DataGrid help.

[CroCrew]

Hello all,

First off I would like to thank anyone that helps me out with this problem that I have.

Ok, the environment I am working in is ASP.net with the code behind done in VB.

I have a DataGrid that gets populated dynamically from data within a MSSQL database. To keep this short lets just say that the DataGrid gets populated with five rows from the database. There is a “ButtonColumn” within the DataGrid that has the property “CommandName” set to “seed”. When the ButtonColumn is clicked a postback is fired.

Other items on the webpage is a “Lable” and a “Button”. The lable is used to display the item from the DataGrid that was selected. And the button is to be used for a “next” click sort of thing.

Here comes my question: after the postback is it possible to use JavaScript with the “Button” to programitically simulate the pressing of the next ButtonColumn from the one that was selected durring the postback?

Example: The “ButtonColumn” in row three was pressed and fired off the postback. The “Lable” is showing that row 3 was selected and if the user presses the “Button” then that button would triger another postback simulating as if the “ButtonColumn” in row four was pressed.

Many thanks for any help,
CroCrew~

[BeemerBiker]

I take it you are looking for a "Next Item" functionality where you essentially select one row, then when you click on your special "next" button, the onclick event on the next row is executed?

This is easy to do in the codebehind. I suspect it difficult to do in javascript (client side) especially if you have paging enabled as you will have to do a postback to refresh the grid and bring up the next page.

You might try setting the focus to the next "button" which allows a simple click withought having to move the mouse. There is a discussion here on how to position to the "next control" much like using a tab key on a form.

HTH

[CroCrew]

Well, I need it to be client side (JavaScript) because after the post back there is a JavaScript function that runs and depending on some things done client side I need the JavaScript to fire a “next” record postback. No paging is done with this code.

Thanks for the feed back.

Anyone else have an answer?

Thanks,
CroCrew~