Question

I have a form that has an array of dynamically created labels of varying size based on a search from a database. The problem I’m having is that when the user searches for a different term, it looks like some of the labels don’t get new values. Here’s my code for adding the labels:

If rdr.HasRows Then
        ReDim Preserve entities(cnt)
        While rdr.Read()
            entities(cnt) = New Label()
            If getNodeType(txtSearch.Text) = "command" Then
                entities(cnt).Text = rdr("name").ToString
            Else
                entities(cnt).Text = rdr("command").ToString
            End If
            entities(cnt).ID = "entity" & cnt
            Panel1.Controls.Add(entities(cnt))
            place_label(entities(cnt), cnt)
            cnt += 1
            ReDim Preserve entities(cnt)
        End While
    End If

I’ve tried for loop over the controls in panel1 to dispose of any still on there in both the page_load and page_init subs, but neither had an effect. I don’t know if it might have something to do with controls having the same IDs after the postback.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Got it. When I created the dynamic labels, I needed to disable the viewState for the labels.

locLabel.EnableViewState = False