DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Class

Definition

Provides data for the ItemCommand event.

public ref class DetailsViewCommandEventArgs : System::Web::UI::WebControls::CommandEventArgs
public class DetailsViewCommandEventArgs : System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventArgs
type DetailsViewCommandEventArgs = class
    inherit CommandEventArgs
Public Class DetailsViewCommandEventArgs
Inherits CommandEventArgs
Inheritance
DetailsViewCommandEventArgs

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DetailsViewCommandEventArgs object passed to the event handler for the ItemCommand event to determine the command name of the button clicked by the user. This example uses the single-file coding model.


<%@ 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 ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand(Object sender, 
      DetailsViewCommandEventArgs e)
  {

    // Use the CommandName property to determine which button
    // was clicked. 
    if (e.CommandName == "Add")
    {

      // Add the customer to the customer list. 

      // Get the row that contains the company name. In this
      // example, the company name is in the second row (index 1)  
      // of the DetailsView control.
      DetailsViewRow row = ItemDetailsView.Rows[1];

      // Get the company's name from the appropriate cell.
      // In this example, the company name is in the second cell  
      // (index 1) of the row.
      String name = row.Cells[1].Text;

      // Create a ListItem object with the company name.
      ListItem item = new ListItem(name);

      // Add the ListItem object to the ListBox control, if the 
      // item does not already exist.
      if (!CustomerListBox.Items.Contains(item))
      {
        CustomerListBox.Items.Add(item);
      }

    }

  }
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</h3>
  
      <asp:detailsview id="ItemDetailsView"
        datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        autogeneraterows="false" 
        onitemcommand="ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand"  
        runat="server">
        <fields>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CustomerID"
            headertext="Customer ID"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CompanyName"
            headertext="Company Name"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Address"
            headertext="Address"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="City"
            headertext="City"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="PostalCode"
            headertext="ZIP Code"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Country"
            headertext="Country"/>
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link"
            causesvalidation="false"
            text="Add to List"
            commandname="Add"/>
        </fields>
      </asp:detailsview>
      
      <br/><br/>
      
      Selected Customers:<br/>
      <asp:listbox id="CustomerListBox"
        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]"
        connectionstring=
            "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>  
  
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ page language="VB" autoeventwireup="false" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
  
  Sub ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As DetailsViewCommandEventArgs) _
    Handles ItemDetailsView.ItemCommand

    ' Use the CommandName property to determine which button
    ' was clicked. 
    If e.CommandName = "Add" Then

      ' Add the customer to the customer list. 

      ' Get the row that contains the company name. In this
      ' example, the company name is in the second row (index 1)  
      ' of the DetailsView control.
      Dim row As DetailsViewRow = ItemDetailsView.Rows(1)

      ' Get the company's name from the appropriate cell.
      ' In this example, the company name is in the second cell  
      ' (index 1) of the row.
      Dim name As String = row.Cells(1).Text

      ' Create a ListItem object with the company name.
      Dim item As New ListItem(name)

      ' Add the ListItem object to the ListBox control, if the 
      ' item does not already exist.
      If Not CustomerListBox.Items.Contains(item) Then

        CustomerListBox.Items.Add(item)
        
      End If

    End If

  End Sub
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</h3>
  
      <asp:detailsview id="ItemDetailsView"
        datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        autogeneraterows="false"  
        runat="server">
        <fields>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CustomerID"
            headertext="Customer ID"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CompanyName"
            headertext="Company Name"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Address"
            headertext="Address"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="City"
            headertext="City"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="PostalCode"
            headertext="ZIP Code"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Country"
            headertext="Country"/>
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link"
            causesvalidation="false"
            text="Add to List"
            commandname="Add"/>
        </fields>
      </asp:detailsview>
      
      <br/><br/>
      
      Selected Customers:<br/>
      <asp:listbox id="CustomerListBox"
        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]"
        connectionstring=
            "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>  
  
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

The following code example shows a code-behind coding model version of the previous example. For this example to work, you must copy the code below into the associated code-behind file.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!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 runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</h3>
  
      <asp:detailsview id="ItemDetailsView"
        datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        autogeneraterows="false" 
        onitemcommand="ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand"  
        runat="server">
        <fields>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CustomerID"
            headertext="Customer ID"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CompanyName"
            headertext="Company Name"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Address"
            headertext="Address"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="City"
            headertext="City"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="PostalCode"
            headertext="ZIP Code"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Country"
            headertext="Country"/>
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link"
            causesvalidation="false"
            text="Add to List"
            commandname="Add"/>
        </fields>
      </asp:detailsview>
      
