I have built some dropdown lists which are bound to linq datasources. When I select a row on my gridview, a query is executed, then the dropdown list selections should be set according to the data from the query. RegionListBox is working fine when I do this, but when I try to use the .FindByName to set the .Selected attribute of the other three list boxes, it appears they have not been populated yet in the order of operations. When I comment out the three “.FindByName” lines in the code below, the code runs with no issue, but of course the dropdown values are not selected. When I execute the code with my 3 findbyname lines in place, it errors on the first one with a Object reference not set to an instance of an object. – setting a watch on the items collection of the list, shows empty
the question is: why is the dropdownlist item collection empty when the regionlistbox item selection is already populated? When/where should I set the selected so that the dropdownlist item collection will be populated?
protected void ItemGridView_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "Page")
return;
if (e.CommandName == "EditItem")
{
string[] commandArgs = e.CommandArgument.ToString().Split(new char[] { ',' });
ItemGridView.SelectedIndex = -1;
ItemGridView.SelectedIndex = int.Parse(commandArgs[1]);
ServiceListBox.ClearSelection();
RegionListBox.ClearSelection();
editPanel.Visible = true;
//query your database and store the result set in a DataTable
DasLinqClassesDataContext db = new DasLinqClassesDataContext();
var ItemRowSelected = db.GetItemForUserById(Session["CSPAttuid"].ToString(), int.Parse(commandArgs[0])).FirstOrDefault();
if (ItemRowSelected != null)
{
if (ItemRowSelected.region != null)
{
string[] RegionIds;
RegionIds = ItemRowSelected.region.Split(',');
foreach (string element in RegionIds)
{
RegionListBox.Items.FindByValue(element.ToString()).Selected = true;
}
}
fieldTitle.Text = ItemRowSelected.title;
fieldNewOverview.Text = ItemRowSelected.overview;
lblPreviewTitle.Text = ItemRowSelected.title;
lblPreviewAudience.Text = ItemRowSelected.audience;
lblPreviewRegion.Text = ItemRowSelected.region_name;
lblPreviewService.Text = ItemRowSelected.service;
lblPreviewOverview.Text = ItemRowSelected.overview;
lblPreviewDocument.Text = ItemRowSelected.doc;
lblPreviewAuthor.Text = ItemRowSelected.author_name;
//urgent checkbox / image
if (ItemRowSelected.urgent == true)
{
urgentEditImage.Visible = true;
checkUrgent.Checked = true;
urgentViewImage.Visible = true;
}
else
{
urgentEditImage.Visible = false;
checkUrgent.Checked = false;
urgentViewImage.Visible = false;
}
//audio hyperlink/image
if (ItemRowSelected.audio != null)
{
audioEditImage.Visible = true;
audioViewImage.Visible = true;
fieldAudio.Text = ItemRowSelected.audio.ToString();
}
else
{
audioEditImage.Visible = false;
audioViewImage.Visible = false;
fieldAudio.Text = "";
}
//document
if (ItemRowSelected.doc != null)
{
fieldDocument.Text = ItemRowSelected.doc;
fieldDocLink.Text = ItemRowSelected.link;
}
//service
if(ItemRowSelected.service != null)
{
ServiceListBox.Items.FindByText(ItemRowSelected.service.ToString()).Selected = true;
}
//audience
if (ItemRowSelected.audience != null)
{
ServiceListBox.Items.FindByText(ItemRowSelected.audience.ToString()).Selected = true;
}
//author
if (ItemRowSelected.author != null)
{
ServiceListBox.Items.FindByText(ItemRowSelected.author.ToString()).Selected = true;
}
}
hiddenId.Value = ItemRowSelected.id.ToString();
}
}
Here is some of the pages code for the dropdown lists:
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<td width=707 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:530.25pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<b>
<asp:DropDownList ID="ServiceListBox" runat="server"
DataSourceID="LinqDsService" DataTextField="name" DataValueField="id">
</asp:DropDownList><asp:ImageButton ID="AddNewServiceToDropdown" runat="server"
CausesValidation="False" ImageUrl="~/images/addButton.png" />
<asp:ModalPopupExtender ID="ModalPopAddNewServiceToDropdown" runat="server"
BackgroundCssClass="modalBackground" CancelControlID="btnCancelService"
DynamicServicePath="" Enabled="True" PopupControlID="panAddService"
TargetControlID="AddNewServiceToDropdown">
</asp:ModalPopupExtender>
</span>
</b>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=top
style='border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#FF6600;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: inherit; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: inherit; border-bottom-width: medium;'
class="style2">
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-family:"ClearviewATT","sans-serif"'>
<o:p> </o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=193 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:144.55pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'>Overview:<o:p>
