I’m using a Wizard in my ASP.NET page, where in the first step the user chooses from a DropDownList, how many sets of controls will appear in the next wizard step (from 1-5).
For example, in the 2nd step of the wizard there are 3 textboxes. If they choose 2 on the previous screen, there will be 6 as there will be 2 sets of these.
I need to be able to store the contents of all these textboxes in a database (simple part I think, there’s 5 columns and all can be null.
The easy way of doing this I think is just creating all of the possible controls (5 sets), and hiding them based on what they choose in the previous screen. Is there a more efficient/easier way?
Thanks
It really depends on your definition of efficient/easier.
A more standard approach would be to use a repeater control to display the correct number of controls based on previous input. However if you have not used a repeater control before there will be a degree of learning involved in displaying your output and retrieving user input during the postback.