Loop through textbox in template field

[zergziad]

Hi All,

I really need help to solve my problem.
My case is on looping through textbox in gridview.
I had a gridview placed in my page. The gridview contains template field
which I created it during runtime. I also had a generic list to fetch few items. Number of item that i got from the list will be the number of template that being created during runtime(eg : if the list return 3 items, meaning there will be 3 template field created).
The problem arise when I place each template field with tbox control. Im not able to loop through template and find the tbox control inside it as it(tbox) doesnt have ID yet. I cannot name the tbox ID as each tbox would have multiple ID name soon. Below I had attached my code for u to take a look.Hope anyone can give solution.

I called the BindTemplate method under page load

public void BindTemplate()
        {
            SkillSetBL skillsetBL = new SkillSetBL();
            List<SkillSet> list = new List<SkillSet>();
            list = skillsetBL.GetSkillType();
 
            SkillSet[] empArray = list.ToArray();
 
            foreach (SkillSet item in empArray)
            {
                string a = item.ID.ToString();
 
                TemplateField templateField = new TemplateField();
                templateField.HeaderText = item.SkillName.ToString();
                gvwData.Columns.Add(templateField);
 
                templateField.FooterTemplate = new TextboxTemplate();
                templateField.ItemTemplate = new LabelTemplate();
 
            }
        }
 
private class TextboxTemplate : ITemplate
        {
            public void InstantiateIn(System.Web.UI.Control container)
            {
                TextBox tbx = new TextBox();
                tbx.Width = 12;
                tbx.DataBind();
                container.Controls.Add(tbx);
            }
        }
 
        private class LabelTemplate : ITemplate
        {
            public void InstantiateIn(System.Web.UI.Control container)
            {
                Label lbl = new Label();
                lbl.DataBind();
 
                container.Controls.Add(lbl);
            }
        }
 

my problem is at this stage

protected void gvwData_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
        {
            GridViewRow row = gvwData.FooterRow;
 
 
            if (e.CommandName == "Insert")
            {
                SkillSetDatabase entity = new SkillSetDatabase();
                SkillSetDatabaseBL skillSetDatabaseBL = new SkillSetDatabaseBL();
 
 
                try
                {
                    if (((DropDownList)row.FindControl("ddlstEmployeeID")).SelectedValue == "")
                    {
                        _masterPage.GetNotifyLabel().Text = "Employee name is not selected. Please provide related information.";
                    }
                    else
                    {
 
                        entity.Creator = Convert.ToInt16(Session["Creator"].ToString());
// this is where is should get the texbox value                       
                        entity.RatingValue = masterPage.BindUIControlsToObject(entity, gvwData.FooterRow.Controls);
//before insert new record, i have to iterate the template field to find textbox, and then during the iteration only the ID of tbox be given
                        skillSetDatabaseBL.Insert(entity);
 
 
                        _masterPage.GetConfirmLabel().Text = "New record added.";
 
                        gvwData.DataBind();
                    }
 
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    throw new Exception(ex.Message);
                }
            }
 
 
        }

[nateraaaa]

1. 1. // this is where is should get the texbox value
   2. entity.RatingValue = masterPage.BindUIControlsToObject(entity, gvwData.FooterRow.Controls);
   3. //before insert new record, i have to iterate the template field to find textbox, and then during the iteration only the ID of tbox be given
   4. skillSetDatabaseBL.Insert(entity)

I have a few questions about what you are trying to accomplish. Will there be multiple textboxes in the same gridview row? If so how will you set entity.RatingValue for each textbox? Is RatingValue a type that can hold multiple values? Assuming you can do all of the above will the value for each textbox be saved in the same column or different columns in your database?

Nathan