Question

<asp:CheckBox ID="isSubscribed" runat="server" /> Subscribe to mailing list?<br /><br />
<asp:Button runat="server" CssClass="btn" ID="btnPrefUpdate" OnClick="updatePrefs" Text="Update" /><br /><br />

This fires in the code behind:

protected void updatePrefs(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Write(isSubscribed.Checked);
    Response.End();
}

But it’s always coming out as true! Whether it is checked or not! I know I’m doing it wrong, could someone show me how to access this value properly?

Answer 1

like @Curt said, it looks to me like you have something in your page_load. if you set the value in Page_Load make sure it is inside the following if statement

if(!Page.isPostBack)
{
    isSubscribed.Checked = true; 
}