choosing to display or not to display a checkbox in repeater control.

[Imran Aziz]

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView) Container.DataI tem)["bThisUserHasIt "] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBo x ID="chkBookMark ID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em)["nBookMarkI D"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="Whit e" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\allenandove ry\bookmarks\re centbookmarks.a spx 24 35
C:\...\allenand overy\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in code
behind?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.

[Arjen]

Add your checkbox with the visable attribute like this:

visable='<# ((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em["bThisUserHasIt "] ==
0)?"true":"fals e"'

Hope this helps,
Arjen
"Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.ne t> schreef in bericht
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView) Container.DataI tem)["bThisUserHasIt "] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBo x ID="chkBookMark ID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em)["nBookMarkI D"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="Whit e" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\allenandove ry\bookmarks\re centbookmarks.a spx 24 35
C:\...\allenand overy\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
code
behind?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.

[Grant Merwitz]

The method you are trying will work with the right syntax

But i prefer to push the functionality to the code behind leaving as much
logic out of the UI as possible.

This can be done calling a method that does the functionality you've written
there,

or what i more prefer - using the ItemDataBound event

DataLists, Grids and Repeaters all have a OnItemDataBound event, where item
by item you can perform some processing.
In this case, you can determine - item by item - whether to show or hide
your checkbox.

Just ensure in that ItemDataBound event, you are checking that your not in
the header or footer.
do a check like
private void DataList_OnItem DataBound(Syste m.Object sender,
DataItemEventAr gs e)
{
if(e.Item.ItemT emplate != ItemTemplate.He ader && e.Item.ItemTemp late
!= ItemTemplate.Fo oter)
{
//Do you logic to remove checkbox here
}
}

HTH

"Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.ne t> wrote in message
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView) Container.DataI tem)["bThisUserHasIt "] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBo x ID="chkBookMark ID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em)["nBookMarkI D"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="Whit e" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\allenandove ry\bookmarks\re centbookmarks.a spx 24 35
C:\...\allenand overy\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
code
behind?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.

[Imran Aziz]

understood thanks a lot Grant :)
Imran
"Grant Merwitz" <gr***@workshar e.com> wrote in message
news:e$******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...

The method you are trying will work with the right syntax

But i prefer to push the functionality to the code behind leaving as much
logic out of the UI as possible.

This can be done calling a method that does the functionality you've
written there,

or what i more prefer - using the ItemDataBound event

DataLists, Grids and Repeaters all have a OnItemDataBound event, where
item by item you can perform some processing.
In this case, you can determine - item by item - whether to show or hide
your checkbox.

Just ensure in that ItemDataBound event, you are checking that your not in
the header or footer.
do a check like
private void DataList_OnItem DataBound(Syste m.Object sender,
DataItemEventAr gs e)
{
if(e.Item.ItemT emplate != ItemTemplate.He ader &&
e.Item.ItemTemp late != ItemTemplate.Fo oter)
{
//Do you logic to remove checkbox here
}
}

HTH

"Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.ne t> wrote in message
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of
database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView) Container.DataI tem)["bThisUserHasIt "] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBo x ID="chkBookMark ID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em)["nBookMarkI D"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="Whit e" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\allenandove ry\bookmarks\re centbookmarks.a spx 24 35
C:\...\allenand overy\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
code
behind?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.

[Imran Aziz]

Thanks Arjen this is a quick solution and works great !
Imran.

"Arjen" <bo*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:dd******** **@news6.zwoll1 .ov.home.nl...

Add your checkbox with the visable attribute like this:

visable='<# ((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em["bThisUserHasIt "] ==
0)?"true":"fals e"'

Hope this helps,
Arjen
"Imran Aziz" <im***@tb2.ne t> schreef in bericht
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of
database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView) Container.DataI tem)["bThisUserHasIt "] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBo x ID="chkBookMark ID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)C ontainer.DataIt em)["nBookMarkI D"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="Whit e" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwr oot\allenandove ry\bookmarks\re centbookmarks.a spx 24 35
C:\...\allenand overy\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
code
behind?
Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.