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how to get value of all selected checkbox?

Oct 24th, 2005

Hello there,

I am using ASP.NET with C# and facing below problem. I am not able to get values of selected checkboxes which are generated dynamically.
Pls have a look at the image attached with the message...

Waiting for your reply....

Thanks,
Paresh

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Re: how to get value of all selected checkbox?

Nov 9th, 2005

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Originally Posted by frmsasp

Hello there,

I am using ASP.NET with C# and facing below problem. I am not able to get values of selected checkboxes which are generated dynamically.
Pls have a look at the image attached with the message...

Waiting for your reply....

Thanks,
Paresh

Hi Paresh,

I dont know how you are adding the dynamic controls at the runtime. But while you are create the new Checkbox Object to add to the form, append the same object to a static collection object like Hash Table.

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protected static Hashtable mRoleCheckBoxList=new Hashtable();
mRoleCheckBoxList.Add(RoleName, NewCheckBox);

Here mRoleCheckBoxList is a global static object of a HashTable.

now when ever you did a postback to the page u can get the values using following.

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IDictionaryEnumerator RoleCheckBoxEnumerator = mRoleCheckBoxList.GetEnumerator();
while ( RoleCheckBoxEnumerator.MoveNext() )
{
HtmlInputCheckBox RoleCheckBox=(HtmlInputCheckBox)
RoleCheckBoxEnumerator.Value;
string BoxRoleName=(string)RoleCheckBox.Value;
if(RoleName.Equals(BoxRoleName))
{
RoleCheckBox.Checked=true;
break;
}
}

Thanks,
Kedar

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Re: how to get value of all selected checkbox?

May 5th, 2008

I have the same problem. Can you tell me exactly how to use the above code snippet

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Re: how to get value of all selected checkbox?

May 6th, 2008

The method you are using is depreciated and you should create your controls dynamically using the built in methods.

E.g.

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HtmlInputCheckBox cb = new HtmlInputCheckBox();
cb.id = "someid";
cb.value = "your value";

/* Panel1 being a panel or some sort of placeholder on the page */
panel1.Controls.Add(cb);

When creating dynamic controls to access there variables on post back you need to re-initialise them.

Essentially recreating them (it sounds stupid)

Here is an example for you.

I see your using C# and im afraid that this is in VB.net from an old project. But its not very difficult to convert.

Just Create a new Website add this as a page and run it. (Again make sure its vb.net)

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<%@ Page Language="VB" Strict="true" %>

<script runat="server">
    
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim enuView As IEnumerator = ViewState.Keys.GetEnumerator
        While enuView.MoveNext
            Dim strKey As String = enuView.Current.ToString
            If strKey.StartsWith("txt~", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
                createTextBox(strKey, True)
            ElseIf strKey.StartsWith("ddl~", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
                createDropDownList(strKey, True)
            End If
        End While
    End Sub

    Protected Sub btnAddTextBox_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim strId As String = "txt~" & Format(Now, "HHmmss")
        createTextBox(strId, False)
    End Sub
    
    Protected Sub btnAddDropDownList_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim strId As String = "ddl~" & Format(Now, "HHmmss")
        createDropDownList(strId, False)
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub createTextBox(ByVal strId As String, ByVal isReturning As Boolean)
        Dim txtBox As New TextBox
        
        txtBox.ID = strId ' Set ID before if returning
        plcDynamicContent.Controls.Add(txtBox) ' Add to page before changing values else they are not held in viewstate
        
        If Not isReturning Then ' Only set defaults if is new textbox
            With txtBox
                .Text = "Added at " & Format(Now, "HH:mm:ss")
            End With
        End If
        
        ViewState(strId) = strId ' Store the ID of the control in viewstate
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub createDropDownList(ByVal strId As String, ByVal isReturning As Boolean)
        Dim ddlList As New DropDownList
        
        ddlList.ID = strId
        plcDynamicContent.Controls.Add(ddlList) ' Add to page before changing values else they are not held in viewstate
        
        If Not isReturning Then ' Only set defaults if is new textbox
            With ddlList
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now.AddHours(-1), "HH:mm:ss"), "1")) ' Add some items
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now, "HH:mm:ss"), "2"))
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now.AddHours(1), "HH:mm:ss"), "3"))
                .SelectedValue = "2" ' set the selected value
            End With
        End If
        
        ViewState(strId) = strId ' Store the ID of the control in viewstate
    End Sub
    
</script>

<!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 id="Head1" runat="server">
    
