HtmlSelect.ServerChange Event

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Occurs when the selected items in the HtmlSelect control change between posts to the server.

public:
 event EventHandler ^ ServerChange;

public event EventHandler ServerChange;

member this.ServerChange : EventHandler

Public Custom Event ServerChange As EventHandler

Event Type

EventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to specify and code an event handler declaratively for the ServerChange event of the HtmlSelect control. The event handler determines whether the selected items are compatible with each other.

<%@ 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 runat="server">

    void Button_Click (Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Label1.Text = "You selected:";

        for (int i=0; i<=Select1.Items.Count - 1; i++)
        {
           if (Select1.Items[i].Selected)
               Label1.Text += "<br />    -" + Select1.Items[i].Text;      
        }

    }

    void Server_Change (Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int Count = 0;

        for (int i=0; i<=Select1.Items.Count - 1; i++)
        {
           if (Select1.Items[i].Selected)
               Count++;      
        }

        if ((Count > 1) && (Select1.Items[0].Selected))
            Label2.Text = "Hey! You can't select 'All' with another selection!!";
        else
            Label2.Text = "";
    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title> HtmlSelect Example </title>
</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3> HtmlSelect Example </h3>

      Select items from the list: <br /><br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              multiple="true"
              onserverchange="Server_Change"
              runat="server">

         <option value="All"> All </option>
         <option value="1" selected="selected"> Item 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> Item 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> Item 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> Item 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> Item 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> Item 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <button id="Button1"
              onserverclick="Button_Click"
              runat="server">

         Submit

      </button>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1"
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label2"
           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">

<script runat="server">

    Sub Button_Click (sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim i As Integer

        Label1.Text = "You selected:"
        For i = 0 to Select1.Items.Count - 1
           If Select1.Items(i).Selected Then
               Label1.Text = Label1.Text & "<br />    -" & Select1.Items(i).Text
           End If         
        Next
    End Sub

    Sub Server_Change (sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim Count As Integer = 0

        For i = 0 to Select1.Items.Count - 1
            If Select1.Items(i).Selected Then
                Count = Count + 1
            End If         
        Next

        If Count > 1 And Select1.Items(0).Selected Then
            Label2.Text = "Hey! You can't select 'All' with another selection!!"
        Else
            Label2.Text = ""
        End If
    End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title> HtmlSelect Example </title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
   <div>

      <h3> HtmlSelect Example </h3>

      Select items from the list: <br /><br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              multiple="true"
              onserverchange="Server_Change"
              runat="server">

         <option value="All"> All </option>
         <option value="1" selected="selected"> Item 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> Item 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> Item 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> Item 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> Item 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> Item 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <button id="Button1"
              onserverclick="Button_Click"
              runat="server">

         Submit

      </button>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1"
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label2" runat="server"/>

   </div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

The following code example demonstrates how to specify and code an event handler programmatically for the ServerChange event of the HtmlSelect control. The event handler determines whether the selected items are compatible with each other.


<%@ 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 Button_Click (Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Display the selected items.
        Label1.Text = "You selected:";

        for (int i=0; i<=Select1.Items.Count - 1; i++)
        {
            if (Select1.Items[i].Selected)
                Label1.Text += "<br />    -" + Select1.Items[i].Text;      
        }
    }

    void Server_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
        // This method will display a warning if the "All" option is  
        // selected in combination with another item in the list.
        int Count = 0;

        // Determine the number of selected items in the list.
        for (int i=0; i<=Select1.Items.Count - 1; i++)
        {
            if (Select1.Items[i].Selected)
                Count++;      
        }

        // Display an error message if more than one item is selected with
        // the "All" item selected.
        if ((Count > 1) && (Select1.Items[0].Selected))
            Label2.Text = "Hey! You can't select 'All' with another selection!!";
        else
            Label2.Text = "";
    }

    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Create an EventHandler delegate for the method you want to
        // handle the event, and then add it to the list of methods
        // called when the event is raised.
        Select1.ServerChange += new System.EventHandler(this.Server_Change);
        Button1.ServerClick += new System.EventHandler(this.Button_Click);
    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title> HtmlSelect Server Change Example </title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
   <div>

      <h3> HtmlSelect Server Change Example </h3>

      Select items from the list: <br /><br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              multiple="true"
              runat="server">

         <option value="All"> All </option>
         <option value="1" selected="selected"> Item 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> Item 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> Item 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> Item 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> Item 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> Item 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <button id="Button1"
              runat="server">

         Submit

      </button>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1"
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label2"
           runat="server"/>

   </div>
</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 Button_Click (sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        ' Display the selected items.
        Label1.Text = "You selected:"

        Dim i As Integer

        For i=0 To Select1.Items.Count - 1
            If Select1.Items(i).Selected Then
                Label1.Text &= "<br />    -" & Select1.Items(i).Text
            End If      
        Next
    End Sub

    Sub Server_Change(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        ' The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
        ' This method will display a warning if the "All" option is 
        ' selected in combination with another item in the list.
        Dim Count As Integer = 0
        Dim i As Integer

        ' Determine the number of selected items in the list.
        For i=0 To Select1.Items.Count - 1
            If Select1.Items(i).Selected Then
                Count = Count + 1      
            End If
        Next

        ' Display an error message if more than one item is selected with
        ' the "All" item selected.
        If ((Count > 1) And (Select1.Items(0).Selected)) Then
            Label2.Text = "Hey! You can't select 'All' with another selection!!"
        Else
            Label2.Text = ""
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        ' Create an EventHandler delegate for the method you want to 
        ' handle the event, and then add it to the list of methods
        ' called when the event is raised.
        AddHandler Select1.ServerChange, AddressOf Server_Change
        AddHandler Button1.ServerClick, AddressOf Button_Click
    End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title> HtmlSelect ServerChange Example </title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
   <div>

      <h3> HtmlSelect ServerChange Example </h3>

      Select items from the list: <br /><br />

      <select id="Select1" 
              multiple="true"
              runat="server">

         <option value="All"> All </option>
         <option value="1" selected="selected"> Item 1 </option>
         <option value="2"> Item 2 </option>
         <option value="3"> Item 3 </option>
         <option value="4"> Item 4 </option>
         <option value="5"> Item 5 </option>
         <option value="6"> Item 6 </option>

      </select>

      <br /><br />

      <button id="Button1"
              runat="server">

         Submit

      </button>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label id="Label1"
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:Label id="Label2"
           runat="server"/>

   </div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

The ServerChange event is raised when the selected items in the HtmlSelect control change between posts to the server.

Note

The control must have view state enabled for the ServerChange event to work correctly.

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

Applies to

HtmlSelect.ServerChange Event

Definition

Event Type

Examples

Remarks

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