refresh user control

[slatetm]

I hope I am able to describe this clearly enough. I have an aspx page (View.aspx). I have a user control within that page that holds everything (View.ascx). One of the things it displays is a list of every comment that has been entered in the database for a particular object. Within the control View.ascx, is one more control (Add.ascx) for entering a new comment into the database.

After hitting the submit button on the add.ascx page, I want to refresh view.ascx so that the newly entered data will display. The problem is that view.ascx loads before the submit button click function runs on add.ascx.

I've tried a few different ways to get it to refresh but I have not been successful. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[jmeckley]

first off, this question would be better suited for the asp.net forum.

to answer your question:
[ol]
[li]create a public function in the ascx file called RefreshData(). within this function add all your data binding logic for comments.[/li]
[li]from within the user control call this function to bind data. example

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if (!Page.IsPostback)
   {
        this.RefreshData();
   }
}

[/li]
[li]Now in the aspx code behind call this function in the button click event

protected void MyButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if (Page.IsValid)
   {
       //save comment
       this.MyUserControl.RefreshData();
   }
}

[/li]
[/ol]

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.