how to fetch values of repeater control in the ItemDataBound event
i wrote the following asp code
<asp:Repeater ID="repeaterItems" runat="server" OnItemDataBound="rptData_ItemDataBound" >
<itemtemplate>
<tr>
<td style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:small"><asp:Label id="content" runat="server"> <%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "cont")%></asp:Label></td>
</tr>
<tr><td style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:small"><asp:Label id="url" runat="server"><a style="color:Green" href="<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "url")%>" target="_blank"><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "url")%></a></asp:Label></td></tr>
<tr><td><asp:LinkButton runat="server" ID="glossary" >Glossary</asp:LinkButton></td></tr>
<tr><td><asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="id1"/><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "id")%></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr>
</itemtemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
and the ItemDataBound event in vb.net
Protected Sub rptData_ItemDataBound(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As RepeaterItemEventArgs)
Dim content As String = ""
Dim url As String = ""
Dim lbl1 As Label = TryCast(e.Item.FindControl("content"), Label)
Dim lbl2 As Label = TryCast(e.Item.FindControl("url"), Label)
content = lbl1.Text
url = lbl2.Text
Dim btn As LinkButton = CType(e.Item.FindControl("glossary"), LinkButton)
btn.PostBackUrl = "glossary.aspx?cont=" + content + "&url=" + url
end sub
but i get empty value in content and url…
please help
Best Answer
First of all in markup use Text property of label, do not put databinder.Eval in
In item databound event first find out control in which template.
follow this example :
Markup:
Source Code :
C#:
VB.Net: