Checkboxlist items staying selected

[dpk136]

I have a checkbox list that is populated dynamically (this part works fine). when a user selects a lot of the list I go through and check to see if the item is selected. If I select an item and go to the next page, then come back to the checkbox page and deselect the item, when i run the page it shows that the item has its selected property = true and it should be false. has anyone had this problem?

David Kuhn
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http://www.davidpkuhn.com

 

[jmeckley]

1. if this is the asp:CheckBoxList forum855 would yield better results
2. without code we don't can't see what's happening
3. if i had to guess I would say the default values from the previous page are overwriting your current values.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[dpk136]

Here is an example of what i do when the page is submitted (SaveColumns_Click)

Nothing is done with the Checkboxlist(cblColumns) before this.

  foreach (ListItem item in cblColumns.Items)
  {
    int iTestAttributeTypeKey;
    if (Int32.TryParse(item.Value, out iTestAttributeTypeKey))
    {
      //get the first row with the matching CASREPAttributeTypeKey
      ViewColumns.ViewColumnsRow [] vcRows = (ViewColumns.ViewColumnsRow []) dsViewColumns._ViewColumns.Select("TestAttributeTypeKey = " + item.Value);
      if (item.Selected)
      {
        //it goes in here when a item on the list has been deselected.  The page does not select these boxes when a page is submitted (form submit)
      }
    }
  }

David Kuhn
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http://www.davidpkuhn.com

 

[jmeckley]

i didn't think TryParse worked with out the instaincing the variable. I could be wrong though.

int iTestAttributeTypeKey = 0;
if (Int32.TryParse(item.Value, out iTestAttributeTypeKey))
{
}

is [tt]ViewColumns[/tt] a custom object you use? i don't see where this is declared.

what is actually done within the [tt]if(item.selected)[/tt] statement?

is this wrapped in a try/catch block? if so is an exception caught before this loop is reached?

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.