FormViewUpdatedEventArgs.KeepInEditMode Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the FormView control should remain in edit mode after an update operation.
public:
property bool KeepInEditMode { bool get(); void set(bool value); };public bool KeepInEditMode { get; set; }member this.KeepInEditMode : bool with get, setPublic Property KeepInEditMode As BooleanProperty Value
true to remain in edit mode after an update operation; otherwise, false. The default is false.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the KeepInEditMode property to keep a FormView control in edit mode when an exception occurs.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void EmployeeFormView_ItemUpdated(Object sender, FormViewUpdatedEventArgs e)
{
// Use the Exception property to determine whether an exception
// occurred during the update operation.
if (e.Exception == null)
{
// Sometimes an error might occur that does not raise an
// exception, but prevents the update operation from
// completing. Use the AffectedRows property to determine
// whether the record was actually updated.
if (e.AffectedRows == 1)
{
// Use the Keys property to get the value of the key field.
String keyFieldValue = e.Keys["EmployeeID"].ToString();
// Display a confirmation message.
MessageLabel.Text = "Record " + keyFieldValue +
" updated successfully. ";
// Display the new and original values.
DisplayValues((OrderedDictionary)e.NewValues, (OrderedDictionary)e.OldValues);
}
else
{
// Display an error message.
MessageLabel.Text = "An error occurred during the update operation.";
// When an error occurs, keep the FormView
// control in edit mode.
e.KeepInEditMode = true;
}
}
else
{
// Insert the code to handle the exception.
MessageLabel.Text = e.Exception.Message;
// Use the ExceptionHandled property to indicate that the
// exception has already been handled.
e.ExceptionHandled = true;
e.KeepInEditMode = true;
}
}
void DisplayValues(OrderedDictionary newValues, OrderedDictionary oldValues)
{
MessageLabel.Text += "<br/></br>";
// Iterate through the new and old values. Display the
// values on the page.
for (int i = 0; i < oldValues.Count; i++)
{
MessageLabel.Text += "Old Value=" + oldValues[i].ToString() +
", New Value=" + newValues[i].ToString() + "<br/>";
}
MessageLabel.Text += "</br>";
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
onitemupdated="EmployeeFormView_ItemUpdated"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Hire Date:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("HireDate","{0:d}") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<br/><br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub EmployeeFormView_ItemUpdated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormViewUpdatedEventArgs) Handles EmployeeFormView.ItemUpdated
' Use the Exception property to determine whether an exception
' occurred during the update operation.
If e.Exception Is Nothing Then
' Sometimes an error might occur that does not raise an
' exception, but prevents the update operation from
' completing. Use the AffectedRows property to determine
' whether the record was actually updated.
If e.AffectedRows = 1 Then
' Use the Keys property to get the value of the key field.
Dim keyFieldValue As String = e.Keys("EmployeeID").ToString()
' Display a confirmation message.
MessageLabel.Text = "Record " & keyFieldValue & _
" updated successfully. "
' Display the new and original values.
DisplayValues(CType(e.NewValues, OrderedDictionary), CType(e.OldValues, OrderedDictionary))
Else
' Display an error message.
MessageLabel.Text = "An error occurred during the update operation."
' When an error occurs, keep the FormView
' control in edit mode.
e.KeepInEditMode = True
End If
Else
' Insert the code to handle the exception.
MessageLabel.Text = e.Exception.Message
' Use the ExceptionHandled property to indicate that the
' exception has already been handled.
e.ExceptionHandled = True
e.KeepInEditMode = True
End If
End Sub
Sub DisplayValues(ByVal newValues As OrderedDictionary, ByVal oldValues As OrderedDictionary)
MessageLabel.Text &= "<br/></br>"
' Iterate through the new and old values. Display the
' values on the page.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To oldValues.Count - 1
MessageLabel.Text &= "Old Value=" & oldValues(i).ToString() & _
", New Value=" & newValues(i).ToString() & "<br/>"
Next
MessageLabel.Text &= "</br>"
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Hire Date:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("HireDate","{0:d}") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<br/><br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
By default, the FormView control returns to the mode specified by the DefaultMode property after an update operation. Use the KeepInEditMode property to specify whether the FormView control should remain in edit mode. To keep the FormView control in edit mode, set this property to true.
Note
This property should be used only when a situation occurs (such as an exception being raised) that requires the control to behave differently than it normally would. If the FormView control needs to remain in edit mode by default, set the DefaultMode property instead.
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