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Why doesn't data load on page_load?

I have a button whose text (a counter on datatable) should be changed when I click Update or Add button.
But it doesn't. It only does when I refresh the page only, why ?
Button are within UpdatePanel.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataTable dt = ShowLastHearingDates();
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
{
btnShowLasthearingDates.Text = dt.Rows.Count.ToString();
}
update:
protected void btnupdate_click(object sender, Eventargs e)
{
if (MngCaseHearings.UpdateCaseANDHearingDetails(CaseNo, CaseTitle))
{
btnUpdate.Visible = false;
btnAddCaseAndHearingDetails.Visible = true;
}
}

Problem is that the page load event happens before your update occurs. You can put the code in the page prerender event which will be hit after the page load and control event

try to put UpdateMode to "always"
or put all related control in the samne panal
or put AsyncPostBackTrigger
this urls my help
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386454.aspx
http://code.runnable.com/UhmIdrdIZy9aAATR/how-to-use-updatepanel-in-asp-net

Windows Forms - get Text value from object of type button

I have a Windows form named Form1 and panel within this form named panel1. I use the panel only to place buttons there so that I can group them and work with them separately from the other buttons in my Form1. For the purpose of my program I need to handle every button click made from the buttons inside panel1. For this purpose I use the same code snippet:
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
// Set a click event handler for the button in the panel
foreach (var button in panel1.Controls.OfType<Button>())
{
button.Click += HandleClick;
}
}
What I need to do is to have a way to identify which button exactly has been clicked. For this purpose I played a little bit with my handler method:
private void HandleClick(object o, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("HI" + o.ToString());
}
which gave me some hope because I get this:
It's the second part - Text: button4 which is actually enough information to continue with my work. But I can't find a way to get this piece of information without some complicated string manipulations. So is there a way to get this or other unique information about the button been clicked given the way I have written my code?

private void HandleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var btn = sender as Button;
if (btn != null)
{
MessageBox.Show(btn.Text);
}
}

One option is to cast the object to a Button, but rather than doing the casting you can change how the event handler is assigned so that you don't need to cast in the first place:
foreach (var button in panel1.Controls.OfType<Button>())
{
button.Click += (_,args)=> HandleClick(button, args);
}
Then just change the signature of HandleClick to:
private void HandleClick(Button button, EventArgs e);

You need to cast sender to the Button class so you can access its properties:
Button b = (Button)sender;
MessageBox.Show(b.Text);

button action not firing

I have a web form which dynamically loads controls upon selection in combobox(devexpress). I have the following code on main form
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
}
if (Session["_active_control"] != null)//persist control on postbacks
{
Control cntrl = Session["_active_control"] as Control;
pnl_main.Controls.Clear();
pnl_main.Controls.Add(cntrl);
}
}
protected void cmb_control_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Control cntrl= Page.LoadControl("~/" + cmb_control.SelectedItem.Value);
pnl_main.Controls.Clear();
pnl_main.Controls.Add(cntrl);
Session["_active_control"] = cntrl;
}
also I have a user control having three Textboxes and a button having code
protected void btn_save_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
lbl.Text = ASPxTextBox1.Text + "<br>" + ASPxTextBox2.Text + "<br>" + ASPxTextBox3.Text;
}
My problem is that the save button of user control is not firing if i load it dynamically (I have checked using breakpoints and also the code shown above. however it runs smoothly if I use it statically.(i.e. by dragging in design mode)

You are right that you have to persist the control across postbacks.
However the Page Load event is too late to add back your controls. Do this on the Init event of your page and you should be good. To receive a postback event, the control should be present when ProcessPostData(called before PreLoad) is called.
Also for textboxes you will want to receive the values entered by the user. This too happens on ProcessPostData, if you add you control after that, you will not receive the values entered by the user.
Refer: ASP.NET Page Life Cycle

hey i found the solution
instead on creating the controls in combobox_selectedindexchanged i put my control creation code on Pageload based in combobox.selectedindex i.e.
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
if (cmb_control.SelectedItem != null)
{
Control cntrl = Page.LoadControl("~/" + cmb_control.SelectedItem.Value);
cntrl.ID = "_new_ctrl" + cmb_control.SelectedItem.Value;
pnl_main.Controls.Clear();
pnl_main.Controls.Add(cntrl);
}
}
see Button click event not firing within use control in ASP .Net

C# / asp.net global Variables?

