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adding option to drop down list

I have a drop down list with multiple values. I have a list item named "Other". When selecting other I want to generate a text box with required field validator. I have written like this:
Markup:
<asp:DropDownList ID="dl_test_name" runat="server"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="SelectedIndexChanged"
Height="22px" Width="103px">
<asp:ListItem>Science</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Maths</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Other</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:TextBox ID="tb_other" runat="server" Width="94px" Visible="False">
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator7" runat="server"
ControlToValidate="tb_other" ErrorMessage="*">
</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
Code-behind:
protected void SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DropDownList dropDownList = (DropDownList)sender;
if (dropDownList.SelectedValue == "Other")
{
tb_other.Enabled = true;
tb_other.Text = string.Empty;
tb_other.Visible = true;
}
else
{
tb_other.Enabled = false;
tb_other.Text = dropDownList.SelectedValue;
}
}
but when selecting on any list item ,control doesn't go to SelectectedIndexChanged event. Only after reloading the page does it work.
What is the problem?

To make your DropDownList post back to the server you need to use the AutoPostback property, like this:
<asp:DropDownList ID="dl_test_name" runat="server"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="SelectedIndexChanged"
Height="22px" Width="103px" AutoPostBack="true">

Arathy, make AutopostBack property of dropdown to true in aspx

RadComboBox pre selection

First of all what I want to do is to pre select a value in my RadComboBox ,and if this value is not selected something else is selected then change the visibility to of some specific fields hidden.
My problem is that I'm able to make my pre select but somehow I can not change the status of my visibility for my specific fields when this pre selected value has changed.
What I have tired is to do it with a standard event OnSelectedIndexChanged but some how this is not triggering why so ever.. I have also added AutoPostBack=true as well as ViewStateMode=Enabled"
First my field's
Here comes my preslect as well here I would like to trigger the visibility change
<div class="formRowDiv">
<asp:Label ID="Activitylbl" runat="server" Text="Activity" CssClass="formLabel" />
<telerik:RadComboBox ID="rcbActivity" CssClass="rowForm" ViewStateMode="Enabled" runat="server" Width="260px" EmptyMessage="- Activity -"
DataTextField="ActivityId" DataValueField="ActivityId" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="rcbActivity_SelectedIndexChanged">
</telerik:RadComboBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" Display="Dynamic" ControlToValidate="rcbActivity"
ErrorMessage="Can not be empty" CssClass="rowFormValidation" />
</div>
What I want to hide:
<div class="formRowDiv">
<asp:Label ID="ActivityDescription" runat="server" Text="ActivityDescription" CssClass="formLabel" Visible="false"/>
<telerik:RadTextBox runat="server" ID="rtbActivityDescription" Wrap="true" Height="50" TextMode="MultiLine" AutoPostBack="true" CssClass="rowForm" ReadOnly="true" Visible="false" />
</div>
How I do my pre selection :
In my databind method that is called in my Page_Load
I firrst loop and then do a pre select
foreach (Activity item in ctx.Activity.OrderBy(l =>l.Code))
{
rcbActivity.Items.Add(new RadComboBoxItem(item.FullActivity, item.ActivityId.ToString()));
if (rcbActivity.Items.FindItemByValue("4") != null)
{
rcbActivity.SelectedIndex = rcbActivity.Items.IndexOf(rcbActivity.Items.FindItemByValue("4"));
ActivityDescription.Visible = true;
rtbActivityDescription.Visible = true;
rtbActivityDescription.ReadOnly = false;
}
}
Here is how I would hide my Fields
protected void rcbActivity_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e)
{
ActivityDescription.Visible = true;
rtbActivityDescription.Visible = true;
rtbActivityDescription.ReadOnly = false;
}

