Provides data for the Command event.
(in System.Web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
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Public Class CommandEventArgs _
Inherits EventArgs
Dim instance As CommandEventArgs
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public class CommandEventArgs : EventArgs
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public ref class CommandEventArgs : public EventArgs
public class CommandEventArgs extends EventArgs
The Command event is raised when a Button or ImageButton control is clicked.
The CommandEventArgs object contains data about the Command event that can be accessed in the event handler. Using the properties available in the CommandEventArgs class, you can determine the name of the command to perform, such as Sort, in addition to an optional argument that supplements the command, such as Ascending.
For a list of initial property values for an instance of CommandEventArgs, see the CommandEventArgs constructor.
For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.
The following example demonstrates how to access the properties in CommandEventArgs to determine the command to perform. This example specifies the event handler declaratively, using the OnClick property of the Button control.
<%@ 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 >
<head runat="server">
<title>Button CommandName Example</title>
<script runat="server">
Sub CommandBtn_Click(sender As Object, e As CommandEventArgs)
Select e.CommandName
Case "Sort"
' Call the method to sort the list.
Sort_List(CType(e.CommandArgument, String))
Case "Submit"
' Display a message for the Submit button being clicked.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Submit button"
' Test whether the command argument is an empty string ("").
If CType(e.CommandArgument , String) = "" Then
' End the message.
Message.Text &= "."
Else
' Display an error message for the command argument.
Message.Text &= ", however the command argument is not recogized."
End If
Case Else
' The command name is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command name not recogized."
End Select
End Sub
Sub Sort_List(commandArgument As String)
Select commandArgument
Case "Ascending"
' Insert code to sort the list in ascending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Sort Ascending button."
Case "Descending"
' Insert code to sort the list in descending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Sort Descending button."
Case Else
' The command argument is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command argument not recogized."
End Select
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>Button CommandName Example</h3>
Click on one of the command buttons.
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button1"
Text="Sort Ascending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Ascending"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button2"
Text="Sort Descending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Descending"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button3"
Text="Submit"
CommandName="Submit"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button4"
Text="Unknown Command Name"
CommandName="UnknownName"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button5"
Text="Submit Unknown Command Argument"
CommandName="Submit"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Label id="Message" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html >
<head runat="server">
<title>Button CommandName Example</title>
<script runat="server">
void CommandBtn_Click(Object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
{
switch(e.CommandName)
{
case "Sort":
// Call the method to sort the list.
Sort_List((String)e.CommandArgument);
break;
case "Submit":
// Display a message for the Submit button being clicked.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Submit button";
// Test whether the command argument is an empty string ("").
if((String)e.CommandArgument == "")
{
// End the message.
Message.Text += ".";
}
else
{
// Display an error message for the command argument.
Message.Text += ", however the command argument is not recogized.";
}
break;
default:
// The command name is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command name not recogized.";
break;
}
}
void Sort_List(string commandArgument)
{
switch(commandArgument)
{
case "Ascending":
// Insert code to sort the list in ascending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Sort Ascending button.";
break;
case "Descending":
// Insert code to sort the list in descending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the Sort Descending button.";
break;
default:
// The command argument is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command argument not recogized.";
break;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>Button CommandName Example</h3>
Click on one of the command buttons.
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button1"
Text="Sort Ascending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Ascending"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button2"
Text="Sort Descending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Descending"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button3"
Text="Submit"
CommandName="Submit"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button4"
Text="Unknown Command Name"
CommandName="UnknownName"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button5"
Text="Submit Unknown Command Argument"
CommandName="Submit"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
OnCommand="CommandBtn_Click"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Label id="Message" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
The following code example demonstrates how to specify the event handler and programmatically add it to the event in the Page_Load method.
<%@ 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 >
<head runat="server">
<title>Button CommandName Example</title>
<script runat="server">
Sub CommandBtn_Click(sender As Object, e As CommandEventArgs)
Select e.CommandName
Case "Sort"
' Call the method to sort the list.
