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ASP.NET Textbox losing values after postback which were set during editing

There's a gridview in my program whose row's data is to be loaded in textboxes if edit is clicked.
Here is the code where I'm filling the data in textboxes after edit is clicked
protected void GV_Parameters_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
GV_Parameters.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex;
int index = e.NewEditIndex;
IsEditing = true;
Label lbl_frmdate = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].FindControl("lbl_frmdate") as Label;
Label lbl_todate = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].FindControl("lbl_todate") as Label;
EditFromDate = lbl_frmdate.Text.ToUpper();
lbl_frm_edit.Text = EditFromDate;
EditToDate = lbl_todate.Text.ToUpper();
lbl_to_edit.Text = EditToDate;
Label lbl = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].Cells[3].FindControl("lbl_Is_holiday");
string is_holiday = lbl.Text;
Label lbl_std_intime = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].FindControl("lbl_std_intime") as Label;
Label lbl_std_outtime = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].FindControl("lbl_std_outtime") as Label;
string[] arr_std_intime;
string[] arr_std_outtime;
if (is_holiday != "1")//working day
{
r_work_holiday.SelectedIndex = 0;
IsHoliday = false;
if (lbl_std_intime.Text != "")
{
arr_std_intime = lbl_std_intime.Text.Split(':');
txt_std_TimeInHours.Text = arr_std_intime[0].ToString();
txt_std_TimeInMins.Text = arr_std_intime[1].ToString();
}
if (lbl_std_outtime.Text != "")
{
arr_std_outtime = lbl_std_outtime.Text.Split(':');
txt_std_TimeOutHours.Text = arr_std_outtime[0].ToString();
txt_std_TimeOutMins.Text = arr_std_outtime[1].ToString();
}
}
else
{
IsHoliday = true;
//r_workingday.Checked = false;
//r_holiday.Checked = true;
r_work_holiday.SelectedIndex = 1;
Label lbl_remarks = (Label)GV_Parameters.Rows[index].FindControl("lbl_remarks") as Label;
txt_holiday_desc.Text = lbl_remarks.Text;
}
collapse_state = "expand";
}
There is a radiobutton list who shows the edited row is holiday or working day,
if user changes the selection in radioButtonList, PostBack occurs and this is the time when all of the texboxes turn blank.
protected void r_work_holiday_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(r_work_holiday.SelectedIndex==0)
{
IsHoliday = false;
}
else
{
IsHoliday = true;
}
collapse_state = "expand";
}
There's no any method in page load who is clearing the textboxes.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (IsEditing)
{
collapse_state = "expand";
}
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
BindYears();
}
}
Please help
Update ::
lbl_frm_edit and lbl_to_edit are not getting reset after postback.
The variable EditFromDate and EditToDate are being set by Viewstate

It's been sometime I worked in ASP controls but if I remember correctly, the content in textboxes are generally cleared on every post back by ASP .NET. The state of the textboxes are not saved.
Here is an answer I found while researching this issue.
You could store the value of the textboxes in ViewState and assign them back on the PageLoad event. Something like
txt_std_TimeOutHours.Text = arr_std_outtime[0].ToString();
txt_std_TimeOutMins.Text = arr_std_outtime[1].ToString();
ViewState["TimeOutHours"] = arr_std_outtime[0].ToString();
ViewState["TimeOutMins"] = arr_std_outtime[1].ToString();
And on the PageLoad event you can do this to restore the values.
if(Page.IsPostBack)
{
txt_std_TimeOutHours.Text = ViewState["TimeOutHours"].ToString();
txt_std_TimeOutMins.Text = ViewState["TimeOutMins"].ToString();
}
Hope this helps!