In case your controls are in an update panel then try removing it if the update panel is not so important and see if the changes u make to the controls in the server side are getting affected properly

asp.net c# validation

I am trying to create a simple form that uses radio buttons. I set the radio button to AutoPostBack = True, this way if the radio button is true/false, a subpanel is Shown or Hidden. The radio buttons are required fields. I also have a hidden textbox that the value of the selected radio button is inserted and this textbox is what I validate against (empty or not).
Problem 1:
This works until you go to submit and the validation fails. The validation messages show, then when you click on one of the radio buttons with AutoPostBack = True, all the validation disappear. I can resolve this by adding Page.Validate() to the method that runs when the radio button is clicked. But, I do not want the Page.Validate() to run unless the page was already showing validation errors (so it will not re-validate unless the form was already submitted and failed the validation).
As it stands, before the form is submitted and fails validation: when you click on any radio button question, all the other questions requiring validation show the validation error. I am only looking to overcome the AutoPostBack which is clearing all the validation messages that are shown when you had click submit.
Problem 2:
I would like to be able to change the color of the question if it does not pass validation. I added the javascript to override the default .net settings. I got this to work, but only when you click the submit button and not after a RadioButton AutoPostBack.
Currently, When you click submit all the required questions turn red and also display the required validation message. But if you click a radio button to start fixing the validation errors, on the AutoPostBack, the all the questions that were now red in color changes back to the orignal black and the required validation message is still shown. How can I call the Javascript to run again along with the Page.Validation() in the code behind method?
Any help would be greatly appricated! Thanks
Below is an example of the code so far.
ASPX Code:
<asp:Table ID="Table1" runat="server" CellSpacing="0" CellPadding="0">
<asp:TableRow>
<asp:TableCell CssClass="question">
<label>4. Have you had an abnormal result from a prenatal test (e.g. amniocentesis, blood test, ultrasound)?</label>
</asp:TableCell>
<asp:TableCell CssClass="answer">
<ul class="selectGroup">
<li>
<asp:RadioButton ID="Q4_true" runat="server" Checked='<%# Bind("Q4_yes") %>' Text="Yes"
GroupName="4" OnCheckedChanged='RB_QuestionSubPane_YN' AutoPostBack="true" /></li>
<li>
<asp:RadioButton ID="Q4_false" runat="server" Checked='<%# Bind("Q4_no") %>' Text="No"
GroupName="4" OnCheckedChanged='RB_QuestionSubPane_YN' AutoPostBack="true" />
</li>
<asp:TextBox ID="Q4_validationBox" runat="server" CssClass="hiddenField" Enabled="false"
Text=''></asp:TextBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" EnableViewState="true" ControlToValidate="Q4_validationBox"
Display="Dynamic" runat="server" ErrorMessage="RequiredFieldValidator"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</ul>
</asp:TableCell>
</asp:TableRow>
</asp:Table>
Code Behind
protected void RB_QuestionSubPane_YN(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RadioButton radio_Selected = (RadioButton)sender;
string radio_QuestionID = Convert.ToString(radio_Selected.ID);
(((TextBox)FormView1.FindControl(strQuestionID + "_validationBox")).Text) = radio_Selected.ID.ToString();
Page.Validate();
}
JavaScript
ValidatorUpdateDisplay = function (val) {
var ctl = $('#' + val.controltovalidate);
var eCount = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < Page_Validators.length; i++) {
var v = Page_Validators[i];
if (v.controltovalidate == val.controltovalidate) {
if (!v.isvalid) {
eCount++;
ctl.addClass('validationError');
$('td.question:eq(' + i + ')').addClass('red');
}
};
}
if (eCount > 0) {
ctl.addClass('validationError');
} else {
ctl.removeClass('validationError');
$('td.question:eq(' + i + ')').removeClass('red');
}
if (typeof (val.display) == "string") {
if (val.display == "None") {
return;
}
if (val.display == "Dynamic") {
val.style.display = val.isvalid ? "none" : "inline";
return;
}
}
if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") > -1) &&
(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") > -1)) {
val.style.display = "inline";
}
val.style.visibility = val.isvalid ? "hidden" : "visible";
}

