Question

I want to be able for a user to click on a button and then it runs a function and then shows the results in the data list.

i know i can get data and bind it through my tables

Sub BindCommsDataList(ByVal dlComms As DataList, ByVal sAddrno As String, ByVal sNameNo As String)
    Dim mySelectQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM table"
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(Session("localConn"))
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection)
    myConnection.Open()
    Dim myDataAdapter = New MySqlDataAdapter(myCommand)
    Dim myDataSet As New DataSet
    myDataAdapter.Fill(myDataSet, "comms")
    dlComms.DataSource = myDataSet
    dlComms.DataKeyField = "seq"
    dlComms.DataBind()
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub

But how do i run a function which binds data manually

EDIT:

The data revived back will be in text format. So ideally i just want to do..

RtnDealerName.Text = xoGetWebPage.RtnDealerName

but it says i dont have access to RtnDealerName

Answer 1

I don’t think there’s any way to add items directly to the DataList control, but you can use the results to build a datasource control, like a DataTable for example:

DataTable table = new DataTable();
table.Columns.Add("Col1", typeof(string));
table.Columns.Add("Col2", typeof(string));

TableRow row = table.NewRow();
row.SetField<string>("Col1", "Foo");
row.SetField<string>("Col2", "Bar");
table.Rows.Add(row);

DataList1.DataSource = table;
DataList1.DataBind();

Here’s some simple markup for the DataList control:

<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <%#Eval("Col1")%>: <%#Eval("Col2")%>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>