I moved a Datalist Control on an aspx page on to a usercontrol and referenced it to the aspx page. In the process, I also moved the source code for the datalist( ItemDataBound and Display methods). I am using a “Datatable” as the source for the Datalist population. after I move the control in to a user control, it throws me a NullReference right when i try to assign the datatable as a source to the datalist.
public partial class Controls_ProductSpecifications : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//no code yet here...
}
public void DisplaySpecifications(SearchResultItem sri,bool IsMobilePage)
{
List<Category> breadcrumbCategories = sri.BreadcrumbCategories;
Category templateCat = breadcrumbCategories[breadcrumbCategories.Count - 1];
ParametricColumnSortOrder customDimSortOrder = null;
int rowPosition = 0; // manufacturer, product category, rohs
bool isUnclassified = false;
// -- get the sorted parametric list from database
if (templateCat.Id.ToString() != null)
customDimSortOrder = new ParametricColumnSortOrder(Convert.ToInt64(templateCat.Id), false, true);
//List<ParametricAttributeGroup> plist = sri.ParametricDimensions;
if (breadcrumbCategories[0].Name == "Unclassified")
{
////if (breadcrumbCategories.Count > 1)
////{
//// //---{ Create an unclassifed attribute group }
//// ParametricAttributeGroup pag = new ParametricAttributeGroup(breadcrumbCategories[0].Id, breadcrumbCategories[0].Name);
//// pag.ParametricAttributes.Add(new ParametricAttribute(breadcrumbCategories[1].Id, breadcrumbCategories[1].Name));
//// plist.Add(pag);
////}
}
var dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Dimension");
dt.Columns.Add("DimensionID");
dt.Columns.Add("Attribute");
dt.Columns.Add("AttributeID");
dt.Columns.Add("CheckBox");
dt.Columns.Add("CheckBoxState");
DataRow dr;
List<ParametricAttributeGroup> translatedAttGrp = sri.ParametricDimensions;
LanguageDataAccess.GetTranslatedAttributes(translatedAttGrp, Language.CurrentLanguageCulture);
foreach (ParametricAttributeGroup attributeGroup in translatedAttGrp)
{
ParametricAttribute attribute = attributeGroup.ParametricAttributes[0];
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Dimension"] = attributeGroup.Name;
dr["DimensionID"] = attributeGroup.Id;
dr["Attribute"] = attribute.Value;
dr["AttributeID"] = attribute.Id;
dr["CheckBox"] = "false";
string grpname = attributeGroup.Name;
// -- get the original name instead of the translated name for comparision --
if (attributeGroup is LocalizationParametricAttributeGroup)
{
grpname = ((LocalizationParametricAttributeGroup)attributeGroup).OriginalName;
}
if (grpname == "Manufacturer")
{
dr["Dimension"] = Resources.lblManufacturer;
dr["CheckBoxState"] = "0";
dt.Rows.InsertAt(dr, rowPosition);
rowPosition++;
}
else if (grpname == "Product Category")
{
// -- don't show product category if this product is under Unclassified --
isUnclassified = breadcrumbCategories.Any(cat => cat.Name == Resources.MyMouser.lblUnclassified);
if (!isUnclassified)
{
dr["Dimension"] = attributeGroup.Name;
dr["Attribute"] = templateCat.Name;
dr["AttributeID"] = templateCat.Id;
dr["CheckBoxState"] = "0";
dt.Rows.InsertAt(dr, rowPosition);
rowPosition++;
}
}
else if (grpname == "Unclassified")
{
dr["Dimension"] = Resources.lblUnclassified;
dr["CheckBoxState"] = "0";
dt.Rows.InsertAt(dr, rowPosition);
rowPosition++;
}
else if (grpname == "RoHS - Mouser")
{
dr["Dimension"] = Resources.MyMouser.litHeaderRoHS;
dr["Attribute"] = SearchHelper.CreateRoHSLabel(sri,sri.EnRoHSStatus, isUnclassified,IsMobilePage);
dt.Rows.InsertAt(dr, rowPosition);
