ListControl.DataTextField Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the field of the data source that provides the text content of the list items.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ DataTextField { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public virtual string DataTextField { get; set; }

[System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)]
public virtual string DataTextField { get; set; }

member this.DataTextField : string with get, set

[<System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)>]
member this.DataTextField : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property DataTextField As String

Property Value

String

The field of the data source that provides the text content of the list items. The default is Empty.

Attributes: ThemeableAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify the DataTextField for the RadioButtonList control. The DataTextField is the text that is displayed in the RadioButtonList.

ASP.NET (C#)

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
 <!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" >
 <script language="c#" runat="server">
 
    ICollection CreateDataSource() {
       DataTable dt = new DataTable();
       DataRow dr;
 
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("IntegerValue", typeof(Int32)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("StringValue", typeof(string)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("DateTimeValue", typeof(DateTime)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("BoolValue", typeof(bool)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CurrencyValue", typeof(double)));
 
       for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
          dr = dt.NewRow();
 
          dr[0] = i;
          dr[1] = "Item " + i.ToString();
          dr[2] = DateTime.Now;
          dr[3] = (i % 2 != 0) ? true : false;
          dr[4] = 1.23 * (i+1);
 
          dt.Rows.Add(dr);
       }
 
       DataView dv = new DataView(dt);
       return dv;
    }
 
    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
       if (!IsPostBack) {
          RadioButtonList1.DataSource = CreateDataSource();
          RadioButtonList1.DataTextField="StringValue";
          RadioButtonList1.DataValueField="CurrencyValue";
          RadioButtonList1.DataBind();
       }
    }
 
    void Index_Changed(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
 
       Label1.Text = "You selected " + RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Text +
                     " with a value of $" + RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Value +
                     ".";
 
    }
 
 </script>
 
 <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1" 
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Changed"
            AutoPostBack="true"
            runat="server"/>
 
       <br />
 
       <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>
 
    </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
 <!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" >
 <script language="vb" runat="server">

    Function CreateDataSource() As ICollection
        Dim dt As New DataTable()
        Dim dr As DataRow
        
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("IntegerValue", GetType(Int32)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("StringValue", GetType(String)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("DateTimeValue", GetType(DateTime)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("BoolValue", GetType(Boolean)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CurrencyValue", GetType(Double)))
        
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 8
            dr = dt.NewRow()
            
            dr(0) = i
            dr(1) = "Item " + i.ToString()
            dr(2) = DateTime.Now
            If (i Mod 2) <> 0 Then
                dr(3) = True
            Else
                dr(3) = False
            End If
            dr(4) = 1.23 *(i + 1)
            
            dt.Rows.Add(dr)
        Next i
        
        Dim dv As New DataView(dt)
        Return dv
    End Function

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            RadioButtonList1.DataSource = CreateDataSource()
            RadioButtonList1.DataTextField = "StringValue"
            RadioButtonList1.DataValueField = "CurrencyValue"
            RadioButtonList1.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub Index_Changed(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)        
        Label1.Text = "You selected " & RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Text & _
            " with a value of : " & RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Value & "."
    End Sub
 
 </script>
 
 <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1" 
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Changed"
            AutoPostBack="true"
            runat="server"/>
 
       <br />
 
       <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>
 
    </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

Use this property to specify a field in the DataSource property to display as the items of the list in a list control.

The value of this property is stored in view state.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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