read the texts of run-time added textboxes

I have an application where the user can add any number of tabpages depending on what he/she needs. These tabpages have identical controls (textboxes and labels).
The controls on each tabpages are named like this: (on tabpage1 the controls are named: txtServer1, txtPort1, txtUser1, txtDbName1. if the user clicks the 'add another connection button' the application creates a second tabpage and the controls will be named: txtServer2, txtPort2, txtUser2, txtDbName2) and so on...
for example if the user have multiple tabpages to set-up:
the user clicks the 'add another connection' and the another tabpage with identical controls has been created and the user fills it up with appropriate data:
same thing goes here:
here's the code for dynamically added tabpage with controls:
//when 'add another connection' button is clicked
private void btnAddConnection_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string tabTitle = "Connection " + (tabControl1.TabCount + 1).ToString();
TabPage tabPage = new TabPage(tabTitle);
tabControl1.TabPages.Add(tabPage);
}
//when another tabpage has been added to tabcontrol
private void tabControl1_ControlAdded(object sender, ControlEventArgs e)
{
//control instances
TextBox txtServer = new TextBox();
TextBox txtPort = new TextBox();
TextBox txtUser = new TextBox();
TextBox txtDbName = new TextBox();
Label lblServer = new Label();
Label lblPort = new Label();
Label lblUser = new Label();
Label lblDbName = new Label();
tabControl1.SelectedTab = tabControl1.TabPages[tabControl1.TabCount - 1]; //select the newly addded tabpage
tabControl1.SelectedTab.BackColor = tabPage1.BackColor; //tabpage background color
//lblServer Properties
lblServer.Location = lblServer1.Location;
lblServer.Text = lblServer1.Text;
lblServer.ForeColor = lblServer1.ForeColor;
lblServer.Name = "lblServer" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//lblPort Properties
lblPort.Location = lblPort1.Location;
lblPort.Text = lblPort1.Text;
lblPort.ForeColor = lblPort1.ForeColor;
lblPort.Name = "lblPort" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//lblUser Properties
lblUser.Location = lblUser1.Location;
lblUser.Text = lblUser1.Text;
lblUser.ForeColor = lblUser1.ForeColor;
lblUser.Name = "lblUser" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//lblDbName Properties
lblDbName.Location = lblDbName1.Location;
lblDbName.Text = lblDbName1.Text;
lblDbName.ForeColor = lblDbName1.ForeColor;
lblDbName.Name = "lblDbName" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//txtserver properties
txtServer.Location = txtServer1.Location;
txtServer.Width = txtServer1.Width;
txtServer.Height = txtServer1.Height;
txtServer.Font = txtServer1.Font;
txtServer.Name = "txtServer" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//txtport properties
txtPort.Location = txtPort1.Location;
txtPort.Width = txtPort1.Width;
txtPort.Height = txtPort1.Height;
txtPort.Font = txtPort1.Font;
txtPort.Name = "txtPort" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//txtuser properties
txtUser.Location = txtUser1.Location;
txtUser.Width = txtUser1.Width;
txtUser.Height = txtUser1.Height;
txtUser.Font = txtUser1.Font;
txtUser.Name = "txtUser" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//txtdbname properties
txtDbName.Location = txtDbName1.Location;
txtDbName.Width = txtDbName1.Width;
txtDbName.Height = txtDbName1.Height;
txtDbName.Font = txtDbName1.Font;
txtDbName.Name = "txtUser" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
//add controls to tabpage
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(lblServer);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(lblPort);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(lblUser);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(lblDbName);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(txtServer);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(txtPort);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(txtUser);
tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls.Add(txtDbName);
}
When the user clicks the save button, I want the application to read each text in the textboxes (except for that url text) so that I can save it to a configuration file.
all I can think of is this
private void saveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string connection;
for (int i = 1; i <= tabControl1.TabCount; i++ )
{
connection = "server=" + txtServer[i].Text + ";port=" txtPort[i].Text + ";user=" + txtUser[i].Text + ";dbname=" + txtDbName[i];
//save to config file code goes here...
}
}
and I know this is not correct.
any solution for this? thanks :)

This is the simplest way you can try this just use below function to get text from control in tabpage
public string getValue(string controlName, TabPage selectedTab)
{
if (selectedTab.Controls.ContainsKey(controlName)){
TextBox selectedtb = (TextBox)selectedTab.Controls[controlName];
return selectedtb.Text;
}
else
return null;
}
and in your save code use it like below
string connection;
int i = 1;
TabControl.TabPageCollection pages = tabControl1.TabPages;
foreach (TabPage page in pages)
{
connection = "server=" + getValue("txtServer"+i,page) + ";port=" +getValue("txtPort"+i,page) + ";user=" + getValue("txtUser"+i,page) + ";dbname=" + getValue("txtDbName"+i,page);
i++;
//save to config file code goes here...
}

txtServer[i].Text it's true but You have not defined an array.
You can do it like this
//global
List<TextBox> txtServerList= new List<TextBox>();
private void tabControl1_ControlAdded(object sender, ControlEventArgs e)
{
txtServer.Location = txtServer1.Location;
txtServer.Width = txtServer1.Width;
txtServer.Height = txtServer1.Height;
txtServer.Font = txtServer.Font;
txtServer.Name = "txtServer" + tabControl1.TabCount.ToString();
txtServerList.Add(txtServer)
.
.
.
}
Finally
for (int i = 1; i <= tabControl1.TabCount; i++ )
{
connection=txtServerList.get(i).Text + ......
}

