How to: Add CheckBoxList Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page
When you use a CheckBoxList control, you add a single control to the page. Adding items to the control is a separate process that depends on whether you will display a static list in the control or display a list that is generated dynamically at run time.
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The procedure for working with individual CheckBox Web server controls is different. For details, see How to: Add CheckBox Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page. |
To add a CheckBoxList Web server control to a Web Forms page
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Add an
<asp:CheckBoxList>element to the page. For syntax, see CheckBoxList Web Server Control Declarative Syntax. -
Optionally, change the orientation of the caption by setting the TextAlign property.
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Optionally, change the RepeatLayout, RepeatColumns, RepeatDirection property to specify whether the control displays multiple columns.
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Create items for the control in one of these ways:
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By creating them as individual items. For details, see How to: Add Items in List Web Server Controls.
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By binding data to the control. For details, see How to: Populate List Web Server Controls from a Data Source.
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