hidden-field

Pass the same value of HiddenField between several ASP.NET pages

Would you explain me, please, how to pass the same value of HiddenField between several ASP.NET pages? I think I could use RegisterHiddenField on every page in chain, but hope there is an easier solution. Thanks! ...

How to change the value of a Hidden Field in a Gridview using Javascript?

Ok I need to change the value of a hidden field in a gridview and here is what I have so far: for(var i = 0; i < gv_Proofs.rows.length; i++) { var tbl_Cell = gv_Proofs.rows[i].cells[0]; var sdiFound = false; for(var x = 0; x < tbl_Cell.childNodes.length; x++) { if(tbl_Cell.childNodes[x].id == "_ctl0_MasterConten...

ViewState or HiddenField

If I have a simple piece of data to store (an integer or string for example) I might choose to store that in ViewState, or using a HiddenField control. Why would I choose one over the other? ViewState Hard for the user to decode (thought not impossible), which might be desirable HiddenField Value can be used in JavaScript Are t...

HTML form with multiple hidden control elements of the same name

Is it legal to have an HTML form with more than one "hidden" control element with the same name? I expect to get the values of all of these elements at the server. If it is legal, do the major browsers implement the behavior correctly? ...

Post newline/carriage return as hidden field value

I need to post multi-line data via a hidden field. The data will be viewed in a textarea after post. How can I post a newline/carriage return in the html form? I've tried \r\n but that just posts the actual "\r\n" data <input type="hidden" name="multiline_data" value="line one\r\nline two" /> Is there a way to do this? ...

Jquery Hidden Field in Table

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to access a hidden field (by client id) within a table row using jquery. $("#tblOne").find("tr").click(function() { var worker = $(this).find(":input").val(); }); I find that the above works for a row that has only one input, but i need some help figuring out a way t...

HiddenField EventHandler ValueChanged not fired when changed via Javascript

I have a HiddenField control that is created within my ASP.NET server control. I added a new EventHandler for the ValueChanged event. Will this event be fired when the value of my HiddenField changes from within a javascript function? The main problem I am having is trying to retrieve the value of my HiddenField server-side when the v...

What's the best way of displaying fields on screen after a user posts a form, without going back to the db?

I have 3 arrays of data that are used to populate some fields on screen. When a user posts the form (unrelated to the data contained in the arrays) I want to display the array data on screen again, but without retrieving it from the database when the page reloads. What's the best way to temporarily store these values? I was thinking of...

Equivalence of an asp:HiddenField for a GridView

There is no asp:HiddenField that can be used in a GridView so I was wondering what would work similar to this. My reasoning for wanting this is I have a ButtonField that triggers an OnRowCommand. From there I can figure out which row was selected, but I cannot retrieve the text value from the ButtonField to see the data that was bound t...

Accessing C# Variable from Javascript?

In my MS SQL table, I read in an "time_zone" for a city from a record. I then want to use this time zone in a Javascript function to create a digital clock for that city. Currently I am trying to set the time_zone variable from Here's a code snippet from Default.aspx: function showtime() { zone(hiddenZone...

Javascript question: How do I duplicate user input into a hidden field?

How can I pass input from a text-type input element into a hidden input element in the same form on a site that has jquery installed? ...

How can 2 Html forms share 1 hidden field?

I have a page with 2 forms and a hidden field that is outside of both of the forms. How can the hidden field be submitted with either of the forms? I thought about doing something like this with jQuery: <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $('form').submit(function() { // do something to move or copy ...

iphone Consistently Hide Some Text in a UITextView

I have a UITextView that I'm trying to keep hidden from the user, except I'm using it's autocorrect interface so I can't just put it's hidden property to true. Currently I am putting the contentOffset such that it hides the first line of text, however this does not consistently work. Sometimes it does, other times the scroll view re scr...

How to pass an array as a hidden field?

I am implementing an auto complete box using the Ajax.autocompleter method of the scriptaculous.js framework. This is the auto complete box and the div where the auto suggested entries are populated. <?php echo $form->create('Share', array('url' => '/forms/share')); ?> <label for="shareWith">Share Form with</label> <input type=...

Hidden field value is lost if the Validation fails strut2

i am using strut-2.1.6 I have a view page wich contains the Primary key of the currently viewed record in a hidden field. If i post this page to Save the record and any validation gets faild. i come back on the same page it keeps all other values but lose the hidden field value. Now when try to save it i get null for the primary key val...

change field value when select radio buttons

I want to change the value of hidden input field when radio buttons selected : <input type="radio" name="r1" value="10" />10 <br/> <input type="radio" name="r1" value="45" />45 <br/> <input type="hidden" name="sum" value="" /> for example when user click on one the buttons the value of hidden field change to that v...

What does the __VIEWSTATE hold?

I'm sorry for maybe making such a basic question but in ASP.NET websites what does the __VIEWSTATE input field represent? Also, is there any way to compute it's value (based on the values of other form fields)? EDIT I understand that __VIEWSTATE, as the name suggests, maintains the values of form field values in webpages however what ...

SQL Server Database - Hidden Fields?!

Hello! I'm implementing CRUD on my silverlight application, however I don't want to implement the Delete functionality in the traditional way, instead I'd like to set the data to be hidden instead inside the database. Does anyone know of a way of doing this with an SQL Server Database? Help greatly appreciated. ...

ASP.NET: JavaScript modifying the value of a HiddenField before submitting

I have looked at similar questions on Stack Overflow but haven't been able to find the solution to this particular problem. I have a simple (not really, but let's pretend) ASP.NET page with an update panel inside it. In this update panel there is a HiddenField control with a value that will be set/updated via my own custom JavaScript. T...

Passing hidden field from one page to another in querystring

I want to pass a query in a hidden filed from 1 page to another by querystring. Can anyone help me out with the logic? ...