Confirm form control type

[jason]

Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other words,
to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the form controls?

[Ray at]

No, I do not believe so.

Ray at work

"jason" <ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other words,
to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the form controls?

[Bob Barrows]

jason wrote:

Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other
words, to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the
form controls?

Not without some kind of naming convention. I usually use a"txt" preface on
my textbox names, etc.
Bob Barrows

[jason]

Thats a good idea - prefacing the name with the control type - will do it
this way. I suspect that .NET will take care of this shortfall...
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
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Only if you name them as such, e.g.

<input type=text name=txtFoo>
<input type=checkbox name=chkBar>

Then you can check the name of the element...

There is nothing inherent in the form / querystring collection that will let you determine the type; they are just a collection of name/value pairs.


"jason" <ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other words, to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the form controls?

[jason]

Got it - I'll do it this way - Aaron also suggested this. I am guessing
that .NET would probably overcome this limitation...

"Bob Barrows" <re*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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jason wrote:

Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other
words, to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the
form controls? Not without some kind of naming convention. I usually use a"txt" preface

on my textbox names, etc.
Bob Barrows

[Ray at]

It doesn't matter if you're using .net or not. The browser will still post
the same data. That's not to say that it won't trick developers into
thinking it's handling it though. :]

Ray at work

"jason" <ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Got it - I'll do it this way - Aaron also suggested this. I am guessing
that .NET would probably overcome this limitation...

"Bob Barrows" <re*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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jason wrote:

Is there a way to determine the form control type in asp...in other
words, to confirm that a control is a eg checkbox when looping the
form controls?

Not without some kind of naming convention. I usually use a"txt" preface

on

my textbox names, etc.
Bob Barrows