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Repeater.ItemCommand Event

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Occurs when a button is clicked in the Repeater control.

public:
 event System::Web::UI::WebControls::RepeaterCommandEventHandler ^ ItemCommand;
public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventHandler ItemCommand;
member this.ItemCommand : System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventHandler 
Public Custom Event ItemCommand As RepeaterCommandEventHandler

Event Type

RepeaterCommandEventHandler

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the ItemCommand event of the Repeater control. Information about the button is displayed when a Button control within the Repeater control is clicked.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script language="C#" runat="server">
       void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e) {
 
          if (!IsPostBack) {
             ArrayList values = new ArrayList();
 
             values.Add(new PositionData("Microsoft", "Msft"));
             values.Add(new PositionData("Intel", "Intc"));
             values.Add(new PositionData("Dell", "Dell"));
 
             Repeater1.DataSource = values;
             Repeater1.DataBind();
          }
       }
 
       void R1_ItemCommand(Object Sender, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e) {        
          Label2.Text = "The " + ((Button)e.CommandSource).Text + " button has just been clicked; <br />";
       }    
 
       public class PositionData {
         
          private string name;
          private string ticker;
 
          public PositionData(string name, string ticker) {
             this.name = name;
             this.ticker = ticker;
          }
 
          public string Name {
             get {
                return name;
             }
          }
 
          public string Ticker {
             get {
                return ticker;
             }
          }
       }
 
    </script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>Repeater Example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 
    <h3>Repeater Example</h3>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <b>Repeater1:</b>
         
       <br />
         
       <asp:Repeater id="Repeater1" OnItemCommand="R1_ItemCommand" runat="server">
          <HeaderTemplate>
             <table border="1">
                <tr>
                   <td><b>Company</b></td>
                   <td><b>Symbol</b></td>
                </tr>
          </HeaderTemplate>
             
          <ItemTemplate>
             <tr>
                <td> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %> </td>
                <td> <ASP:Button Text=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Ticker") %> runat="server" /></td>
             </tr>
          </ItemTemplate>
             
          <FooterTemplate>
             </table>
          </FooterTemplate>
             
       </asp:Repeater>
       <br />
         
       <asp:Label id="Label2" font-names="Verdana" ForeColor="Green" font-size="10pt" runat="server"/>
    </form>
 </body>
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>Repeater Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

    Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            Dim values As New ArrayList()
            
            values.Add(New PositionData("Microsoft", "Msft"))
            values.Add(New PositionData("Intel", "Intc"))
            values.Add(New PositionData("Dell", "Dell"))
            
            Repeater1.DataSource = values
            Repeater1.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub R1_ItemCommand(Sender As Object, e As RepeaterCommandEventArgs)
        Label2.Text = "The " & CType(e.CommandSource, Button).Text & _
            " button has just been clicked; <br />"
    End Sub

    Public Class PositionData
        
        Private myName As String
        Private myTicker As String        
        
        Public Sub New(newName As String, newTicker As String)
            Me.myName = newName
            Me.myTicker = newTicker
        End Sub        
        
        Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
            Get
                Return myName
            End Get
        End Property
        
        Public ReadOnly Property Ticker() As String
            Get
                Return myTicker
            End Get
        End Property
    End Class
 
    </script>
 
 </head>
 <body>
 
    <h3>Repeater Example</h3>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <b>Repeater1:</b>
         
       <br />
         
       <asp:Repeater id="Repeater1" OnItemCommand="R1_ItemCommand" runat="server">
          <HeaderTemplate>
             <table border="1">
                <tr>
                   <td><b>Company</b></td>
                   <td><b>Symbol</b></td>
                </tr>
          </HeaderTemplate>
             
          <ItemTemplate>
             <tr>
                <td> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %> </td>
                <td> <ASP:Button Text=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Ticker") %> runat="server" /></td>
             </tr>
          </ItemTemplate>
             
          <FooterTemplate>
             </table>
          </FooterTemplate>
             
       </asp:Repeater>
       <br />
         
       <asp:Label id="Label2" font-names="Verdana" ForeColor="Green" font-size="10pt" runat="server"/>
    </form>
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

This event is raised when a button in the Repeater control is clicked.

This event causes a round-trip from the client to occur.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

See also