ASP / C# Code Behind variable reference problem

[beardog]

I've got a question for the gurus out there.

I'm trying to create an IF conditional inside my aspx page that reads the state of a boolean in the code behind.

Here's the basic ASP:

<asp:Repeater ... OnItemDataBound="PrepareRepeater">
 
    <ItemTemplate>
 
        // some code
 
        <#if (variableName == true) {#>
 
            // code I want to conditionally control
 
        <#}#>
 
    </ItemTemplate
 
</asp:Repeater>

The code behind looks something like this:

bool variableName; // global
 
public void PrepareRepeater() {
 
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem) {
 
        if (//something) {
            variableName = true;
        } else {
            variableName = false;
        }
 
    }
 
}

Now, my problem is that when I try to read the value of "variableNa me" on the ASP page it never gives me the current value. It seems to me that, since the ASP "<% if %>" conditional is in the ItemTemplate that it should be reading the current value of "variableNa me."

Instead it acts like it waits to check the value after all the OnItemDataBound events have ocurred. Maybe this is simple but I can't figure out how to read the value of "variableNa me" during the OnItemDataBound event.

If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it.

[DrBunchman]

Hi beardog,

Welcome to Bytes.com! I hope you find the site useful.

You've posted your question in the ASP Forum which is for Classic ASP only - I've moved it for you but in future please post all ASP.NET questions in the .NET Forum.

Hopefully you'll find a solution to your problem in there :-)

Dr B