retrieve array of checkboxes

[stormbind]

<asp:GridView ID="GeneratedResults" runat="server">
 <Columns>
   <asp:TemplateField>
      <ItemTemplate>
         <asp:CheckBox ID="ResultSelector" runat="server" />
      </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:TemplateField> 
  </Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:Button ID="Button" Text="Save" runat="server" OnClick="SaveUserChoices"></asp:Button>

Assuming that the above is populated with many checkboxes, how can I retrieve an array that represents those checkboxes?

protected void SaveUserChoices(object sender, EventArgs e){
 // how do I get the checkboxes?
}

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[jmeckley]

CheckBoxList

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190
faq732-7259

 

[stormbind]

My IIS7 complains that CheckBoxList is not a known element.

Anyway, I don't see how it helps because the scenario I presented is also a constraint. This is because the structure GridView has many nested tables.

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[jmeckley]

don't use a gridview just to display a list of check boxes. either use a checkboxlist (html is still horrible, but the server side is easier to work with) or a repeater full control of html, more complex than a check box list on the server side.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190
faq732-7259

 

[stormbind]

I am using the GridView to display many nested tables, exporting them to HTML, XML, Excel, etc.

I was saving you from looking at them by simplifying the example! Anyway, solution was:

for( i= ... ++i){
GridViewRow nRow = myGridView.Rows[i];
if((CheckBox)nRow.Cells[1].Controls[1]).Checked){
..
}

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[jmeckley]

GridView to display many nested tables

. there are other ways to nest information without the use of tables. if you only need the tables for formatting/layout purposes (and you can't/don't use css) you can use plain old html within a repeater to build the formatting. this way the presentation of the data doesn't interfere with how the server processes the data.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

faq855-7190
faq732-7259