DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Class (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Class

Provides data for the ItemUpdating event.

Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
  System.EventArgs
    System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs
      System.Web.UI.WebControls.DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Class DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs _
	Inherits CancelEventArgs
C#
public class DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs : CancelEventArgs
Visual C++
public ref class DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs : public CancelEventArgs
F#
type DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs =  
    class
        inherit CancelEventArgs
    end

The DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  Name Description
Public method DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Initializes a new instance of the DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs class.
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Properties
  Name Description
Public property Cancel Gets or sets a value indicating whether the event should be canceled. (Inherited from CancelEventArgs.)
Public property CommandArgument Gets the command argument for the update operation passed to the DetailsView control.
Public property Keys Gets a dictionary that contains the key field name/value pairs for the record to update.
Public property NewValues Gets a dictionary that contains the new field name/value pairs for the record to update.
Public property OldValues Gets a dictionary that contains the original field name/value pairs for the record to update.
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Methods
  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Remarks

The DetailsView control raises the ItemUpdating event when an Update button (a button with its CommandName property set to "Update") within the control is clicked, but before the DetailsView control updates the record. This allows you to provide an event handler that performs a custom routine, such as HTML-encoding the values of a record before updating it in the data source, whenever this event occurs.

A DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs object is passed to the event handler, which allows you to determine the value of an optional command argument sent to the DetailsView control and to indicate whether the update operation should be canceled. To determine the value of the command argument, use the CommandArgument property. To cancel the update operation, set the Cancel property to true. You can also read or modify the new values entered by the user by using the Keys and NewValues properties. The Keys property contains the key fields, while the NewValues property contains the non-key fields. If you need to access the original non-key field values, use the OldValues property.

For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of the DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs class, see the DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs constructor.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs object passed to the event handler for the ItemUpdating event to validate the values entered by the user.

Visual Basic


<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub CustomerDetailsView_ItemUpdating(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs)

    ' Validate the field values entered by the user. This
    ' example determines whether the user left any fields
    ' empty. Use the NewValues property to access the new 
    ' values entered by the user.
    Dim emptyFieldList As ArrayList = _
      ValidateFields(CType(e.NewValues, IOrderedDictionary))

    If emptyFieldList.Count > 0 Then

      ' The user left some fields empty. Display an error message.

      ' Use the Keys property to retrieve the key field value.
      Dim keyValue As String = e.Keys("CustomerID").ToString()

      MessageLabel.Text = _
        "You must enter a value for all fields of record " & _
        keyValue & ".<br/>The following fields are missing:<br/><br/>"

      ' Display the missing fields.
      Dim value As String
      For Each value In emptyFieldList

        ' Use the OldValues property access the original value
        ' of a field.
        MessageLabel.Text &= value & " - Original Value = " & _
          e.OldValues(value).ToString() & "<br />"

      Next

      ' Cancel the update operation.
      e.Cancel = True

    Else

      ' The field values passed validation. Clear the
      ' error message label.
      MessageLabel.Text = ""

    End If

  End Sub

    Function ValidateFields(ByVal list As IOrderedDictionary) _
      As ArrayList

        ' Create an ArrayList object to store the
        ' names of any empty fields.
        Dim emptyFieldList As New ArrayList()

        ' Iterate though the field values entered by
        ' the user and check for an empty field. Empty
        ' fields contain a null value.
        Dim entry As DictionaryEntry

        For Each entry In list

            If entry.Value Is Nothing Then

                ' Add the field name to the ArrayList object.
                emptyFieldList.Add(entry.Key.ToString())

            End If
        Next

        Return emptyFieldList

    End Function

  Sub CustomerDetailsView_ModeChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DetailsViewModeEventArgs)

    If e.CancelingEdit Then

      ' The user canceled the update operation.
      ' Clear the error message label.
      MessageLabel.Text = ""

