Use DataBinder.Eval inside of plain HTML tags with HTMLGenericCont rol?

[Randall Parker]

I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it would looke like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C# code behind.

Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A single DataRow?

But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they represent
rows in a table?

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For X01</a>
or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it would looke like:
<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For X05</a>
I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C# code behind.
Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A single DataRow?
But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Randall Parker]

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they represent
rows in a table?
Yes.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it would

looke like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.

Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Ev al(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?

But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Then you should use a Repeater/DataList/DataGrid control, set its DataSource
and DataMember properties to the table where the instancs are, put the link
into the ItemTemplate and databind.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they represent rows in a table?

Yes.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it

would
looke like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.

Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Ev al(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?

But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Tim Cartwright]

I believe you can add the runat="server" to any html tag, and then it can be
cast to htmlgeneric control, or one of the more specific types. So, at that
point you would be able to add the databinder code as it would be processed
server side.

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they
represent
rows in a table?

Yes.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it would

looke like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.

Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.E val(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?

But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Randall Parker]

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

Then you should use a Repeater/DataList/DataGrid control, set its DataSource
and DataMember properties to the table where the instancs are, put the link
into the ItemTemplate and databind.
1) I know the query returns only one row.

2) I do not want to use DataGrid or similar asp controls because I do NOT want a
table. I just want a single control at the bottom of the form that is a link to a
different form based on what the main record is for the current form.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they
represent
rows in a table?

Yes.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it
would
looke like:
<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.
Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder. Eval(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?
But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Randall Parker]

Using Asp.net v1.1 btw.

I can't do this:

protected System.Web.UI.H tmlControls.Htm lGenericControl CreateServiceLi nk;

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

Why can't I do this? Because DataSource is not a member of HtmlGenericCont rol.

I also can not do:

CreateServiceLi nk.DataItem = SingleRow;

since, again, DataItem is not defined for HtmlGenericCont rol
Therefore DataItem does not get defined and I can't make this work.

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

Is there some way to define DataItem for an HtmlGenericCont rol so that
DataBinder.Eval can work?

Or is there some other mechanism to do what I want to do with an HtmlGenericCont rol
or some other HTML control?

Tim Cartwright wrote:

I believe you can add the runat="server" to any html tag, and then it can be
cast to htmlgeneric control, or one of the more specific types. So, at that
point you would be able to add the databinder code as it would be processed
server side.

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they
represent
rows in a table?

Yes.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:

<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it would

looke like:
<a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.
Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?

I'm trying to do something like this:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder. Eval(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?
But one can not do:

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.

So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Tim Cartwright]

You are right, I forgot that the html controls do not support databinding.
Actually since it is one row being bound to one control, I would not
databind, I would just set the href, using the attributes collection. You
could also set the text of the hyperlink the same way.

CreateServiceLi nk.Attributes["href"] = SingleRow["FIELD NAME? / FIELD
INEX?"];
CreateServiceLi nk.InnerText = SingleRow["FIELD NAME? / FIELD INDEX?"];
"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
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Using Asp.net v1.1 btw.

I can't do this:

protected System.Web.UI.H tmlControls.Htm lGenericControl
CreateServiceLi nk;

DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;

Why can't I do this? Because DataSource is not a member of
HtmlGenericCont rol.

I also can not do:

CreateServiceLi nk.DataItem = SingleRow;

since, again, DataItem is not defined for HtmlGenericCont rol
Therefore DataItem does not get defined and I can't make this work.

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
DataBinder.Eval (Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
%>'x">Create New Service For</a>

Is there some way to define DataItem for an HtmlGenericCont rol so that
DataBinder.Eval can work?

Or is there some other mechanism to do what I want to do with an
HtmlGenericCont rol or some other HTML control?

Tim Cartwright wrote:

I believe you can add the runat="server" to any html tag, and then it can
be cast to htmlgeneric control, or one of the more specific types. So, at
that point you would be able to add the databinder code as it would be
processed server side.

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they
represent
rows in a table?

Yes.
Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
>I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:
>
><a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For

X01</a>

>or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it
>would

looke like:
><a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For

X05</a>

>I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.
>Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?
>
>I'm trying to do something like this:
>
> <a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
> href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
>DataBinder .Eval(Container , "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
> %>'x">Create New Service For</a>
>
>But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?
>But one can not do:
>
> DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
> CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;
>
>The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.
>
>So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Make a protected property GetUrl that will obtain the correct link according
to your application logic. Databind to this property:

<a id="CreateServi ceLink" href="<%# GetUrl %>">Create New Service For</a>

Note, that runat="server" is not needed.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
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Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

Then you should use a Repeater/DataList/DataGrid control, set its DataSource and DataMember properties to the table where the instancs are, put the link into the ItemTemplate and databind.
1) I know the query returns only one row.

2) I do not want to use DataGrid or similar asp controls because I do NOT

want a table. I just want a single control at the bottom of the form that is a link to a different form based on what the main record is for the current form.

Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>
wrote in message news:On******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P11.phx.gbl...

Eliyahu Goldin wrote:

What is the origin of the instances you are refering to? Do they

represent

rows in a table?

Yes.
Eliyahu

"Randall Parker" <NOtechieSPAMpu ndit_please@fut ure_avoidjunk_p undit.com>wrote in message news:eB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
>I want to generate an HTML tag that will look like:
>
><a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X01" >Create New Service For
X01</a>

>or on a different instance where the user would be viewing "X05" it

would

looke like:
><a href="Equipment ServiceCreate.a spx?serial=X05" >Create New Service For
X05</a>

>I'm trynig to figure out how to do that using HtmlGenericCont rol in C#

code behind.
>Can DataBinder.Eval work inside of plain HTML tags?
>
>I'm trying to do something like this:
>
> <a id="CreateServi ceLink" runat="server"
> href="'<%# "EquipmentServi ceCreate.aspx?s erial=" +
>DataBinder. Eval(Container, "DataItem.owner _serial_num")
> %>'x">Create New Service For</a>
>
>But what is unclear to me is what I'd bind to the CreateServiceLi nk. A

single DataRow?
>But one can not do:
>
> DataRow SingleRow = dsTheSingleItem DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0];
> CreateServiceLi nk.DataSource = SingleRow;
>
>The HTMLGenericCont rol does not have DataSource as a property.
>
>So can one not do this sort of thing with plain HTML?