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DataKeyArray.CopyTo(DataKey[], Int32) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Copies all the items from this collection to the specified array of DataKey objects, starting at the specified index in the array.

public:
 void CopyTo(cli::array <System::Web::UI::WebControls::DataKey ^> ^ array, int index);
public void CopyTo (System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataKey[] array, int index);
member this.CopyTo : System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataKey[] * int -> unit
Public Sub CopyTo (array As DataKey(), index As Integer)

Parameters

array
DataKey[]

A zero-based array of DataKey objects that receives the copied items from the collection.

index
Int32

The first index in the specified array to receive the copied contents.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the CopyTo method to copy the DataKey objects from a DataKeyArray collection to an array of DataKey objects.


<%@ 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 CustomerGridView_DataBound(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {           
    // Use the indexer to retrieve the DataKey object for the 
    // first record.
    DataKey key = CustomerGridView.DataKeys[0];

    // Display the value of the primary key for the first
    // record displayed in the GridView control.
    MessageLabel.Text = "The primary key of the first record displayed is " +
      key.Value.ToString() + ".";
  }

  void CopyArray_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      DataKeyArray theKeys = CustomerGridView.DataKeys;
      DataKey[] myNewArray = new DataKey[theKeys.Count];
      theKeys.CopyTo(myNewArray, 0);
      Label2.Visible = true;

      // Display first page key values from the new array.
      for (int i = 0; i < myNewArray.Length; i++)
      {
          Label2.Text += "<br />" + myNewArray[i].Value;
      }

  }

</script>

<html  >

  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>DataKeyArray Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>DataKeyArray Example</h3>

        <asp:gridview id="CustomerGridView"
          datasourceid="CustomerDataSource"
          autogeneratecolumns="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"  
          allowpaging="true"
          ondatabound="CustomerGridView_DataBound" 
          runat="server">

        </asp:gridview>

        <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="CustomerDataSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>" 
          runat="server"/>

        <asp:Button ID="CopyArray" 
            runat="server" 
            Text="Copy DataKeyArray to Array" 
            OnClick="CopyArray_Click" />

        <br />

        <asp:label id="Label2"
          runat="server"
          Visible="false"  
          Text="First page of Copied Array Key Values" />


      </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ 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 CustomerGridView_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles CustomerGridView.DataBound
          
    ' Use the indexer to retrieve the DataKey object for the 
    ' first record.
    Dim key As DataKey = CustomerGridView.DataKeys(0)

    ' Display the value of the primary key for the first
    ' record displayed in the GridView control.
    MessageLabel.Text = "The primary key of the first record displayed is " & _
      key.Value.ToString() & "."
  
    End Sub
    
    Sub CopyArray_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim theKeys As DataKeyArray = CustomerGridView.DataKeys
        Dim myNewArray(theKeys.Count - 1) As DataKey
        theKeys.CopyTo(myNewArray, 0)
        Label2.Visible = True

        ' Display first page key values from the new array.  
        For i As Integer = 0 To myNewArray.Length - 1
            Label2.Text &= "<br />" & myNewArray(i).Value
        Next i

    End Sub
  
</script>

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

  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>DataKeyArray Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>DataKeyArray Example</h3>
                       
        <asp:gridview id="CustomerGridView"
          datasourceid="CustomerDataSource"
          autogeneratecolumns="true"
          datakeynames="CustomerID"  
          allowpaging="true"
          runat="server">
            
        </asp:gridview>
        
        <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="CustomerDataSource"
          selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
          connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
          runat="server"/>

        <asp:Button ID="CopyArray" 
            runat="server" 
            Text="Copy DataKeyArray to Array" 
            OnClick="CopyArray_Click" />

        <br />

        <asp:label id="Label2"
          runat="server"
          Visible="false"  
          Text="First page of Copied Array Key Values" />
            
      </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the CopyTo method to copy the items from the collection into the specified array, starting at the specified index. The array can then be used to access the items in the collection.

Note

You must use a zero-based array for the array parameter.

Applies to

See also