Question

I need to write an ASP.Net form which will produce the following HTML:

<fieldset>   
<legend>Contact Details</legend>   
<ol>   
<li>   
<label for="name">Name:</label>   
<input id="name" name="name" class="text" type="text" />   
</li>   
<li>   
<label for="email">Email address:</label>   
<input id="email" name="email" class="text" type="text" />   
</li>   
<li>   
<label for="phone">Telephone:</label>   
<input id="phone" name="phone" class="text" type="text" />   
</li>   
</ol>   
</fieldset>  

However, the fields which are to be added to the form will be determined at runtime, so I need to create the fieldset at runtime and add an ordered list and listitems to it, with labels, textboxes, checkboxes etc as appropriate.

I can’t find standard ASP.Net objects which will create these tags.

For instance, I’d like to do something like the following in C#:

FieldSet myFieldSet = new FieldSet();
myFieldSet.Legend = “Contact Details”;
OrderedList myOrderedList = new OrderedList();

ListItem listItem1 = new ListItem();
ListItem listItem2 = new ListItem();
ListItem listItem3 = new ListItem();

// code here which would add labels and textboxes to the ListItems

myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem1);
myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem2);
myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem3);

myFieldSet.Controls.Add(myOrderedList);

Form1.Controls.Add(myFieldSet);

Are there any standard ASP.Net objects which can produce this, or is there some other way of achieving the same result?

Matt

Answer 1

You can try this:

Panel myFieldSet = new Panel();
myFieldSet.GroupingText= “Contact Details”;
HtmlGenericControl myOrderedList = new HtmlGenericControl("ol");

HtmlGenericControl listItem1 = new HtmlGenericControl ("li");
HtmlGenericControl listItem2 = new HtmlGenericControl ("li");
HtmlGenericControl listItem3 = new HtmlGenericControl ("li");

// code here which would add labels and textboxes to the ListItems

myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem1);
myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem2);
myOrderedList.Controls.Add(listItem3);

myFieldSet.Controls.Add(myOrderedList);

Form1.Controls.Add(myFieldSet);