</o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=707 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:530.25pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal
style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; height: 52px; width: 602px;'>
<asp:TextBox ID="fieldNewOverview" TextMode="MultiLine" runat="server"
Width="600px"></asp:TextBox>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=top
style='border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#FF6600;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: inherit; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: inherit; border-bottom-width: medium;'
class="style2">
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-family:"ClearviewATT","sans-serif"'>
<o:p> </o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=193 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:144.55pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'>WIIFM (What’s In It For Me):<o:p>
</o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=707 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:530.25pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Width="600px"></asp:TextBox>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<!--- document number --->
<tr>
<td valign=top
style='border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#FF6600;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: inherit; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: inherit; border-bottom-width: medium;'
class="style2">
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-family:"ClearviewATT","sans-serif"'>
<o:p> </o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=193 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:144.55pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'>Document Number:<o:p>
</o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=707 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:530.25pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<table>
<tr>
<td><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'><asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Document Name"></asp:Label></span></td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="fieldDocument" runat="server" Width="212px"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'><asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Hyperlink"></asp:Label></span></td>
<td><asp:TextBox ID="fieldDocLink" runat="server" Width="485px"></asp:TextBox></td></tr></table>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<!--- author --->
<tr>
<td valign=top
style='border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#FF6600;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: inherit; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: inherit; border-bottom-width: medium;'
class="style2">
<p class=MsoNormal>
</p>
</td>
<td width=193 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:144.55pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ClearviewATT LT","sans-serif"'>Author:<o:p>
</o:p>
</span>
</p>
</td>
<td width=707 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:530.25pt;border:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal>
<asp:DropDownList ID="AuthorListBox" runat="server" DataSourceID="LinqDsAuthor"
DataTextField="name" DataValueField="id">
</asp:DropDownList> etc.....
and here is some of the page code for the linq datasources:
<!---begin linqdatasources--->
<asp:LinqDataSource ID="Region" runat="server"
ContextTypeName="das.DasLinqClassesDataContext" EntityTypeName=""
Select="new (id, name)" TableName="ref_regions" Where="active == @active">
<WhereParameters>
<asp:Parameter DefaultValue="true" Name="active" Type="Boolean" />
</WhereParameters>
</asp:LinqDataSource>
<asp:LinqDataSource ID="LinqDsService" runat="server"
ContextTypeName="das.DasLinqClassesDataContext" EntityTypeName=""
Select="new (id, name, active)" TableName="ref_services"
Where="active == @active">
<WhereParameters>
<asp:Parameter DefaultValue="true" Name="active" Type="Boolean" />
</WhereParameters>
</asp:LinqDataSource>
<asp:LinqDataSource ID="LinqDsAudience" runat="server"
ContextTypeName="das.DasLinqClassesDataContext" EntityTypeName=""
Select="new (id, name, type)" TableName="ref_audiences"
Where="active == @active">
<WhereParameters>
<asp:Parameter DefaultValue="true" Name="active" Type="Boolean" />
</WhereParameters>
</asp:LinqDataSource>
<br />
<asp:LinqDataSource ID="LinqDsAuthor" runat="server"
ContextTypeName="das.DasLinqClassesDataContext" EntityTypeName=""
Select="new (id, name)" TableName="ref_authors" Where="active == @active">
<WhereParameters>
<asp:Parameter DefaultValue="true" Name="active" Type="Boolean" />
</WhereParameters>
</asp:LinqDataSource>
<!---end linqdatasources--->
use:
instead of
not sure why, but it works fine now with this new code above