choosing to display or not to display a checkbox in repeater control.

Hello All,
I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do I
accomplish that using a repeater control ?
Should I do something like this

<%if (((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["bThisUserHasIt"] == 0)

{ %><asp:CheckBox ID="chkBookMarkID" text='<%#
((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["nBookMarkID"] %>' runat="server"
ForeColor="White" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>


(this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
the current context
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allenandovery\bookmarks\recentb ookmarks.aspx 24 35
C:\...\allenandovery\
)

or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in code
behind?


Thanks a lot for your support.
Imran.

Imran Aziz

Add your checkbox with the visable attribute like this:

visable='<# ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem["bThisUserHasIt"] ==
0)?"true":"false"'

Hope this helps,
Arjen


"Imran Aziz" <> schreef in bericht
news:...
> Hello All,
> I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
> repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
> table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
> I
> accomplish that using a repeater control ?
> Should I do something like this
>
> <%if (((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["bThisUserHasIt"] == 0)
>
> { %><asp:CheckBox ID="chkBookMarkID" text='<%#
> ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["nBookMarkID"] %>' runat="server"
> ForeColor="White" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
>
>
> (this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
> like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
> the current context
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allenandovery\bookmarks\recentb ookmarks.aspx 24 35
> C:\...\allenandovery\
> )
>
> or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
> code
> behind?
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your support.
> Imran.
>
>
>

The method you are trying will work with the right syntax

But i prefer to push the functionality to the code behind leaving as much
logic out of the UI as possible.

This can be done calling a method that does the functionality you've written
there,

or what i more prefer - using the ItemDataBound event

DataLists, Grids and Repeaters all have a OnItemDataBound event, where item
by item you can perform some processing.
In this case, you can determine - item by item - whether to show or hide
your checkbox.

Just ensure in that ItemDataBound event, you are checking that your not in
the header or footer.
do a check like
private void DataList_OnItemDataBound(System.Object sender,
DataItemEventArgs e)
{
if(e.Item.ItemTemplate != ItemTemplate.Header && e.Item.ItemTemplate
!= ItemTemplate.Footer)
{
//Do you logic to remove checkbox here
}
}

HTH

"Imran Aziz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello All,
> I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
> repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of database
> table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
> I
> accomplish that using a repeater control ?
> Should I do something like this
>
> <%if (((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["bThisUserHasIt"] == 0)
>
> { %><asp:CheckBox ID="chkBookMarkID" text='<%#
> ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["nBookMarkID"] %>' runat="server"
> ForeColor="White" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
>
>
> (this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
> like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
> the current context
> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allenandovery\bookmarks\recentb ookmarks.aspx 24 35
> C:\...\allenandovery\
> )
>
> or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
> code
> behind?
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your support.
> Imran.
>
>
>

understood thanks a lot Grant
Imran
"Grant Merwitz" <> wrote in message
news:e$...
> The method you are trying will work with the right syntax
>
> But i prefer to push the functionality to the code behind leaving as much
> logic out of the UI as possible.
>
> This can be done calling a method that does the functionality you've
> written there,
>
> or what i more prefer - using the ItemDataBound event
>
> DataLists, Grids and Repeaters all have a OnItemDataBound event, where
> item by item you can perform some processing.
> In this case, you can determine - item by item - whether to show or hide
> your checkbox.
>
> Just ensure in that ItemDataBound event, you are checking that your not in
> the header or footer.
> do a check like
> private void DataList_OnItemDataBound(System.Object sender,
> DataItemEventArgs e)
> {
> if(e.Item.ItemTemplate != ItemTemplate.Header &&
> e.Item.ItemTemplate != ItemTemplate.Footer)
> {
> //Do you logic to remove checkbox here
> }
> }
>
> HTH
>
> "Imran Aziz" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello All,
>> I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
>> repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of
>> database
>> table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
>> I
>> accomplish that using a repeater control ?
>> Should I do something like this
>>
>> <%if (((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["bThisUserHasIt"] == 0)
>>
>> { %><asp:CheckBox ID="chkBookMarkID" text='<%#
>> ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["nBookMarkID"] %>' runat="server"
>> ForeColor="White" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
>>
>>
>> (this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
>> like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
>> the current context
>> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allenandovery\bookmarks\recentb ookmarks.aspx 24 35
>> C:\...\allenandovery\
>> )
>>
>> or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
>> code
>> behind?
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your support.
>> Imran.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks Arjen this is a quick solution and works great !
Imran.

"Arjen" <> wrote in message
news:ddf7je$nce$...
> Add your checkbox with the visable attribute like this:
>
> visable='<# ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem["bThisUserHasIt"] ==
> 0)?"true":"false"'
>
> Hope this helps,
> Arjen
>
>
> "Imran Aziz" <> schreef in bericht
> news:...
>> Hello All,
>> I display a list of entries with a checkbox against them using a
>> repeater control bound to a database table. Based on the value of
>> database
>> table I want to either show the checkbox for a row or not to show, how do
>> I
>> accomplish that using a repeater control ?
>> Should I do something like this
>>
>> <%if (((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["bThisUserHasIt"] == 0)
>>
>> { %><asp:CheckBox ID="chkBookMarkID" text='<%#
>> ((DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["nBookMarkID"] %>' runat="server"
>> ForeColor="White" Font-Size="1px" /<%} %>
>>
>>
>> (this one does not work , but I am thinking it might be possible to do it
>> like that, get this error, Error 2 The name 'Container' does not exist in
>> the current context
>> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\allenandovery\bookmarks\recentb ookmarks.aspx 24 35
>> C:\...\allenandovery\
>> )
>>
>> or is there a better way to do it, checking and specifying the value in
>> code
>> behind?
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your support.
>> Imran.
>>
>>
>>
>
>