pass parameters through asp button onclick?

[jonofnewport]

Hello,

I am developing an asp.net program to interact with an access database. I'm very new and just learning. Coding in VB.



I've learned how to call a procedure such as:

sub orderByModel(s As Object, e As EventArgs) ... end sub

by clicking on a button in a form such as:

<asp:button text="Model" onclick="orderByModel" runat="server"/>



Now what I want to do is call a "function" (with arguments), such as:

function orderBy(para as string) ... end function

by clicking on a button, kind of like this (though not proper code):

<asp:button text="Model" onclick="orderBy("Model")" runat="server"/>



Can it be done?

Thanks!

 

[whatsthehampton]

HI,

Call your function inside your sub

sub orderByModel(s As Object, e As EventArgs)

orderBy(ButtonID.Text)
'or whatever you want the Function to use

end sub

function orderBy(para as string)

Do something with para

end function

Don't forget to give your button an ID

j

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[jonofnewport]

Whoa, that's cool! Thanks!

 

[sacheson]

Also consider using a querystring for your code. It'll require a postback, so you'll have to handle that as well.

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[jonofnewport]

Thanks for the replies.

I also found another way to do it if anyone is interested.

A button such as:

<asp:button text="Model" onclick="orderBy" runat="server"/>

can be used to call a subroutine such as

sub orderBy(s As Object, e As EventArgs)

perform operations using s.text 'In this case "Model"

end sub

works great