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Repeater.ItemCommand Event

.NET Framework 4

Occurs when a button is clicked in the Repeater control.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Event ItemCommand As RepeaterCommandEventHandler

ASP.NET

<asp:Repeater OnItemCommand="RepeaterCommandEventHandler" />

Remarks

This event is raised when a button in the Repeater control is clicked.

This event causes a round-trip from the client to occur.

For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the ItemCommand event of the Repeater control. Information about the button is displayed when a Button control within the Repeater control is clicked.


<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>Repeater Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

    Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

        If Not IsPostBack Then
            Dim values As New ArrayList()

            values.Add(New PositionData("Microsoft", "Msft"))
            values.Add(New PositionData("Intel", "Intc"))
            values.Add(New PositionData("Dell", "Dell"))

            Repeater1.DataSource = values
            Repeater1.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub R1_ItemCommand(Sender As Object, e As RepeaterCommandEventArgs)
        Label2.Text = "The " & CType(e.CommandSource, Button).Text & _
            " button has just been clicked; <br />"
    End Sub

    Public Class PositionData

        Private myName As String
        Private myTicker As String        

        Public Sub New(newName As String, newTicker As String)
            Me.myName = newName
            Me.myTicker = newTicker
        End Sub        

        Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
            Get
                Return myName
            End Get
        End Property

        Public ReadOnly Property Ticker() As String
            Get
                Return myTicker
            End Get
        End Property
    End Class

    </script>

 </head>
 <body>

    <h3>Repeater Example</h3>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

       <b>Repeater1:</b>

       <br />

       <asp:Repeater id="Repeater1" OnItemCommand="R1_ItemCommand" runat="server">
          <HeaderTemplate>
             <table border="1">
                <tr>
                   <td><b>Company</b></td>
                   <td><b>Symbol</b></td>
                </tr>
          </HeaderTemplate>

          <ItemTemplate>
             <tr>
                <td> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %> </td>
                <td> <ASP:Button Text=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Ticker") %> runat="server" /></td>
             </tr>
          </ItemTemplate>

          <FooterTemplate>
             </table>
          </FooterTemplate>

       </asp:Repeater>
       <br />

       <asp:Label id="Label2" font-names="Verdana" ForeColor="Green" font-size="10pt" runat="server"/>
    </form>
 </body>
 </html>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Repeater Class

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

OnItemCommand

RepeaterCommandEventArgs

RepeaterCommandEventHandler

Other Resources

Repeater Web Server Control Overview

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