Set textbox row property using dynamically

[Tomorrow]

Hi,

I am using an asp:textbox and I want to set the value of the "rows" property
dynamically depending on the amount of data in the field.

<asp:textbox ID="txtSummary" runat="server" wrap="true" width="650px" rows=15
readonly="true" textmode="MultiLine" BorderStyle="None"
BorderWidth="0" style="overflow:hidden; font-family:Verdana; font-size:11px; color: #454f58;"
Text='<%# Bind("Summary") %>'></asp:textbox>

Any help would be appreciated

thanks

 

[jmeckley]

do you mean dynamically when the page loads, or dynamically as the user is typing?
if it's the first you can just bind it to a variable

//code behind
protected int dyanamicRows = 15;

//markup
<asp:textbox ID="txtSummary" rows='<%=dynamicRows%>'

--or
//during page load event
txtSummary.Rows = dyanamicRows;

if it's the later you need to use js on the client to change the height of the textarea.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

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[Tomorrow]

Thanks for that, I needed to do the following as I am using VB

'code-behind
'set the variable dynamic as a type public (not private)
public dynamicrows as integer

'on page_load
dynamicrows = 15

'markuprows
rows = '<%# dynamicrows %>'

Your answer helped point me in the right direction
Thanks again