You could just loop over the controls and find the matching name, something like this:
foreach(var page in tabControl1.TabPages){
var server = ProcessControls(page.Controls, "txtServer");
//... continue with the others
}
private TextBox ProcessControls(Control ctrlContainer, string name)
{
foreach (Control ctrl in ctrlContainer.Controls)
{
if (ctrl.GetType() == typeof(TextBox))
{
if(ctrl.Name.StartsWith(name))
return (TextBox)ctrl;
}
}
}

You can use an ArrayList to store and access all dynamically added controls. Set a name for each dynamically added controls. It can be based on the size of ArrayList.
I will not show the exact systax of c#.
first
declare an ArrayList or List(Type Safe)
List<Button> buttons = new List<Button>();
We just created a storage for our buttons that will be added at runtime.
void your_event (some parameters) {
Button temp = new Button("Hello");
temp.Name="button_name";
YourMainPanel.Controls.add(temp);
//after creating your button add it to the parent container. of any control where you want this button to be added.
//you can also set the coordinates of the button if you like
//after creating the button we need to add it to our List so that we can
//access it later, since the value of the 'temp' will change after this
//event was invoked in the future.
buttons.add(temp);
}
There are several ways to get the items in List<T>. One is by using index.
void someMethod(some parameters) {
Button button = buttons.ElementAt(index);
}

multiview doesnot update with the update value

Hi I have one gridview on the left and I have Multiview pane on the right. Basically what I am trying to do is when the use click select in the gridview, the information of that row will display in the Multiview.
I have two view.
View 1 contains label saying please select row to view full details.
View 2 basically retrieving all the necessary data.
The problem is, in my view 2, I do allow user to update the data. When the user updates the data and save, the view will go back to its initial view. And when the user click on the same row, it will then display the updated information.
How can I do such that when they save the changes, the view will show the updated information?
I have tried putting updatepanel but it does not work too.
CODE BEHIND:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
xxBLL schBLL = new xxBLL ();
GVFBAcc.DataSource = schBLL.getInfo();
GVFBAcc.DataBind();
MainView.ActiveViewIndex = 1;
}
protected void GVFBAcc_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string Selectedid = GVFBAcc.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text;//get user id
int selectedIdtoPass = Convert.ToInt32(Selectedid);
xxBLL getRecord = new xxBLL ();
addInfo InfoRetrieve = new addInfo ();
InfoRetrieve = getRecord.getDetail(selectedIdtoPass);
lbid.Text = Convert.ToString(InfoRetrieve .info_id1);
lbType.Text = InfoRetrieve .type;
lbName.Text = InfoRetrieve .name;
lbAbb.Text = InfoRetrieve .abb;
MainView.ActiveViewIndex = 0;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lbMessage.Visible = true;
lbMessage.Text = "Please select a Row.";
}
}
protected void editInfo_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
MainView.ActiveViewIndex = 0;
string cIcon = editInfo.ImageUrl;
if (cIcon.Equals("~/images/edit.png"))
{
editInfo.ImageUrl = "~/images/save.png";
lblEdit.Text = "";
tbName.Text = lbName.Text;
tbAbb.Text = lbAbb.Text;
tbtype.Text = lbType.Text;
lbName.Visible = false;
lbAbb.Visible = false;
lbType.Visible = true;
tbName.Visible = true;
tbAbb.Visible = true;
tbtype.Visible = false;
}
else if (cIcon.Equals("~/images/save.png"))
{
addInfo[] update = new addInfo[1];
int id = Convert.ToInt32(lbid.Text);
string name = tbName.Text;
string abb = tbAbb.Text;
addInfo updated = new addInfo(name, id, abb);
update[0] = updated;
xxBLL obj = new xxBLL ();
if (obj.updateDetail(update))
{
editInfo.ImageUrl = "~/images/edit.png";
lbName.Visible = true;
lbAbb.Visible = true;
lbType.Visible = true;
tbName.Visible = false;
tbAbb.Visible = false;
tbtype.Visible = false;
lblEdit.Text = "Saved";
lblEdit.ForeColor = Color.Green;
tbName.Text = lbName.Text;
tbAbb.Text = lbAbb.Text;
tbtype.Text = lbType.Text;
}
}
}
When the user updates the data and save, the view will go back to its initial view. And when the user click on the same row, it will then display the updated information. How can I do such that when they save the changes, the view will show the updated information?
or alternative How do i call the button click event at page load so that when the user clicks the save button, it will display the updated infomation

