Data View Question

[dembyg]

Hello All,
I have a question. I am working on a form which should display only fields and controls that are pertainent to the logged user. for example i have male, female, and child checkboxes and when an individual logs into the system i would like to only show say a woman just the female checkbox and make the other checkboxes invisible... How can this be accomplished. I've tried the findcontrol feature...
Dim cb = CType(gdAgents.FindControl("bFemale"), CheckBox)
I need help... thanks

 

[jbenson001]

what is gdAgents?

 

[ca8msm]

Can you supply an example of what your control code looks like in the aspx page?


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[dembyg]

gdAgents is the name of my grid: heres a sample to the code
<asp:GridView ID="gdAgents" runat="server" BackColor="White" BorderColor="#E7E7FF"
BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="3" GridLines="Horizontal" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataSourceID="sqlAgentData">
<FooterStyle BackColor="#B5C7DE" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" />
<RowStyle BackColor="#E7E7FF" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" />
<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#738A9C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#F7F7F7" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#E7E7FF" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" HorizontalAlign="Right" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="#4A3C8C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#F7F7F7" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#F7F7F7" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="sagentfirstname" HeaderText="First Name" SortExpression="sagentfirstname" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="sagentlastname" HeaderText="Last Name" SortExpression="sagentlastname">
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" />
</asp:BoundField>
<asp:CheckBoxField DataField="bFemale" HeaderText="Female" SortExpression="bFemale">
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
</asp:CheckBoxField>
<asp:CheckBoxField DataField="bMale" HeaderText="Male" SortExpression="bMale">
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
</asp:CheckBoxField>

 

[Rhys666]

I've got to be honest and say a single checkbox for this display purpose seems innapropriate if the text is either Male OR Female, as a checkbox indicates a single true/false. Essentially you're displaying;
Male: True/False
OR
Female: True/False

A Radio Button List with two options, Male and Female and with one selected appropriately, would IMHO be a far better choice and better represent your data.

Rhys
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