Question

In my usercontrol, I have a repeater that contains some data from the DB. Here’s the Item Template

<ItemTemplate>
            <tr>
                <td class="tblCell">
                    <a href="Document.aspx?docId=<%# Eval("DOCID") %>" target="_blank">
                        <%# Eval("FILENAME") %></a>
                </td>
                <td class="tblCell">
                <asp:Label ID="_empty" runat="server" />
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="_lnkDelete" runat="server" OnCommand="LinkDelete_Click" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("DOCID") %>' Text="Delete" OnClientClick="return confirm('Delete this Document?')" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>

The Repeater shows a list of files, and each filename has it’s own delete button. The delete button however, doesn’t call the OnCommand event when clicked. It just posts back.

protected void LinkDelete_Click(object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
{
    MyObject _myObj = new MyObject(Convert.ToInt64(e.CommandArgument));
    _myObj.Deleted = "Y";
    _myObj.Update();
    DeleteFile(_myObj.Filename);
    GetFileInfo();
}

Is there some problem with using a LinkButton in this way within a user control? If so, is there some workaround? Or is the problem obvious, and I’m just not seeing it?

Thanks

Answer 1

You have forgotten to define the CommandName. In your situation delete would be appropriate.

EDIT: You should catch it in the Repeater’s OnItemCommand.