repeater item command

[crazyboybert]

Hi All

I'm having trouble with getting a button inside a repeater control to fire the ItemCommand event. The code for the page is below edited for clarity.

Web form

<asp:repeater id=&quot;rptPendingOrders&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;>
<headertemplate><hr /></headertemplate>
<separatortemplate><hr /></separatortemplate>
<itemtemplate>
<table>
...edited code...
<tr><td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;text-align:right&quot;><asp:button runat=&quot;server&quot; commandname=&quot;shipped&quot; text=&quot;Order  Shipped&quot; cssclass=&quot;button&quot;></asp:button></td></tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<footertemplate><hr /></footertemplate>
</asp:repeater>

Code Behind (C#)

protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater rptPendingOrders;

private void InitializeComponent(){    
	this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
	this.rptPendingOrders.ItemDataBound += new System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterItemEventHandler(this.rptPendingOrders_ItemBound);
	this.rptPendingOrders.ItemCommand += new System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventHandler(this.rptPendingOrders_ItemCommand);
}


private void rptPendingOrders_ItemCommand(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventArgs e){
	Response.Write(e.CommandName.ToString()); Response.End();
}

When the button is clicked the page submits and refreshes but the code inside the itemcommand event handler doesnt seem to run. I dont get any error at all but nothing happens. I've tried specifying the handler in the repeater tag in aspx, making the text property of the button the result of a databinding in case that would wire it up but to no avail.

The repeater does contain a nested datagrid and both are databound from a single dataset using a parent-child data relation between the tables. I don't expect this to be the cause but havent checked yet.

Anybody got any ideas?

Rob

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No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
-Byron

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[stsuing]

Here is a good reference. I think you need a datalist instead of a DataRepeater. The datalist is very flexible.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...dnaspp/html/aspnet-whenusedatawebcontrols.asp

 

[crazyboybert]

Thanks stsuing I was looking for exactly that article last night at home after remembering reading it on MSDN a while back. Doesnt help with my problem though. Is a bit high level and doesnt get dirty with ItemCommnd events etc.

There are plenty of examples online of code using the ItemCommand event for a button in a repeater with supposed success - there is even one in the .NET Framework Reference but for the life of me I can't it to work.

Any help still greatly appreciated...

Cheers Rob

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On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
-Byron

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