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FormView on a Master Page can't see databound controls through ContentPlaceHolder boundary

I have a number of similarly structured FormViews. In an effort to avoid duplicate markup, I've created a master page that contains the FormView, and placed a ContentPlaceHolder inside the FormView. The specific databound controls - which are the only thing that change from page to page - are then on the page that uses that master page. ...

Create own template for FormView's Auto Format

Is it possible to create and add own template into FormView's Auto Format selection? I had a standard design which I would like to apply across the board to all my form view, instead of copy-and-paste into individual one then manually editing it. I'm referring to the auto generated ItemTemplate, EditItemTemplate, InsertItemTemplate ...

ASP.NET: Dealing with object types as parameters when updating in ObjectDataSource

How do you guys update let's say for example a FormView with an ObjectDataSource source. The DataObjectTypeName is a class which I have already marked with a DataObject attribute. Now, I want to customize the update process and add some custom data to the parameter. What do we need to do so? Example: I have a BLL class which let's call ...

how to find linkbutton in a formview in order to write code for changing mode?

Hi... I have a web form which contains a formview(fv). how can I find a linkbutton within it (lnkbtnEdit) in order to write code for changing mode? thank you ...

FormView doesn't return to ReadOnly mode and it doesn't update my record...

hi How can I update a FormView which has been bound to a Dataview? ...

How to Change FormView mode from edit mode to readonly mode after updating?

Hi... How to Change FormView mode from edit mode to readonly mode after updating data? when I click on "Update" link button, it updates data but still remains on edit mode.... thank you very much ...

AJAX Tabcontainer inside formview not inserting values

Hi guys, I have a TabContainer inside a data bound FormView (to present the information by category ex: Client Bio data, health history, financial details...). The Update and Insert of the formView doesn't work (posting NULL values to the database) - I guess the FormView cannot find the TextBoxes inside the tab container's tab panels. ...

Override FormView Templates

By default the FormView control creates html like : ID <asp:TextBox ID="IdTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ID") %>' /> <br /> Name <asp:TextBox ID="NameTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Name") /> I prefer: <ol class="form-layout"> <li><asp:Label AssociatedControl="IdTextBox" runat="server">ID:</aspLabel><asp .... </o...

Problem finding a control within a FormView from code-behind

Here the code behind... I'm trying to retrieve this control so I can add items to the drop down list (I'm retrieving the Role Groups to add to the drop down list in the code-behind) Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim DDRoleGroups As DropDownList DDRoleGroup...

Entity Model and binding Label to an unrelated table

I am trying to figure out the best way to bind to an unrelated table in .Net. I have an ADO .Net Entity data model which contains several related tables and a few unrelated tables. For example, I have the following tables: KEY_VALUE_LKP with columns LKP_TEXT, LKP_VALUE and LKP_TYPE REQUEST_DET with columns REQUESTNO, USERID, and REQ_S...

How to populate an updateable FormView from an EntityDataSource with filter.

I'm trying to create a member page for updating account details. I want to populate a form with the member's data, but I don't know how to set a filter on the EntityDataSource to limit the query. When I set the select statement based on the member ID, I get the error Select cannot be set if EnableDelete, EnableInsert, or EnableUpdate...

Why can't I change mode with nested FormView?

The short version is that I have nested FormViews. I would like the child FormView to only change modes when the parent does so as well, so I handle the ParentFV.ModeChanging event and call ChildFV.ChangeMode within that... For some reason, the Child FormView's mode doesn't change... nore does the Child's ModeChanging event appear to g...

Formview disappearing on 2nd postback

OK here's my page design... there is a DataList with a "Select" imagebutton. When it is clicked, that item is loaded into a FormView in Edit mode for changes. When the page loads, selecting the first item works fine. However if I click another item's select button, the FormView simply disappears. Some code... The Page <div id="Left"> ...

Can't get Formview to update, what am I doing wrong?

I'm messing around with a Formview in asp.net. I know that the UpdateCommand needs to be specified so that the Formview knows what SQL query to run. Do I need to write an event in addition to the code the Formview sets up in order to properly fire off the SQL query? In addition, I don't get a SQL error or anything, it just does not b...

How do I do 2 way databinding for DateTime fields using ObjectDataSource

I have an ASP.Net 3.5 page that contains a FormView control, bound to a Business Object using an ObjectDataSource. One of the properties of the business object is a DateTime type, and I want to do 2 way databinding for this object, including the DateTime property. I use a custom format for displaying the DateTime property, as shown her...

How do you save items from a CheckBoxList in a FormView?

I am using a CheckBoxList inside of a FormView with an ObjectDataSource. In order to bind the selected values to the CheckBoxList I am using the *FormView_DataBound* event to find the CheckBoxList and set the selected items. This works fine. Now saving these values is becoming problematic. Is it possible to use the ObjectDataSource to ...

Which is the attribute to double-click a form in Solution Explorer and open in code view in Visual Studio?

I used to know of a class attribute that you could set your classes as "form" or as "code" and if you set a form as "code", double clicking it's file in the Solution Explorer, would open the form in code view instead of the default form view. I can't remember what's that attribute called, anyone knows? ...

Add a custom FormView to a RadGrid Edit Item Template

I had a Dropdrowlist and FormView to work hand in hand to edit/update data. Now I need to add a radGrid and when user clicks on the a row, I need the formview to be populated or I need my existing formview to be populated inside the RadGrid's edit item template. Thanks. ...

ASP.NET 2.0: User-Control in a FormView needs to save user-data (for dummies ;))

Hi, I have developed a user-control which gets bound to an id-field and then enables editing of records from (various) other sources (linked via this id). This is working fine, but I am struggling to save the data when the form is saved - obviously there's more to be done than "just" writing the id back. I wouldn't like to add extra bu...

asp.net 2.0: update formview with jquery

Hi, I'm struggling with an issue I just can find a solution for. First of all, I can't use asp.net AJAX or anything else thant standard asp.net 2.0 as the server admin won't install anything else. So here is, what I try to do. (For the curious, skip to the bold question below) My page consists of several parts, each of which gets loa...