Master Pages and accessing the collection of WebControls

[Steve]

I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages content
page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I want to format
in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but I have
over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong collection,
but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't understand how I
was looking at a MasterPage control as the only control in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes refuse.
Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
..input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages content
page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I want to format
in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Steve]

Hi Ken,

My problem is that in my content page, 'this.Controls' is the master page
control.
So I'm confused given a master control, how am I expected to get to a
content pages' controls? This seems especially odd considering I'm in the
Page_Load event of THE content page.

Maybe I'm still missing something?

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@n ewsgroups.nospa mwrote in message
news:OC******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P05.phx.gbl...

Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of
Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

>I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages
content page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I want
to format in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[WebBuilder451]

with a master page you need to first find the contentplacehol der(1) then you
can find the controls on a page. I use a lot of dynamicly created controls
1.1 and switching to 2.0/w master pages threw me till i figured it out.
like this
dim thscontrol as [controltype] =
me.masterpage.f indcontrol("con tententplacehol der").findcontr ol("(whet you
swant to find")

or you should be able to loop through when you find the contentplacehol der.
Hope this helps!

--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
"Steve" wrote:

Hi Ken,

My problem is that in my content page, 'this.Controls' is the master page
control.
So I'm confused given a master control, how am I expected to get to a
content pages' controls? This seems especially odd considering I'm in the
Page_Load event of THE content page.

Maybe I'm still missing something?

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@n ewsgroups.nospa mwrote in message
news:OC******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P05.phx.gbl...

Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of
Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages
content page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I want
to format in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[WebBuilder451]

i see you are using C# i did a vb reply, but i hope you get the idea.
--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
"Steve" wrote:

Hi Ken,

My problem is that in my content page, 'this.Controls' is the master page
control.
So I'm confused given a master control, how am I expected to get to a
content pages' controls? This seems especially odd considering I'm in the
Page_Load event of THE content page.

Maybe I'm still missing something?

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@n ewsgroups.nospa mwrote in message
news:OC******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P05.phx.gbl...

Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of
Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..

I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages
content page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I want
to format in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Steve]

I do get the idea and I feel a bit lame that it's that simple :0)
Maybe I'm not paying close enough attention, I swore the single control
contained in Page.Controls was a MasterPage and not a MasterPageConte nt.

Either way, you solution solved my problem and for that...I thank you.

Have a good one.

"WebBuilder 451" <We***********@ discussions.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
news:D2******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

>i see you are using C# i did a vb reply, but i hope you get the idea.
--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
"Steve" wrote:

>Hi Ken,

My problem is that in my content page, 'this.Controls' is the master page
control.
So I'm confused given a master control, how am I expected to get to a
content pages' controls? This seems especially odd considering I'm in
the
Page_Load event of THE content page.

Maybe I'm still missing something?

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@n ewsgroups.nospa mwrote in
message
news:OC******* ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl...

Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of
Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..
I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages
content page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I
want
to format in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but
I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only
control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it
this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[WebBuilder451]

I know the feeling way too well! I'm just glad I was finally able to help
some one around here!

--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
"Steve" wrote:

I do get the idea and I feel a bit lame that it's that simple :0)
Maybe I'm not paying close enough attention, I swore the single control
contained in Page.Controls was a MasterPage and not a MasterPageConte nt.

Either way, you solution solved my problem and for that...I thank you.

Have a good one.

"WebBuilder 451" <We***********@ discussions.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
news:D2******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

i see you are using C# i did a vb reply, but i hope you get the idea.
--
thanks (as always)
some day i''m gona pay this forum back for all the help i''m getting
kes
"Steve" wrote:

Hi Ken,

My problem is that in my content page, 'this.Controls' is the master page
control.
So I'm confused given a master control, how am I expected to get to a
content pages' controls? This seems especially odd considering I'm in
the
Page_Load event of THE content page.

Maybe I'm still missing something?

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" <BA**********@n ewsgroups.nospa mwrote in
message
news:OC******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P05.phx.gbl...
Hi Steve,

You can get the parent control using the Parent property. So,

foreach (Control control in TextBox1.Parent .Controls)

would find the common parent of the controls at the same level of
Textbox1.

Let us know if this helps?

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

"Steve" <sk**@skle.comw rote in message
news:uT******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP03.phx.gbl. ..
I'm trying to iterate over all the form controls in my MasterPages
content page. Basically, I've got dropdowns, textboxes, etc that I
want
to format in Page_Load()

I've added this code to my Page_Load() event
<code>
private void ConfigureFormCo ntrols()
{
Color borderColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#F5F 5F5");
Color fontColor = borderColor;
Color backgroundColor = ColorTranslator .FromHtml("#0D0 D0D");

foreach(Control control in this.Controls)
{
if(control is TextBox || control is DropDownList || control is
Button)
{
WebControl webControl = control as WebControl;

webControl.Bord erStyle = BorderStyle.Sol id;
webControl.Bord erWidth = 1;
webControl.Bord erColor = borderColor;
webControl.Fore Color = fontColor;
webControl.Back Color = backgroundColor ;
}
}
}
</code>

Problem is, the 'this.Controls' collection only has a count of 1, but
I
have over 45 textboxes alone! So obviously, I'm hitting the wrong
collection, but as I inspected this.Controls while debuggin I didn't
understand how I was looking at a MasterPage control as the only
control
in the collection.

I'm sure one of you know exactly what I'm doing wrong, I would really
appreciate a tip.

BTW, I'm not too skilled in the ol' CSS yes, that's why I'm doing it
this
way. I can get the dropdowns to work with my CSS, but the textboxes
refuse. Just for kicks, here is my CSS:
.input, select
{
background: #1E1E1E;
color: #F5F5F5;
border: 1px solid #F5F5F5;
}

Thanks for reading,
Steve