      <br/><br/>
      
      Selected Customers:<br/>
      <asp:listbox id="CustomerListBox"
        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]"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>  
  
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="DefaultVB.aspx.vb" Inherits="DefaultVB" %>

<!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 runat="server">
    <title>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>DetailsViewCommandEventArgs Example</h3>
  
      <asp:detailsview id="ItemDetailsView"
        datasourceid="DetailsViewSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        autogeneraterows="false" 
        onitemcommand="ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand"  
        runat="server">
        <fields>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CustomerID"
            headertext="Customer ID"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="CompanyName"
            headertext="Company Name"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Address"
            headertext="Address"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="City"
            headertext="City"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="PostalCode"
            headertext="ZIP Code"/>
          <asp:boundfield datafield="Country"
            headertext="Country"/>
          <asp:buttonfield buttontype="Link"
            causesvalidation="false"
            text="Add to List"
            commandname="Add"/>
        </fields>
      </asp:detailsview>
      
      <br/><br/>
      
      Selected Customers:<br/>
      <asp:listbox id="CustomerListBox"
        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]"
        connectionstring=
          "<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>  
  
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

The following code example shows the code-behind file for the previous example.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    public void ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand(Object sender, DetailsViewCommandEventArgs e)
    {

        // Use the CommandName property to determine which button
        // was clicked. 
        if (e.CommandName == "Add")
        {

            // Add the customer to the customer list. 

            // Get the row that contains the company name. In this
            // example, the company name is in the second row (index 1)  
            // of the DetailsView control.
            DetailsViewRow row = ItemDetailsView.Rows[1];

            // Get the company's name from the appropriate cell.
            // In this example, the company name is in the second cell  
            // (index 1) of the row.
            String name = row.Cells[1].Text;

            // Create a ListItem object with the company name.
            ListItem item = new ListItem(name);

            // Add the ListItem object to the ListBox control, if the 
            // item does not already exist.
            if (!CustomerListBox.Items.Contains(item))
            {
                CustomerListBox.Items.Add(item);
            }
        }
    }
}
Partial Class DefaultVB
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Public Sub ItemDetailsView_ItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DetailsViewCommandEventArgs)
        ' Use the CommandName property to determine which button
        ' was clicked. 
        If e.CommandName = "Add" Then
        
            ' Add the customer to the customer list. 

            ' Get the row that contains the company name. In this
            ' example, the company name is in the second row (index 1)  
            ' of the DetailsView control.
            Dim row As DetailsViewRow = ItemDetailsView.Rows(1)

            ' Get the company's name from the appropriate cell.
            ' In this example, the company name is in the second cell  
            ' (index 1) of the row.
            Dim name As String = row.Cells(1).Text

            ' Create a ListItem object with the company name.
            Dim item As ListItem = New ListItem(name)

            ' Add the ListItem object to the ListBox control, if the 
            ' item does not already exist.
            If Not CustomerListBox.Items.Contains(item) Then
                CustomerListBox.Items.Add(item)
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

End Class

Remarks

The DetailsView control raises the ItemCommand event when a button within a ButtonField, CommandField, or TemplateField row field is clicked. This allows you to provide an event handler that performs a custom routine whenever this event occurs.

Note

The DetailsView control also raises other specialized events when certain buttons are clicked (buttons with the CommandName property set to "Delete", "Insert", "Page", or "Update"). When using one of these buttons, you should consider using one of the specialized events provided by the control (such as ItemDeleted or ItemDeleting).

A DetailsViewCommandEventArgs object is passed to the event handler. If the button that raised the event has a command name or command argument value, you can use the DetailsViewCommandEventArgs object to determine these values. To determine the command name and command argument of the button clicked, use the CommandName and CommandArgument properties, respectively. You can also access the DetailsView control that raised the event by using the CommandSource property.

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

Constructors

DetailsViewCommandEventArgs(Object, CommandEventArgs)

Initializes a new instance of the DetailsViewCommandEventArgs class.

Properties

CommandArgument

Gets the argument for the command.

(Inherited from CommandEventArgs)
CommandName

Gets the name of the command.

(Inherited from CommandEventArgs)
CommandSource

Gets the source of the command.

Handled

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the control has handled the event.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to

See also