    End If

  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Example</h3>

        <asp:detailsview id="CustomerDetailsView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          autogeneraterows="true"
          autogenerateeditbutton="true"  
          allowpaging="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID" 
          onitemupdating="CustomerDetailsView_ItemUpdating"
          onmodechanging="CustomerDetailsView_ModeChanging" 
          runat="server">

          <pagersettings position="Bottom"/> 

        </asp:detailsview>

        <br/>

        <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
          forecolor="Red"
          runat="server"/>

        <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
        <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
        <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
        <!-- from the web.config file.                            -->
        <asp:sqldatasource id="DetailsViewSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], 
          [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          updatecommand="Update [Customers] Set 
          [CompanyName]=@CompanyName, [Address]=@Address, 
          [City]=@City, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, 
          [Country]=@Country 
          Where [CustomerID]=@CustomerID"
          connectionstring=
          "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>

      </form>
  </body>
</html>
C#


<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    void CustomerDetailsView_ItemUpdating(Object sender, 
      DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs e)
    {

        // Validate the field values entered by the user. This
        // example determines whether the user left any fields
        // empty. Use the NewValues property to access the new 
        // values entered by the user.
        ArrayList emptyFieldList = 
          ValidateFields((IOrderedDictionary)e.NewValues);

        if (emptyFieldList.Count > 0)
        {

            // The user left some fields empty. 
            // Display an error message.

            // Use the Keys property to retrieve the key field value.
            String keyValue = e.Keys["CustomerID"].ToString();

            MessageLabel.Text = 
              "You must enter a value for all fields of record " +
              keyValue + ".<br/>The following fields are missing:<br/><br/>";

            // Display the missing fields.
            foreach (String value in emptyFieldList)
            {
                // Use the OldValues property access the original
                // value of a field.
                MessageLabel.Text += value + " - Original Value = " +
                  e.OldValues[value].ToString() + "<br />";
            }

            // Cancel the update operation.
            e.Cancel = true;

        }
        else
        {
            // The field values passed validation. Clear the
            // error message label.
            MessageLabel.Text = "";
        }

    }

    ArrayList ValidateFields(IOrderedDictionary list)
    {

        // Create an ArrayList object to store the
        // names of any empty fields.
        ArrayList emptyFieldList = new ArrayList();

        // Iterate though the field values entered by
        // the user and check for an empty field. Empty
        // fields contain a null value.
        foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in list)
        {
            if (entry.Value == null)
            {
                // Add the field name to the ArrayList object.
                emptyFieldList.Add(entry.Key.ToString());
            }
        }

        return emptyFieldList;
    }

    void CustomerDetailsView_ModeChanging(Object sender, 
      DetailsViewModeEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CancelingEdit)
        {
            // The user canceled the update operation.
            // Clear the error message label.
            MessageLabel.Text = "";
        }
    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DetailsViewUpdateEventArgs Example</h3>

        <asp:detailsview id="CustomerDetailsView"
          datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
          autogeneraterows="true"
          autogenerateeditbutton="true"  
          allowpaging="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID" 
          onitemupdating="CustomerDetailsView_ItemUpdating"
          onmodechanging="CustomerDetailsView_ModeChanging" 
          runat="server">

          <pagersettings position="Bottom"/> 

        </asp:detailsview>

        <br/>

        <asp:label id="MessageLabel"
          forecolor="Red"
          runat="server"/>

        <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
        <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
        <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
        <!-- from the web.config file.                            -->
        <asp:sqldatasource id="DetailsViewSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], 
            [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          updatecommand="Update [Customers] Set 
          [CompanyName]=@CompanyName, [Address]=@Address, 
          [City]=@City, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, 
          [Country]=@Country 
          Where [CustomerID]=@CustomerID"
          connectionstring=
          "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>

      </form>
  </body>
</html>
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also

Reference

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace
DetailsView
DetailsViewUpdateEventHandler
CancelEventArgs
ItemUpdating
Cancel
CommandArgument
Keys
NewValues
OldValues
OnItemUpdating