add server controls to the templates for the DataList control.

[Jon Paal]

how do I load controls to the templates for the DataList control.

<asp:datalist id="dl1" runat="server" >
<ItemTemplate >

" how to load control(s) here ????"

</ItemTemplate>
</asp:datalist>

[Nathan Sokalski]

You basically put a server control such as a Panel or a <div
id="divOtherCtr ls" runat="server"> </div> (remember to declare the div or
other HTML control if you use one) in the <ItemTemplate ></ItemTemplate>
tags. Then, to add the controls, use the Add() method of the Panel or div's
Controls property. To do this, you would use code such as:

CType(e.Item.Fi ndControl("divO therCtrls"),Htm lContainerContr ol).Controls.Ad d(YourNewContro l)

This code must be placed inside either the ItemCreated or ItemDataBound
events, otherwise the e object will not be available. Feel free to ask if
you have any trouble.
--
Nathan Sokalski
nj********@hotm ail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

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how do I load controls to the templates for the DataList control.

<asp:datalist id="dl1" runat="server" >
<ItemTemplate >

" how to load control(s) here ????"

</ItemTemplate>
</asp:datalist>

[Teemu Keiski]

If you mean populating Templates dynamically in code, you could also utilize
ITemplate interface
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...itemplate.aspx

--
Teemu Keiski
ASP.NET MVP, AspInsider
Finland, EU
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
"Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message
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how do I load controls to the templates for the DataList control.

<asp:datalist id="dl1" runat="server" >
<ItemTemplate >

" how to load control(s) here ????"

</ItemTemplate>
</asp:datalist>

[Jon Paal]

Although I appreciate your offer to help, I couldn't understand/implement either of the suggested solutions.

Since I couldn't get the datalist to work, I found an alternate approach to organize the display of dynamic controls into a page.
To keep it simple, I used a placeholder(ph1 ) in the html and I did this in the page_load code:

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ph1.Controls.Ad d (New LiteralControl( "<table>"))
For each oItem in arrMyControlLis t
ph1.Controls.Ad d (New LiteralControl( "<tr><td>") )
ph1.Controls.Ad d( oItem.A)
ph1.Controls.Ad d (New LiteralControl( "</td><td>"))
ph1.Controls.Ad d( oItem.B )
ph1.Controls.Ad d (New LiteralControl( "</td></tr>"))
Next
ph1.Controls.Ad d (New LiteralControl( "</table>"))
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it works.

"Jon Paal" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message news:up******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

how do I load controls to the templates for the DataList control.

<asp:datalist id="dl1" runat="server" >
<ItemTemplate >

" how to load control(s) here ????"

</ItemTemplate>
</asp:datalist>