I have an existing table which is dynamically generated, the row contains set of controls like textboxes and dropdowns again dynamically generated. There is a "Add new row" button on the main page. On clicking the button a new blank row gets added to the table with all the previous entries set.
The problem occurs when we click the button, it causes the main form to refresh, is there a way to prevent this?
The .aspx files code here :
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="step_by_step.aspx.cs" Inherits="Test_ankit_27Oct_Research_step_by_step" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
#form1
{
height: 199px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<br />
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" onclick="Button2_Click"
Text="Outside Update Button (+2)" />
<br />
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" onclick="Button1_Click"
Text="Inside Update Button (+1)" />
<br />
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
<br />
<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" style="font-weight: 700" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
<br /> <asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
<br />
<br />
<br />
</ContentTemplate>
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Button2" EventName="Click" />
</Triggers>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
</div>
</form>
The .cs file code here :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class Test_ankit_27Oct_Research_step_by_step : System.Web.UI.Page
{
static int start_number_rows = 1; //initial counter default row as 1
static int counter = start_number_rows;
protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ViewState["RowsCount"] = start_number_rows;
Label1.Text = "Total Rows : "+counter.ToString();
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
generate_table();
}
else
{
//the below part of the code is required to distinguish between autopost back of textbox
//and the autopost back of button controls
string CtrlID = string.Empty;
if (Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"] != null &&
Request.Form["__EVENTTARGET"] != string.Empty)
{
generate_table();
// for all postbacks except external and internal clicks
}
else
{
//to check which button or image button click caused the postback
foreach (string controlID in Request.Form)
{
Control objControl = Page.FindControl(controlID);
if (objControl is Button)
{
CtrlID = objControl.ID;
if (CtrlID == "Button1")
{
//now the call will go to Button1_Click function
}
if (CtrlID == "Button2")
{
//now the call will go to Button2_Click function
}
}
}
}
//then let the control flow to button click events
}
}
protected void generate_table()
{
Table table = new Table();
TableRow row;
TableCell cell;
TextBox tb;
table.ID = "Table1";
int s_rows = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["RowsCount"].ToString());
for (int k = 1; k <= s_rows; k++)
{
row = new TableRow();
cell = new TableCell();
tb = new TextBox();
tb.ID = "tb_" + k;
tb.TextChanged += new EventHandler(tb_TextChanged);
tb.AutoPostBack = true;
cell.Controls.Add(tb);
row.Cells.Add(cell);
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(table);
}
protected void setdata()
{
Table table = (Table)Page.FindControl("Table1");
if (table != null)
{
foreach (TableRow tr in table.Rows)
{
foreach (TableCell tc in tr.Cells)
{
foreach (Control ct in tc.Controls)
{
if (ct is TextBox)
{
((TextBox)ct).Text = Request.Form[ct.ID];
}
if (ct is DropDownList)
{
((DropDownList)ct).Text = Request.Form[ct.ID];
}
}
}
}
}
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
counter++;
Label1.Text = "Total Rows : "+counter.ToString();
//Label1.Text = "Refreshed at " + DateTime.Now.ToString();
int new_rows_count = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["RowsCount"]) + 1; //add one rows at a time
ViewState["RowsCount"] = new_rows_count;
generate_table();
setdata(); //set the values of any of the previously generated controls
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
counter=counter+2;
Label1.Text = "Total Rows : " + counter.ToString();
//Label1.Text = "Refreshed at " + DateTime.Now.ToString();
int new_rows_count = Convert.ToInt32(ViewState["RowsCount"]) + 2; //add 2 rows at a time
ViewState["RowsCount"] = new_rows_count;
generate_table();
setdata(); //set the values of any of the previously generated controls
}
protected void tb_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox tb = (TextBox)sender;
Label2.Text = "Text of textbox "+ tb.ID+ " changed to " + tb.Text;
}
}
