiddenField = '<%= fldCompanyID.ClientID %>';
var txtCompanyIDTextBox = '<%= txtCompany.ClientID %>';
function getCompanyID() {
if (document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDTextBox).value != "")
CompanyService.GetCompanyIDByCompanyName(document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDTextBox).value, onCompanyIDSuccess, onCompanyIDFail);
}
function onCompanyIDSuccess(sender, e) {
if (sender == -1)
document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDTextBox).value = "";
document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDHiddenField).value = sender;
}
function onCompanyIDFail(sender, e) {
document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDTextBox).value = "";
document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDHiddenField).value = "-1";
}
function onCompanySelected() {
document.getElementById(txtCompanyIDTextBox).blur();
}
</script>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtCompany" runat="server" onblur='getCompanyID()'
/><ajaxToolkit:AutoCompleteExtender runat="server" ID="aceCompany" CompletionInterval="1000" CompletionSetCount="10"
MinimumPrefixLength="2" ServicePath="~/Company/CompanyService.asmx" ServiceMethod="GetCompanyListBySearchString"
OnClientItemSelected="onCompanySelected" TargetControlID="txtCompany" />
<asp:HiddenField ID="fldCompanyID" runat="server" Value="0" />
CODE BEHIND
[System.ComponentModel.DefaultProperty("Text")]
[ValidationProperty("Text")]
public partial class ApplicationControls_SelectCompany : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
public string Text
{
get { return txtCompany.Text; }
set
{
txtCompany.Text = value;
//this should probably be read only and set the value based off of ID to
// make certain this is a valid Company
}
}
public int CompanyID
{
get
{
int ret = -1; Int32.TryParse(fldCompanyID.Value, out ret); return ret;
}
set
{
fldCompanyID.Value = value.ToString();
//Todo: should set code to set the Text based on the ID to keep things straight
}
}
}
Thanks for your post here. It is useful, however, it is assuming that everyone knows the setup to get the webservice called by a javascript function.
Sorry to be soo newbie, but I couldn't get the webservice called from client-side.
I read this documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163499.aspx
Furthermore, I found an interesting post that explains how to create/get a name value pair which is pretty much what you are expecting as far as I understood:
http://blogs.msdn.com/phaniraj/archive/2007/06/19/how-to-use-a-key-value-pair-in-your-autocompleteextender.aspx
Sorry if I misunderstood you, but I am just trying to guide other people that pass through the same situation.
Thanks a lot.
You can check the value of the selection by trapping on ClientItemSelected event and ensure that it is not blank.