Question

I have a cleEditor on my page which needs rows=”” cols=”” and asp.net does not like this when I do runat=”Server”

To get around this I was trying to use FindControl, but I cannot seem to grab the value this way.

Here is my code:

protected void os_submit_Click ( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
    Control cleEditor = FindControl( "editor2" );
    MailMessage mm = new MailMessage( "[e-mail]", "[e-mail]" );
    mm.Subject = "Online Signup Checklist";
    mm.Body = cleEditor.value; // Trying to grab the value of the textarea
    mm.IsBodyHtml = true;
    SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
    smtp.Host = "127.0.0.1";
    smtp.Port = 25;
    smtp.Send( mm );
}

I have a TextArea that has the id of editor2. Behind the scense jquery turns this into a rich text editor. I need asp.net to be able to grab the value/text of this textarea.

Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Don’t put runat="server" on the TextArea and do this:

protected void os_submit_Click ( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
    MailMessage mm = new MailMessage( "[e-mail]", "[e-mail]" );
    mm.Subject = "Online Signup Checklist";
    mm.Body = Request.Form["editor2"]; // Trying to grab the value of the textarea
    mm.IsBodyHtml = true;
    SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
    smtp.Host = "127.0.0.1";
    smtp.Port = 25;
    smtp.Send( mm );
}