I have two buttons with on click functions
The 1st one gets assigned a variable when Clicked.
How do I get my second button to get the variable from the 1st button when I click button 2?
It doesn't seem to work. As the second button doesn't recognise the Variable.
Thanks
EDIT:
Just to clarify My code is generating a pdf. button 1 selects the url of the template to use. and in button 2 (the one generating the pdf) I want it to get the variable set from button 1 so it knows what template to use.
EDIT 2:
My code does work but only when I'm not using the ajax update panel. it seems that the variable I'm trying to set doesn't get set with AJAX

Your Button have Id, you get this button with his Id
Nota : You can add runat="server" in order to visualize in server side
<asp:Button id="Button1"
Text="Click "
OnClick="Btn1_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button2"
Text="Click "
OnClick="Btn2_Click"
runat="server"/>
void Btn2_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button1.Text = "test after click on button 2";
Template = ...;//Set your value
}
void Btn1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Button2.Text = "test after click on button 1";
//Here you can get your value after post.
var result = Template;
}
It's not subject but in delegate you can also get objet button by passing on sender argument.
var button = sender as Button; //You get button who raise event
In order to manage Template Path property.
public string Template
{
get
{
if(ViewState["Template"] != null)
{
return (string)ViewState["Template"];
}
}
set{ViewState["Template"] = value;}
}

i guess you are looking at accessing value of a variable inside the click event of button2 for which the value is set in the button1 click event ?
private string myPrivateString = "";
void Page_Load()//Not sure of correct method signature
{
if(Page.IsPostBack)
{
myPrivateString = Session["myPrivateString"];
}
}
void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//There will a postback before this gets executed
myPrivateString = "Value Set From Button 1";
Session["myPrivateString"] = myPrivateString;
}
void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//There will a postback before this gets executed
//Accessing myPrivateString here without setting value from session
//will return empty string as after PostBack its a new page thats rendered.
myPrivateString = Session["myPrivateString"]; // Or do it in the Page_Load event
}
I guess now you can get the value of inside the button2 click event.
Also read about ASP.NET Page lifecycle and how client side events like button clicks are handled by the ASP.NET framework.

Handling an event on a dynamically-added Button after postback

Basically, I have an update panel in which i have a link button, when user clicks on the link button all the contents are cleared and textbox shows up in which user enters something and when user hit enter key, the update panel should be refreshed or gets updated or repopulated with all the contents .
How can I do it ???
The way I am trying to do this is that when event handler of link button is fired, I created a hidden button dynamically and assign it a new event handler which will get fired when user hits enter key.This new dynamic button is created inside link button event handler. In this new button event handler I will repopulate the contents back.
The problem with my way is the event handler of dynamically created button is not fired.
Why ???
Please try to answer in c#.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
My code #
protected void Submit_Click1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label1.Text = TextBox1.Text + TextBox2.Text + " are sucessfully registered";
Button mento = new Button();
mento.cssclass = "invisible";
mento.Click += new EventHandler(mento_click);
// here this new mento button is attached to update panel
updatepanel1.ContentTemplateContainer.Controls.add(mento);
}
Now the problem is mento_click event handler does not get fired ???

You can catch the enter key, in the textbox?
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//add event keydown
textBox1.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(textBox1_KeyDown);
}
void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.KeyCode )
{
case Keys.Enter:
//YOur updatecode here:
MessageBox.Show("You press enter");
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}

You have to attach the event on page_init or page_load every time theres a request, or the event wont get hooked up to the control.
you can check out this link to understand why:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178472.aspx
Example
if you want to hook it up on the submit you should do something like:
page_init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CreateControls();
}
private void CreateControls()
{
//Create button with event and add to the panel
}
clickEvent(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
updatePanel.Update();
}
That should fire correctly the event. Im sorry i just wrote this on the fly and didnt test it, but i hope it gives you de general idea.
Cheers.

To all of you strugling with postback from buttons in asp.net, I would like to mention an alternative and ancient method of dealing with button-click events.
1) name your dynamically created buttons using a Prefix (like for instance this one: btn_). That way, every button you create will have a name starting with this prefix. For example the first button you create will have the name btn_0. You can achieve this by a routine like this one:
For _counter As Integer = 0 To 3
Dim butt As New Button
' the next 1 line is convenient when programming for the .net 4.0 framework:
butt.ClientIDMode = UI.ClientIDMode.Static
butt.butt.ID = "btn_" & _counter
butt.Text = "someting"
page.controls.add(butt)
next
2) ... and then, to handle it all, you can do it like this in the on_load event of your asp.net page:
If IsPostBack Then
For Each key As String In Request.Form
If InStr(Trim(key), "btn_") > 0 Then
Response.Write(Request.Form(key))
End If
Next
End If