FormViewInsertEventArgs.Values Property
Definition
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Gets a dictionary that contains the field name/value pairs for the record to insert.
public:
property System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ Values { System::Collections::Specialized::IOrderedDictionary ^ get(); };public System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary Values { get; }member this.Values : System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionaryPublic ReadOnly Property Values As IOrderedDictionaryProperty Value
An IOrderedDictionary that contains a dictionary of key field name/value pairs for the record to insert.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to iterate through the Values collection.
<%@ 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_ItemInserting(Object sender, FormViewInsertEventArgs e)
{
MessageLabel.Text = "";
// Iterate through the items in the Values collection
// and verify that the user entered a value for each
// text box displayed in the insert item template. Cancel
// the insert operation if the user left a text box empty.
foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in e.Values)
{
if (entry.Value.Equals(""))
{
// Use the Cancel property to cancel the
// insert operation.
e.Cancel = true;
MessageLabel.Text += "Please enter a value for the " +
entry.Key.ToString() + " field.<br/>";
}
}
}
void EmployeeFormView_ModeChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Clear the MessageLabel Label control when the FormView
// control changes modes.
MessageLabel.Text = "";
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewInsertEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewInsertEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
oniteminserting="EmployeeFormView_ItemInserting"
onmodechanged="EmployeeFormView_ModeChanged"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="5">
<asp:image id="CompanyLogoImage"
imageurl="~/Images/Logo.jpg"
alternatetext="Company logo"
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 colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="NewButton"
text="New"
commandname="New"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<insertitemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="CompanyLogoEditImage"
imageurl="~/Images/Logo.jpg"
alternatetext="Company logo"
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label
runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameInsertTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label
runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleInsertTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="InsertButton"
text="Insert"
commandname="Insert"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</insertitemtemplate>
</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], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
insertcommand="Insert Into [Employees] ([LastName], [FirstName], [Title]) VALUES (@LastName, @FirstName, @Title)"
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_ItemInserting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormViewInsertEventArgs)
MessageLabel.Text = ""
' Iterate through the items in the Values collection
' and verify that the user entered a value for each
' text box displayed in the insert item template. Cancel
' the insert operation if the user left a text box empty.
' In Visual Basic, the DictionaryItem objects contained in
' the Values collection must be copied to an array before
' you can iterate through the collection.
Dim itemArray(e.Values.Count - 1) As DictionaryEntry
e.Values.CopyTo(itemArray, 0)
Dim entry As DictionaryEntry
For Each entry In itemArray
If entry.Value.Equals("") Then
' Use the Cancel property to cancel the
' insert operation.
e.Cancel = True
MessageLabel.Text &= "Please enter a value for the " & _
entry.Key.ToString() & " field.<br/>"
End If
Next
End Sub
Sub EmployeeFormView_ModeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Clear the MessageLabel Label control when the FormView
' control changes modes.
MessageLabel.Text = ""
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewInsertEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewInsertEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
oniteminserting="EmployeeFormView_ItemInserting"
onmodechanged="EmployeeFormView_ModeChanged"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="5">
<asp:image id="CompanyLogoImage"
imageurl="~/Images/Logo.jpg"
alternatetext="Company logo"
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 colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="NewButton"
text="New"
commandname="New"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<insertitemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4">
<asp:image id="CompanyLogoEditImage"
imageurl="~/Images/Logo.jpg"
alternatetext="Company logo"
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label
runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameInsertTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label
runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleInsertTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleInsertTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="InsertButton"
text="Insert"
commandname="Insert"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</insertitemtemplate>
</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], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
insertcommand="Insert Into [Employees] ([LastName], [FirstName], [Title]) VALUES (@LastName, @FirstName, @Title)"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use the Values property to access the values of the fields for the record to insert. For example, you can HTML encode or validate the values of the record before inserting it in the data source.
The Values property returns an OrderedDictionary object that implements the System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary interface. The OrderedDictionary object contains System.Collections.DictionaryEntry objects that represent the fields of the record. To access the field names, use the Keys property of the OrderedDictionary object. Similarly, you can access the field values by using the Values property.
Note
As a shortcut, you can also use the indexer of the OrderedDictionary object to access the field values directly. The advantage in using the indexer is that it returns field values directly. Data source controls that rely on the field order (such as AccessDataSource) can access field values only by index.
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