DropDownlist PostBack Looses Selected Value

I have a dropdownlist that load all the list items from a text file, it contains a list of printer name,description,ipaddress and connection string id. so I display to the user the printer name-description and when the user selects the printer the values I pass is either the ip address or connection string depending on the situation.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
LoadPrinterList();
}
protected void LoadPrinterList()
{
string CSVFilePathName =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FilePath"];
string[] Lines = File.ReadAllLines(CSVFilePathName);
string[] Fields;
Fields = Lines[0].Split(new char[] { ',' });
int Cols = Fields.GetLength(0);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
//1st row must be column names;
//force lower case to ensure matching later on.
for (int i = 0; i < Cols; i++)
dt.Columns.Add(Fields[i].ToLower(), typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("nameanddescription",
typeof(string), "name +'-'+ description");
dt.Columns.Add("ipandconnectionstring",
typeof(string), "ip +'-'+ ConncetionStringID");
DataRow Row;
for (int i = 1; i < Lines.GetLength(0); i++)
{
Fields = Lines[i].Split(new char[] { ',' });
Row = dt.NewRow();
for (int f = 0; f < Cols; f++)
Row[f] = Fields[f];
dt.Rows.Add(Row);
}
string hostname = Request.UserHostName.Substring(0, 3);
string[] name = Printerlist.SelectedValue.Split('-');
//string plant = name[0].ToString();
//string plantvalue = plant.Substring(0, 3);
//if(hostname == plantvalue)
//{
Printerlist.DataTextField = "nameanddescription";
Printerlist.DataValueField = "ipandconnectionstring";
//}
Printerlist.DataSource = dt;
Printerlist.DataBind();
}
What the user sees first as an option for the printer list
when the user click the drop down they see this:
when drop down is clicked
so now the user selects a printer so selected index is > 0 so based on that I do the following in code behind.
protected void Printerlist_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
}
else
{
if (Printerlist.SelectedItem.Text.Length > 0)
{
TxtItem.Focus();
}
else
{
TxtItem.Text = string.Empty;
TxtQty.Text = string.Empty;
DropDownList2.SelectedIndex = 0;
lbldesc.Visible = false;
//TxtBase.Text = string.Empty;
//TxtBase1.Text = string.Empty;
bestbeforewillbe.Text = string.Empty;
TxtBestBeforeMonths.Text = string.Empty;
TxtRotcode.Text = string.Empty;
zplcode.Text = string.Empty;
string message = "The selected printer is
not a local printer";
System.Text.StringBuilder sb =
new System.Text.StringBuilder();
sb.Append("<script type = 'text/javascript'>");
sb.Append("window.onload=function(){");
sb.Append("alert('");
sb.Append(message);
sb.Append("')};");
sb.Append("</script>");
ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock
(this.GetType(), "alert", sb.ToString());
}
}
}
this is the dropdownlist values in my aspx page
<asp:DropDownList ID="Printerlist" runat="server"
Height="16px" Width="268px" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="Printerlist_SelectedIndexChanged" OnTextChanged="Printerlist_TextChanged" ViewStateMode="Enabled"></asp:DropDownList>
I have EnableViewState=true; but that didn't help either.
plese help I cant seem to figure out, every time the user selects a value there is a postback and after the postback "-" is selected as the printer value.

Simply check ISPOSTBACK on page load
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
LoadPrinterList();
}

You need to explicitly check if a PostBack occurred, otherwise any time that your Page_Load method is being triggered, it is repopulating your controls with their initial data (i.e. you are losing your changes there).
You simply need to add an if-statement and only execute your LoadPrinterList() method if it is an initial load :
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
{
// Only perform this on the initial load
LoadPrinterList();
}
}
Additionally, you shouldn't need a similar check within your Printerlist_SelectedIndexChanged event as the event is going to be triggered from within the page (i.e. after it has already been loaded), so that statement should never evaluate as true.

Gridview Edit/Update is not working?

