Setting up buttons on the fly.

tshad

I am trying to find the best way to set up RadioButtons, CheckBoxes, and
textboxes on the fly.

What I am doing is putting on a page questions and answers that the user has
defined in his file. The answers can be RadioButtons, CheckBoxes or a
TextBox. It can only one type. For example, you could have up to 5 Radio
buttons or up to 5 CheckBoxes or 1 TextBox. But you can't mix an match.

What I did at the moment is create all the possible choices and make them
invisible. I will only make the ones I need visible - based on the users
choice for that particular question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "CheckBox11" Visible="false"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" runat"server"/>
<asp:TextBox "TextBox1" runat="server"/>

The other way would be to set up only 5 objects for each question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>

This only works if you can change the asp object type (which I don't think
you can).

The other way was to dynamically create the objects. Not sure how to do
this or if you can. You can as part of a Datagrid (I believe), but what
about as just an object on a page?

Is there a better way than the way I am doing it?

Thanks,

Tom

Nov 19 '05 #1

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Thomas Egginger

hello tom -

you should dynamically create the controls and not show/hide all your
choices for sure!
check this code from http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/dynamiccontrols.asp -
maybe it can give you a hint...- if not just give feedback!
(search for Placeholders in google first!)

regards

Thomas
"tshad" <ts**********@ftsolutions.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:u2**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

I am trying to find the best way to set up RadioButtons, CheckBoxes, and
textboxes on the fly.

What I am doing is putting on a page questions and answers that the user
has defined in his file. The answers can be RadioButtons, CheckBoxes or a
TextBox. It can only one type. For example, you could have up to 5 Radio
buttons or up to 5 CheckBoxes or 1 TextBox. But you can't mix an match.

What I did at the moment is create all the possible choices and make them
invisible. I will only make the ones I need visible - based on the users
choice for that particular question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "CheckBox11" Visible="false"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" runat"server"/>
<asp:TextBox "TextBox1" runat="server"/>

The other way would be to set up only 5 objects for each question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>

This only works if you can change the asp object type (which I don't think
you can).

The other way was to dynamically create the objects. Not sure how to do
this or if you can. You can as part of a Datagrid (I believe), but what
about as just an object on a page?

Is there a better way than the way I am doing it?

Thanks,

Tom
"tshad" <ts**********@ftsolutions.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:u2**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...I am trying to find the best way to set up RadioButtons, CheckBoxes, and
textboxes on the fly.

What I am doing is putting on a page questions and answers that the user
has defined in his file. The answers can be RadioButtons, CheckBoxes or a
TextBox. It can only one type. For example, you could have up to 5 Radio
buttons or up to 5 CheckBoxes or 1 TextBox. But you can't mix an match.

What I did at the moment is create all the possible choices and make them
invisible. I will only make the ones I need visible - based on the users
choice for that particular question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "CheckBox11" Visible="false"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" runat"server"/>
<asp:TextBox "TextBox1" runat="server"/>

The other way would be to set up only 5 objects for each question:

<asp:Label ID="Question1" visible="false" runat="server"/>
<asp:RadioButton "RadioButton11" Visible="false" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton12" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton13" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton14" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/><asp:RadioButton "RadioButton15" Group"Question1"
runat"server"/>

This only works if you can change the asp object type (which I don't think
you can).

The other way was to dynamically create the objects. Not sure how to do
this or if you can. You can as part of a Datagrid (I believe), but what
about as just an object on a page?

Is there a better way than the way I am doing it?

Thanks,

Tom

Nov 19 '05 #2

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