Sort_List(CType(e.CommandArgument, String))
Case "Submit"
' Display a message for the Submit button being clicked.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Submit</b> button"
' Test whether the Command Argument is an empty string ("").
If CType(e.CommandArgument , String) = "" Then
' End the message.
Message.Text &= "."
Else
' Display an error message for the command argument.
Message.Text &= ", but the command argument is not recogized."
End If
Case Else
' The command name is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command name not recogized."
End Select
End Sub
Sub Sort_List(commandArgument As String)
Select commandArgument
Case "Ascending"
' Insert code to sort the list in ascending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Sort Ascending</b> button."
Case "Descending"
' Insert code to sort the list in descending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Sort Descending</b> button."
Case Else
' The command argument is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command argument not recogized."
End Select
End Sub
Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
' Manually register the event-handling method for the Command
' event of the Button controls.
AddHandler Button1.Command, AddressOf CommandBtn_Click
AddHandler Button2.Command, AddressOf CommandBtn_Click
AddHandler Button3.Command, AddressOf CommandBtn_Click
AddHandler Button4.Command, AddressOf CommandBtn_Click
AddHandler Button5.Command, AddressOf CommandBtn_Click
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>Button CommandName Example</h3>
Click one of the command buttons.
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button1"
Text="Sort Ascending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Ascending"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button2"
Text="Sort Descending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Descending"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button3"
Text="Submit"
CommandName="Submit"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button4"
Text="Unknown Command Name"
CommandName="UnknownName"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button5"
Text="Submit Unknown Command Argument"
CommandName="Submit"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Label id="Message" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html >
<head runat="server">
<title>Button CommandName Example</title>
<script runat="server">
void CommandBtn_Click(Object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
{
switch(e.CommandName)
{
case "Sort":
// Call the method to sort the list.
Sort_List((String)e.CommandArgument);
break;
case "Submit":
// Display a message for the Submit button being clicked.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Submit</b> button";
// Test whether the Command Argument is an empty string ("").
if((String)e.CommandArgument == "")
{
// End the message.
Message.Text += ".";
}
else
{
// Display an error message for the command argument.
Message.Text += ", but the command argument is not recogized.";
}
break;
default:
// The command name is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command name not recogized.";
break;
}
}
void Sort_List(string commandArgument)
{
switch(commandArgument)
{
case "Ascending":
// Insert code to sort the list in ascending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Sort Ascending</b> button.";
break;
case "Descending":
// Insert code to sort the list in descending order here.
Message.Text = "You clicked the <b>Sort Descending</b> button.";
break;
default:
// The command argument is not recognized. Display an error message.
Message.Text = "Command argument not recogized.";
break;
}
}
void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Manually register the event-handling method for the Command
// event of the Button controls.
Button1.Command += new CommandEventHandler(this.CommandBtn_Click);
Button2.Command += new CommandEventHandler(this.CommandBtn_Click);
Button3.Command += new CommandEventHandler(this.CommandBtn_Click);
Button4.Command += new CommandEventHandler(this.CommandBtn_Click);
Button5.Command += new CommandEventHandler(this.CommandBtn_Click);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>Button CommandName Example</h3>
Click one of the command buttons.
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button1"
Text="Sort Ascending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Ascending"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button2"
Text="Sort Descending"
CommandName="Sort"
CommandArgument="Descending"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Button id="Button3"
Text="Submit"
CommandName="Submit"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button4"
Text="Unknown Command Name"
CommandName="UnknownName"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
runat="server"/>
<asp:Button id="Button5"
Text="Submit Unknown Command Argument"
CommandName="Submit"
CommandArgument="UnknownArgument"
runat="server"/>
<br /><br />
<asp:Label id="Message" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
System..::.Object
System..::.EventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.CommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.MobileControls..::.ListCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.MobileControls..::.ObjectListCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.DataGridCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.DataListCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.DataPagerCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.DataPagerFieldCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.DetailsViewCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.FormViewCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.GridViewCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.ListViewCommandEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.MenuEventArgs
System.Web.UI.WebControls..::.RepeaterCommandEventArgs
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