Dynamic radio or checkbox within repeater

[zigerati]

New to programming and am struggling on the following:

I've got a repeater that dynamically creates a series of questions. The questions come from a database and can be either answertype 1 or 2 depending on whether they should be a radio button or a checkbox. The radio buttons and checkboxes themselves have several related variables that are being populated by their own Eval statements. I tried this as a code behind function that would write the full radio or checkbox string but it kept getting hung up on the internal eval statements.

basically I'm trying to get something like the following on the client side:

<%# iAnswerType = (Convert.ToInt32(Eval("AnswerType"))) %>
<% if (iAnswerType == 1) { %>
then all of the radio code here with it's eval statements...
<% } else { %>
then all of the checkbox code here...
<% } %>

It's almost working except that iAnswerType always comes out to be the same number. It doesn't change for each answer correctly. But I know that the Eval("AnswerType") portion is pulling the correct number as I had it just write out on the page as is and it changed correctly by answer. I'm stumped. Any pointers would be much appreciated.

[bharathreddy]

hi,

I think it should work. If you are facing conversion problem then why can't you use the string directly instread of converting it to int and using in the if condition.
instead use the string
<%# Eval("AnswerType")=="1" ?
then all of the radio code here with it's eval statements
:
then all of the checkbox code here...
%>


bharath vasireddy

[zigerati]

Thanks Bharath! I think you've given me a good direction to pursue. I'm still having a bit of trouble with the syntax though and am getting a "Newline in constant" error. This is the actual code where I'm trying to integrate your suggestion:

<%# Eval("AnswerType")=="1"?<vs:GroupRadioButton ID="selectRadioButton" runat="server" GroupName='<%# Eval("QuestionNum") %>' Checked='<%# RadioShouldBeChecked(Eval("IsChecked")) %>' />:<asp:CheckBox ID="test" runat="server" />%>

I'm sure as a newbie I've mangled it in some way. Is there anything that jumps out at you that may correct it?

thanks again

hi,

I think it should work. If you are facing conversion problem then why can't you use the string directly instread of converting it to int and using in the if condition.
instead use the string
<%# Eval("AnswerType")=="1" ?
then all of the radio code here with it's eval statements
:
then all of the checkbox code here...
%>


bharath vasireddy