Unordered list checkboxlist control

Question

I want to use a CheckBoxList control which prints out HTML using

<UL>
    <LI><INPUT CHECKBOX></LI>
    <LI>etc</LI>
</UL>

For the markup.

However if I try the following:

<asp:CheckBoxList ID="lstShipsInScope" runat="server" 
     DataSourceID="ShipsInScope" DataTextField="Ship_Name" DataValueField="Ship_Id"
     ondatabound="lstShipsInScope_DataBound" AutoPostBack="True"
     RepeatLayout="unorderedlist" RepeatDirection="horizontal">
</asp:CheckBoxList>

I get:

Parser Error Message: Cannot create an object of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeatLayout' from its string representation 'unorderedlist' for the 'RepeatLayout' property.

Which seems silly given that unorderedlist is offered as a value for the RepeatLayout attribute. Flow works, which puts them all in a span and so does table, but I want to use an unorderedlist and do the styling myself.

Carl Sharman · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-16T15:05:55.337

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Could this be the problem?

"In Visual Studio 2010, when you create a project based on the .NET 3.5 framework, the Intellisense and Designer both still function as if the project is .NET 4.0 framework."

Thus intellisense provides options that aren't actually available, in this case "UnorderedList" which is new to .NET 4.0. To resolve the problem, either:

Upgrade the project to .NET 4.0.
Don't use the value that is not available (in this case, "RepeatLayout.UnorderedList")

edited Mar 16 '12 at 15:05

answered Mar 15 '12 at 11:24

Carl Sharman

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Probably - how do I convert my project to .NET 4 then, if that's not too crazy an idea? – deed02392 Mar 15 '12 at 14:22
Just right-click the project, select Target Framework ".NET Framework 4". – Carl Sharman Mar 16 '12 at 11:09
Awesome. Edit your answer so as to not rely on that link and I'll accept. – deed02392 Mar 16 '12 at 11:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 22 '15 at 07:32

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RepeatDirection="vertical"

The repeat direction should be vertical.

edited Dec 22 '15 at 07:32

Pedram

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answered Dec 22 '15 at 06:33

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Unordered list checkboxlist control

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