Re: Custom Datagrid disappearing on Postback

Thanks again Jeff,
Thats what I ended up doing was saving to the viewstate. my only thing is,
its not acting like a standard datagrid like Microsoft's does. usually I
just create a function that fills the dataset and binds the grid and I dont
have to keep calling the bindgrid() part ever page load.

In my dgTest.vb file, am I missing code? Do I need to enable the ViewState
here to keep the grid visible?

Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
<DefaultProperty("Text"), ToolboxData("<{0}:dgTest
runat=server></{0}:dgTest>")> Public Class dgTest
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid
Dim _text As String
<Bindable(True), Category("Appearance"), DefaultValue("")> Property [Text]()
As String
Get
Return _text
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_text = Value
End Set
End Property

Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal output As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

Me.EnsureChildControls()

MyBase.Render(output)

End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Me.EnsureChildControls()

End Sub







"Jeff" <jeffmagill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1165257537.439934.211560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You can save the data into the ViewState object. Basically, the
viewstate is an object that holds all the information for each of the
controls on the page across postbacks. Then on postback, instead of
loading from the database, you load from the ViewState.

Not being familiar with your application, I cant say exactly what would
be the best way to accomplish this. Off the top of my head, you might
want to try to load the database information into a DataTable, bind the
DataGrid to the Table, then save the DataTable into the viewstate. On
postback, load from the DataTable.

GJH wrote:
Thanks Jeff,
if I remove the "IF" in the page load statement then yes it works, but
then
I am hitting the database on every postback.
With the MS datagrdd I can just fill the dataset/bind the grid on the
initial page load in the IF Not IsPostBack statement

What is my datagrid missing thats different from MS standard datagrid?

thanks,
Greg


"Jeff" <jeffmagill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My guess would be that since youre populating your datagrid in the code
behind, that the data is not being saved in the viewstate.

What happens when you take the if statement out of the Page.Load
handler and just call BindList every time the page loads?

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

BindList()

End Sub



GJH wrote:
I have a Web Custom Control datagrid written in VB.NET and when the
page
does a postback from a Selected Index or Sort command the datagrid
disappears??? anyone know why?
thanks

here is the control's code:

Imports System.ComponentModel

Imports System.Web.UI

<DefaultProperty("Text"), ToolboxData("<{0}:dgTest
runat=server></{0}:dgTest>")> Public Class dgTest

Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid

Dim _text As String

<Bindable(True), Category("Appearance"), DefaultValue("")> Property
[Text]()
As String

Get

Return _text

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

_text = Value

End Set

End Property

Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal output As
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

Me.EnsureChildControls()

MyBase.Render(output)

End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Me.EnsureChildControls()

End Sub

End Class




Here is my webpage

Dim mySort As String

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

If Not Page.IsPostBack Then

BindList()

End If

End Sub

Private Sub BindList(Optional ByVal sort As String = "")

Dim query As String = "select * from employees"

Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter(query, cnn)

Dim ds As New DataSet

Try

da.Fill(ds, "employees")

ds.Tables(0).DefaultView.Sort = sort



DgTest1.DataSource = ds

DgTest1.DataMember = "employees"

DgTest1.DataBind()

Catch ex As Exception

Response.Write(ex.Message)

End Try

End Sub

Private Sub GJHAddToCartDataGrid1_SortCommand(ByVal source As Object,
ByVal
e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridSortCommandEventArgs) Handles
GJHAddToCartDataGrid1.SortCommand

mySort = e.SortExpression & " ASC"

BindList(mySort)

End Sub

Private Sub DgTest1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As
System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DgTest1.SelectedIndexChanged

Response.Write("hi")

End Sub




.

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