It sounds like what you really need is custom validation. That way you can fully customize your validation to meet your needs.
Here is a simple example:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" >
function CustomValidator1_ClientValidate(source,args)
{
//put your javascript logic here
}
//-->
</script>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton1" runat="server" GroupName="direction" Text="left" />
<asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton2" runat="server" GroupName="direction" Text="right" />
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" onclick="Button1_Click" />
<asp:CustomValidator id="CustomValidator1" runat="server" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="please choose" ClientValidationFunction="CustomValidator1_ClientValidate" OnServerValidate="CustomValidator1_ServerValidate"></asp:CustomValidator>
</div>
</form>
</body>
Server Side
protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
{
args.IsValid = RadioButton1.Checked || RadioButton2.Checked;
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Page.IsValid)
{
//validate is successful.
}
}

Accesing a CheckBox that's inside a Repeater

In my repeater's ItemTemplate I've a CheckBox and a disabled TextBox, I need to implement this idea: TextBox only gets enabled if the the CheckBox is checked .. so I set the CheckBox AutoPostBack to true and I tried to put this code in ItemDataBound. but I can't find my control which is weird because I use the same code but in loop "MyRptr.Item[i].FindControl...." and it works! .. I don't want to loop through all the Items, I just wish If I can know the Item number or location in which the CheckBox was created. and I've also tried to create an event handles for the CheckBox's CheckedChanged event but I can't find the CheckBox either!
protected void MyRptr_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
CheckBox ChkBx = e.Item.FindControl("IsSelected_ChkBx") as CheckBox;
if (ChkBx.Checked == true)
{
TextBox TxtBx = e.Item.FindControl("Value_TxtBx") as TextBox;
TxtBx.Enabled = true;
}
}
<asp:Repeater ID="MyRptr" runat="server"
onitemdatabound="MyRptr_ItemDataBound">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="IsSelected_ChkBx" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Item") %>' AutoPostBack="True" OnCheckedChanged="IsSelected_ChkBx_CheckedChanged" />
<asp:TextBox ID="Value_TxtBx" runat="server" Enabled="false"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:HiddenField ID="ID_HdnFld" runat="server" Value='<%# Eval("ID") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
<SeparatorTemplate>
<br></br>
</SeparatorTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
So basically I need a clean and simple way to implement my logic and If I could get an explanation for what's happening it would be great, so any ideas =) ?

You can find your textbox as follow, but I think its better use the jQuery instead of server-side event
protected void IsSelected_ChkBx_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var ch = (CheckBox)sender;
var txt = ch.Parent.FindControl("Value_TxtBx") as TextBox;
}

Need help with making label of repeater visible and link button hidden in code behind

aspx page:-
<asp:Repeater ID="rptAdd" OnItemCommand="rptAdd_ItemCommand" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<td>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBill" Text="Make Default" runat="server" Visible="true" CommandName="DefaultBill"></asp:LinkButton>
<asp:Label ID="labelBill" Text="Yes" Visible="false" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</td>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
Code Behind:-
protected void rptAdd_ItemCommand(object source, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "DefaultBill")
{
Users objBill = new Users();
objBill.IsDefault = true;
e.Item.FindControl("labelBill").Visible=true;
e.Item.FindControl("lnkBill").Visible = false;
}
}
In code behind intellisense is not detecting "labelBill" and "lnkBill"..what could be wrong ?
Also need to know...that's how u access controls in a repeater ?? like using findControl() ...right ?
[EDIT]
Changed code as follows..still not working...
((Label)e.Item.FindControl("labelBill")).Visible=true;
((LinkButton)e.Item.FindControl("lnkBill")).Visible = false;
Why wont intellisense detect these two IDs??

The problem is that your controls are inside a repeater, the find control wont search recursively. Try this instead.
rptAdd.FindControl("labelBull").Visible = true;