How to create LinkButton in Repeater control from DataSet?

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I want to read information out of a database at runtime (names of files available to download) and create a list of linkbuttons that the user can click on to download the file(s).

How can I accomplish this.

I've got this far:

In the html:

....
table>
<asp:Repeater ID="softwareLis t" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<tr>
<td>
<asp:LinkButt on Runat="server">
<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"SoftwareP ath") %>
</asp:LinkButton>
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</table>

In the codebehind page:

private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
if ( !Page.IsPostBac k )
{
sqlDataAdapter1 .Fill(dataSet11 );
softwareList.Da taSource = dataSet11;
softwareList.Da taBind();
}
}

This reads the information out of the database and displays the items as links, but how do I "bind" the links to be able to download the file.
For example,

say my list looks like:

your_software_o ne.exe
more_software.e xe

what more do I need to do to create the "click" event for each of these links to pass the filepath information to the download routine?

[Brock Allen]

You should add an OnCommand event handler tot he LinkButtons. In that event
handler you'll need to know which thing to download, so I'd suggest also
supplying a CommandName='<% # 'DataBinder.Eva l(COntainer.Dat aItem, "SomeIDForYourD ownload")%>'
then in your event handler simply check the COmmandName to know what to send
back via Response.Binary Write().

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I want to read information out of a database at runtime (names of
files available to download) and create a list of linkbuttons that the
user can click on to download the file(s).

How can I accomplish this.

I've got this far:

In the html:

...

<asp:Repeater ID="softwareLis t" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<tr>
<td>
<asp:LinkButt on Runat="server">
<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"SoftwareP ath") %>
</asp:LinkButton>
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</table>
In the codebehind page:

private void Page Load(object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
if ( !Page.IsPostBac k )
{
sqlDataAdapter1 .Fill(dataSet11 );
softwareList.Da taSource = dataSet11;
softwareList.Da taBind();
}
}
This reads the information out of the database and displays the items
as
links, but how do I "bind" the links to be able to download the file.
For example,
say my list looks like:

your software one.exe
more software.exe
what more do I need to do to create the "click" event for each of
these links to pass the filepath information to the download routine?

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Brock,
Thaks for the reply - where/how do I add the OnCommand event handler - on
the codebehind page?
A quick snippet would be helpful - thanks!
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You should add an OnCommand event handler tot he LinkButtons. In that
event handler you'll need to know which thing to download, so I'd suggest
also supplying a CommandName='<% # 'DataBinder.Eva l(COntainer.Dat aItem,
"SomeIDForYourD ownload")%>' then in your event handler simply check the
COmmandName to know what to send back via Response.Binary Write().

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I want to read information out of a database at runtime (names of
files available to download) and create a list of linkbuttons that the
user can click on to download the file(s).

How can I accomplish this.

I've got this far:

In the html:

...

<asp:Repeater ID="softwareLis t" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<tr>
<td>
<asp:LinkButt on Runat="server">
<%# DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"SoftwareP ath") %>
</asp:LinkButton>
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</table>
In the codebehind page:

private void Page Load(object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
if ( !Page.IsPostBac k )
{
sqlDataAdapter1 .Fill(dataSet11 );
softwareList.Da taSource = dataSet11;
softwareList.Da taBind();
}
}
This reads the information out of the database and displays the items
as
links, but how do I "bind" the links to be able to download the file.
For example,
say my list looks like:

your software one.exe
more software.exe
what more do I need to do to create the "click" event for each of
these links to pass the filepath information to the download routine?