Try making the middle pane a form run at the server, and put everything else
(including other forms) outside that form. You can still run other items
outside the form at the server, so you could dynamically change the header.
HTH, ME
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Martin Eyles
martin.eyles@NOSPAM.bytronic.com
"~~~ .NET Ed ~~~" <tiredofspam@abolishspam.now> wrote in message
news:e6lQFIc4EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Then what would be the best way to handle it? it all has to do with how[/color]
the[color=blue]
> page functions:
>
>[/color]
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------+[color=blue]
> | [HEADER]
> |
>[/color]
+------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------
----------+[color=blue]
> | LEFT PANE | MIDDLE PANE
> | RIGHT PANE |
> | [Literal] |
> | |
> | [Form A] | Content
> | [Literal] |
> | | [Possibly some web controls]
> | [Form B] |
> | |
> | [Form C] |
>[/color]
+------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------
---------+[color=blue]
> | F O O T E R
> |
>[/color]
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------+[color=blue]
>
> Form A: Login HTML form (not an ASP.NET form)
> Form B: Google search form (not an ASP.NET form)
> Form C: PayPal button form (not an ASP.NET form) <- UserControl
>
> And then, HEADER is an ASP.NET composite control, and the two Literals, as
> well as some
> that *may* appear in the middle pane are the simple ASP.NET WebControls
> (TextBox, Literal,
> Button, radioButton, etc.). Because of that those need to be enclosed in[/color]
the[color=blue]
> ASP.NET server
> form (form id="Form1").
>
> I don't think ASP.NET is not able to handle this sort of layout which is[/color]
not[color=blue]
> complex at all and
> since I cannot have multiple server forms I cannot regroup the literals[/color]
and[color=blue]
> the other web controls
> to beginning or end without totally destroying the page layout.
>
> As you can see, this is some sort of page template. Anyway suggestions are
> appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Emilio
>
>
> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
> news:eiSBKNX4EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >I don't believe the HTML specification supports nested forms.
> > Multiple forms are ok, but not inside eachother.
> >
> > --
> > I hope this helps,
> > Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
> >
http://Steve.Orr.net
> >
> >
> > "~~~ .NET Ed ~~~" <tiredofspam@abolishspam.now> wrote in message
> > news:OERt7BX4EHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> >> Yes, actually I forgot to mention that only Form #1 was a server form
> >> (runat), all the others are "regular" forms but are nested within the
> >> server form. Would that cause problems as well?
> >>
> >> The issue is that the "master" page contains the server form, within[/color][/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> form there is an HTML table that splits the web form into 3 columns[/color][/color][/color]
(left[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> & right navigation panel and mid content panel). There can be "applets"
> >> on the left and right sides, these are simple regular forms (normal[/color][/color][/color]
HTML[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> forms), but the whole thing is within the server form, only they don't
> >> have a runat attribute.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Emilio
> >>
> >> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
> >> news:%23flIehV4EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >>> User controls should generally not contain Form tags, or else it[/color][/color][/color]
causes[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> problems like you're describing.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Other details:
> >>> You can only have one visible server form on the page at a time.
> >>> So you could have more than one server form as long as you only show[/color][/color][/color]
one[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> at a time.
> >>> Or you can have more than one form visible on your page at a time, but
> >>> only one of them can be a server form (i.e. with the runat=server
> >>> attribute.)
> >>> Server forms only support posting back to themselves (not to other
> >>> pages.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This will all become more flexible in .NET version 2.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> I hope this helps,
> >>> Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
> >>>
http://Steve.Orr.net
> >>> Hire top-notch developers at
http://www.able-consulting.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "~~~ .NET Ed ~~~" <tiredofspam@abolishspam.now> wrote in message
> >>> news:O$CJrZV4EHA.604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> As you all know when an ASP.NET web form is created that will
> >>>> include web controls and such, it contains a
> >>>> FORM that that identifies the web form and its containing controls.
> >>>>
> >>>> Well, I have a web form who has several other (user & custom)[/color][/color][/color]
controls,[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>> these are enclosed within the standard
> >>>> FORM tag. Additionally *some* of these user controls are actually[/color][/color][/color]
forms[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>> as well. This results into nested Forms.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was noticing that this seems to cause certain confusion on the
> >>>> browser sometimes. I checked the HTML and it is ok.
> >>>>
> >>>> It has the following forms:
> >>>> 1. ASP.NET Web Form tag (Form1)
> >>>> 2. Login form (Login)
> >>>> 3. Google search form (Google)
> >>>> 4. PayPal form (PayPal)
> >>>>
> >>>> 2 through 4 are obviously embedded into the #1 form. On FireFox I
> >>>> notice that one of the forms is not reported by the PageInfo dialog
> >>>> (very handy tool). I reported it as a bug there but I wonder if this
> >>>> actually causes problems with ASP.NET. Why? because when the order of
> >>>> my forms were 1, 4, 2, 3 and I had a user control that had a form as
> >>>> well (that would have been just the ASP.NET web controls without FORM
> >>>> tag because it is always contained in #1) then the "Submit" button
> >>>> would no longer work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Strange... Now in the order shows above (1.2.3.4) the submit button
> >>>> works (you can click and it posts back). Any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thx
> >>>> Emilio
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]
