LinkButton.Command Event (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

.NET Framework Class Library

LinkButton..::.Command Event

Occurs when the LinkButton control is clicked.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Event Command As CommandEventHandler

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As LinkButton
Dim handler As CommandEventHandler

AddHandler instance.Command, handler

public event CommandEventHandler Command

Visual C++

public:
virtual  event CommandEventHandler^ Command {
    void add (CommandEventHandler^ value);
    void remove (CommandEventHandler^ value);
}

JScript

JScript does not support events.

ASP.NET

<asp:LinkButton OnCommand="CommandEventHandler" />

Implements

IButtonControl..::.Command

Remarks

The Command event is raised when the LinkButton control is clicked. This event is commonly used when a command name, such as Sort, is associated with the LinkButton control. This allows you to create multiple LinkButton controls on a Web page and programmatically determine which LinkButton control is clicked.

Note:
The Command event is raised through the control hierarchy in the form of the BubbleEvent.

For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the Click event to display a message when the LinkButton control is clicked.

Visual Basic

<%@ 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>
    <title>LinkButton Command Event Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

      Sub LinkButton_Command(sender As Object, e As CommandEventArgs) 
         Label1.Text = "You chose: " & e.CommandName & " Item " & _
            e.CommandArgument
      End Sub

   </script>

</head>
<body>

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

      <h3>LinkButton Command Event Example</h3>

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton1" 
           Text="Order Item 10001"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10001" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton2" 
           Text="Order Item 10002"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10002" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           Runat="server"/>

      <br />
      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1" 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>
    <title>LinkButton Command Event Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

      void LinkButton_Command(Object sender, CommandEventArgs e) 
      {
         Label1.Text = "You chose: " + e.CommandName + " Item " + e.CommandArgument;
      }

   </script>

</head>
<body>

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

      <h3>LinkButton Command Event Example</h3>

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton1" 
           Text="Order Item 10001"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10001" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton2" 
           Text="Order Item 10002"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10002" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           Runat="server"/>

      <br />
      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

JScript

<%@ Page Language="JScript" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head>
    <title>LinkButton Command Event Example</title>
<script language="JSCRIPT" runat="server">

      function LinkButton_Command(sender : Object, e : CommandEventArgs){
         Label1.Text = "You chose: " + e.CommandName + " Item " + e.CommandArgument
      }

   </script>

</head>
<body>

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

      <h3>LinkButton Command Event Example</h3>

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton1" 
           Text="Order Item 10001"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10001" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton2" 
           Text="Order Item 10002"
           CommandName="Order" 
           CommandArgument="10002" 
           OnCommand="LinkButton_Command" 
           Runat="server"/>

      <br />
      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

Reference

LinkButton Class

LinkButton Members

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

OnCommand

CommandEventHandler

Other Resources

Button Web Server Controls Overview