Here i am updating the gridview value but the value is not updating..TextBox txtID,TextBox txtName,TextBox txtAge retains the older value only and the value is not getting updated..Can anyone tel me like what am i doing wrong here
Here is my code
protected void gvTemp_RowUpdating(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
CreateDataSkeletton(Convert.ToInt16(Session["intTabIndex"]));
GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)gvTemp.Rows[e.RowIndex];
int autoid = Int32.Parse(gvTemp.DataKeys[e.RowIndex].Value.ToString());
int id = Convert.ToInt32(gvTemp.DataKeys[e.RowIndex].Values[0].ToString());
activeTabIndex = Convert.ToInt16(Session["activeTabIndex"]);
TextBox txtID = ((TextBox)gvTemp.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtId"));
TextBox txtName = (TextBox)gvTemp.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtName");
TextBox txtAge = (TextBox)gvTemp.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtAge");
dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + activeTabIndex.ToString()].Rows[e.RowIndex]["ID"] = txtID.Text;
dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + activeTabIndex.ToString()].Rows[e.RowIndex]["Name"] = txtName.Text;
dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + activeTabIndex.ToString()].Rows[e.RowIndex]["Age"] = txtAge.Text;
gvTemp.DataSource = dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + activeTabIndex.ToString()];
gvTemp.DataBind();
gvTemp.EditIndex = -1;
}
and
private void CreateDataSkeletton(int intTabIndex)
{
dataSetInSession = new DataSet();
Session["intTabIndex"] = intTabIndex;
if (Session["dataSetInSession"] != null)
{
dataSetInSession = (DataSet)Session["dataSetInSession"];
}
if (dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + intTabIndex].Rows.Count > 0)
{
gvTemp.DataSource = dataSetInSession.Tables["Days" + intTabIndex];
gvTemp.DataBind();
}
else
{
gvTemp.DataSource = dataSetInSession.Tables["Days"];
gvTemp.DataBind();
}
temp.Controls.Add(gvTemp);
}
Any suggestion??
EDIT(1):
protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
AddDataTable();
}
dataSetInSession = new DataSet();
if (Session["dataSetInSession"] != null)
{
dataSetInSession = (DataSet)Session["dataSetInSession"];
}
if (Session["dynamicTabIDs"] != null)
{
//if dynamicTabIDs are in session, recreating the Tabs
//that are associated with the Tab IDs
//and adding them to the TabContainer that will contain
//all of the dynamic tabs.
//retrieving the tab IDs from session:
dynamicTabIDs = (List<string>)Session["dynamicTabIDs"];
if (TabContainerContent.ActiveTabIndex == -1)
{
TabContainerContent.ActiveTabIndex = Convert.ToInt16(Session["intTabIndex"]);
}
CreateDataSkeletton(Convert.ToInt16(Session["intTabIndex"]));
//looping through each TabID in session
//and recreating the TabPanel that is associated with that tabID
foreach (string tabID in dynamicTabIDs)
{
//creating a new TabPanel that is associated with the TabID
AjaxControlToolkit.TabPanel tab = new AjaxControlToolkit.TabPanel();
//TabContainerContent.ActiveTabIndex = tab;
//Setting the ID property of the TabPanel
tab.ID = tabID;
//setting the TabPanel's HeaderText
tab.HeaderText = "Days " + (TabContainerContent.Tabs.Count + 1).ToString();
//creating a Label to add to the TabPanel...at this point you'll have to
//create whatever controls are required for the tab...
Label tabContent = new Label();
//Giving the Label an ID
tabContent.ID = "lbl_tab_" + TabContainerContent.Tabs.Count.ToString();
//Setting the Label's text
tabContent.Text = "Tab " + (TabContainerContent.Tabs.Count + 1).ToString();
//Adding the Label to the TabPanel
tab.Controls.Add(tabContent);
//Adding the TabPanel to the TabContainer that contains the dynamic tabs
TabContainerContent.Tabs.Add(tab);
}
}
else
{ //Creating a new list of dynamicTabIDs because one doesn't exist yet in session.
dynamicTabIDs = new List<string>();
}
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}

Read Page Life Cycle
And you will get, that if you want to bind in code-behind, you should do it in Init Event, other wise there are no events will fire.

It seems to be Page.IsPostback problem.Need to add Page.IsPostback property in your page_load like
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
// Put your code inside that.
}
}
Actually your control is getting new value but when you click for updation then it calls old value from page_load.So try to put Page.IsPostback into your page_load event,Just like i mentioned.
I hope it helps.