rowPosition++;
}
else if (grpname == "Standard Pack Qty")
{
dr["Dimension"] = Resources.MyMouser.lblfactrPakcQty;
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
else
{
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
}
// -- sort the visiable fields --
if (customDimSortOrder != null)
{
for (int dimSortIndex = 0; dimSortIndex < customDimSortOrder.Count; dimSortIndex++)
{
foreach (DataRow oldRow in dt.Rows)
{
if (customDimSortOrder.AllKeys[dimSortIndex] == oldRow["DimensionID"].ToString())
{
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Dimension"] = oldRow["Dimension"];
dr["DimensionID"] = oldRow["DimensionID"];
dr["Attribute"] = oldRow["Attribute"];
dr["AttributeID"] = oldRow["AttributeID"];
dr["CheckBoxState"] = "0";
dt.Rows.Remove(oldRow);
dt.Rows.InsertAt(dr, rowPosition);
rowPosition++;
break;
}
}
}
}
//aliases information - shawn weng
if (sri.Aliases != "")
{
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Dimension"] = Resources.MyMouser.lblpartaliases;
dr["DimensionID"] = 0;
dr["Attribute"] = sri.Aliases;
dr["AttributeID"] = 0;
dr["CheckBox"] = "false";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
try
{
DataList dl1 = (DataList) this.FindControl("dlspec");
dl1.DataSource = dt;
dl1.DataBind();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw;
}
}
protected void dlspec_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
{
if ((e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
&& e.Item.DataItem != null)
{
// -- checkbox --
var ck = e.Item.FindControl("FindSimilarCheckbox") as CheckBox;
if (ck != null)
{
ck.ID = ck.Text;
ck.Text = "";
var lbldim = e.Item.FindControl("lblDimension") as Label;
if (lbldim != null)
{
if (lbldim.Text.Contains(Resources.MyMouser.lblManufacturer) || lbldim.Text.Contains(Resources.MyMouser.lblProductCategory))
{
ck.Checked = true;
}
if (lbldim.Text.Contains(Resources.MyMouser.lblfactrPakcQty))
{
string PackageQtylnk = "<a href=JAVASCRIPT:OpenFactoryQty();>" + Resources.MyMouser.lblfactrPakcQty + "</a>";
lbldim.Text = string.Format(PackageQtylnk);
lbldim.CssClass = "factorypackage";
}
}
}
}
}
}
here is the ascx page markup:
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="ProductSpecifications.ascx.cs" Inherits="MouserWeb.Controls.Controls_ProductSpecifications" %>
<asp:DataList ID="dlspec" runat="server" GridLines="Vertical" OnItemDataBound="dlspec_ItemDataBound">
<FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" />
<AlternatingItemStyle CssClass="alt-grey" />
<SelectedItemStyle BackColor="#000099" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Black" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<ItemTemplate>
<table width="550px">
<tr>
<td class="leftcol">
<asp:Label ID="lblDimension" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Dimension") %>'></asp:Label>:
</td>
<td class="ProductDetailData">
<asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Attribute") %>'></asp:Label>
</td>
<td class="find-similar">
<asp:CheckBox ID="FindSimilarCheckbox" runat="server" Checked='<%# Eval("CheckBox")=="true"? true:false %>'
Text='<%# Eval("AttributeID") %>' Visible='<%# Eval("CheckBoxState")=="0"? true:false %>' />
<%--<input name='<%# Eval("DimensionID") %>' id='<%# Eval("DimensionID") %>' type="checkbox" checked='<%# Eval("CheckBox")=="true"? true:false %>' />--%>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>
Does anything seem wrong?? Please let me know if i can provide more information(code) about this…Thanks in advance for your valuable help
I don’t see where you call
DisplaySpecifications(...)to DataBind theDataList?