        <title>Dynamic Controls</title>
        
    </head>

    <body>
    
        <form id="formDynamic" runat="server">
        
            <asp:scriptmanager id="scriptmanager" runat="server"></asp:scriptmanager>
        
            <asp:panel id="holder" runat="server">
            
                <table align="center" width="700">
                
                    <tr>
                        <td class="header" colspan="2"><h1><a href="../Default.aspx">ASP.net Testing</a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Dynamic Controls</h1></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="2">
                            <p>Date: 22/04/2008</p>
                            <p>Example showing the correct way of creating dynamic controls at runtime and maintaining their viewstate between postbacks.</p>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td><p>Select From the Following:</p></td>
                        <td><asp:button id="btnAddTextBox" runat="server" cssclass="input" text="Add Text Box" onclick="btnAddTextBox_Click" />&nbsp;<asp:button id="btnAddDropDownList" runat="server" cssclass="input" text="Add Dropdown List" onclick="btnAddDropDownList_Click" /></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="2">
                            <div style="overflow:scroll;">
                                <asp:placeholder id="plcDynamicContent" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
                            </div>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                
                </table>
                
            </asp:panel>
            
        </form>

    </body>
    
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" Strict="true" %>

<script runat="server">
    
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim enuView As IEnumerator = ViewState.Keys.GetEnumerator
        While enuView.MoveNext
            Dim strKey As String = enuView.Current.ToString
            If strKey.StartsWith("txt~", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
                createTextBox(strKey, True)
            ElseIf strKey.StartsWith("ddl~", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
                createDropDownList(strKey, True)
            End If
        End While
    End Sub

    Protected Sub btnAddTextBox_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim strId As String = "txt~" & Format(Now, "HHmmss")
        createTextBox(strId, False)
    End Sub
    
    Protected Sub btnAddDropDownList_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim strId As String = "ddl~" & Format(Now, "HHmmss")
        createDropDownList(strId, False)
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub createTextBox(ByVal strId As String, ByVal isReturning As Boolean)
        Dim txtBox As New TextBox
        
        txtBox.ID = strId ' Set ID before if returning
        plcDynamicContent.Controls.Add(txtBox) ' Add to page before changing values else they are not held in viewstate
        
        If Not isReturning Then ' Only set defaults if is new textbox
            With txtBox
                .Text = "Added at " & Format(Now, "HH:mm:ss")
            End With
        End If
        
        ViewState(strId) = strId ' Store the ID of the control in viewstate
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub createDropDownList(ByVal strId As String, ByVal isReturning As Boolean)
        Dim ddlList As New DropDownList
        
        ddlList.ID = strId
        plcDynamicContent.Controls.Add(ddlList) ' Add to page before changing values else they are not held in viewstate
        
        If Not isReturning Then ' Only set defaults if is new textbox
            With ddlList
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now.AddHours(-1), "HH:mm:ss"), "1")) ' Add some items
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now, "HH:mm:ss"), "2"))
                .Items.Add(New ListItem("Added at " & Format(Now.AddHours(1), "HH:mm:ss"), "3"))
                .SelectedValue = "2" ' set the selected value
            End With
        End If
        
        ViewState(strId) = strId ' Store the ID of the control in viewstate
    End Sub
    
</script>

<!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 id="Head1" runat="server">
    
        <title>Dynamic Controls</title>
        
    </head>

    <body>
    
        <form id="formDynamic" runat="server">
        
            <asp:scriptmanager id="scriptmanager" runat="server"></asp:scriptmanager>
        
            <asp:panel id="holder" runat="server">
            
                <table align="center" width="700">
                
                    <tr>
                        <td class="header" colspan="2"><h1><a href="../Default.aspx">ASP.net Testing</a>&nbsp;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Dynamic Controls</h1></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="2">
                            <p>Date: 22/04/2008</p>
                            <p>Example showing the correct way of creating dynamic controls at runtime and maintaining their viewstate between postbacks.</p>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td><p>Select From the Following:</p></td>
                        <td><asp:button id="btnAddTextBox" runat="server" cssclass="input" text="Add Text Box" onclick="btnAddTextBox_Click" />&nbsp;<asp:button id="btnAddDropDownList" runat="server" cssclass="input" text="Add Dropdown List" onclick="btnAddDropDownList_Click" /></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="2">
                            <div style="overflow:scroll;">
                                <asp:placeholder id="plcDynamicContent" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
                            </div>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                
                </table>
                
            </asp:panel>
            
        </form>

    </body>
    
</html>

I understand this will take time to implement as this is completely different from the way yours is currently generating them. But this is the reccomended approach.

P.S.
If you are stuck with having to create your controls through a label then why simply precede all checkbox controls name="" attributtes with something you can pickup on when looping e.g. "Dynamic~[CONTROLNAME]".

I.e.

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