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MultiView.GetActiveView Method

Definition

Returns the current active View control within a MultiView control.

public:
 System::Web::UI::WebControls::View ^ GetActiveView();
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.View GetActiveView ();
member this.GetActiveView : unit -> System.Web.UI.WebControls.View
Public Function GetActiveView () As View

Returns

A View control that represents the active view within a MultiView control.

Exceptions

The ActiveViewIndex property is not set to a valid View control within the MultiView control.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to create a MultiView control that contains three View controls. When the ActiveViewChanged event is raised, the GetActiveView method is used to return the current active view and display it in a Label control on the page.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ 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">

    protected void MultiView1_ActiveViewChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        String activeView;
        activeView = MultiView1.GetActiveView().ID;
        ActiveViewLabel.Text = "The ActiveViewChanged event was raised." +
                               "<br/>" + "The active view is set to " + activeView;
    }

    protected void LinkButton_Command(object sender, CommandEventArgs e)
    {
        // Determine which link button was clicked
        // and set the active view to
        // the view selected by the user.
        switch (e.CommandArgument.ToString())
        {
            case "DefaultView":
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(DefaultView);
                break;
            case "News":
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(NewsView);
                break;
            case "Shopping":
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(ShoppingView);
                break;
        }
        
    }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>MultiView.ActiveViewChangedEvent Example</h3>

         <asp:MultiView id="MultiView1"
            ActiveViewIndex="0"
            OnActiveViewChanged="MultiView1_ActiveViewChanged"
            runat="Server">

            <asp:View id="DefaultView" 
                runat="Server">                

                <asp:Panel id="DefaultViewPanel" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#C0C0FF" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">  

                    <asp:Label id="DefaultLabel1" 
                        Font-bold="true"
                        Font-size="14" 
                        Text="The Default View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="DefaultView">
                    </asp:Label>                  

                    <asp:BulletedList id="DefaultBulletedList1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Weather</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Stock Quotes</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's News Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Featured Shopping</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>

                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="DefaultLabel2"                      
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />
                
                    <asp:LinkButton id="Default_NewsLink" 
                        Text="Go to News View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="News" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Default_ShoppingLink"
                        Text="Go to Shopping View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="Shopping" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

            <asp:View id="NewsView" 
                runat="Server">

                <asp:Panel id="NewsPanel1" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#C0FFC0" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">

                    <asp:Label id="NewsLabel1" 
                        Font-bold="true"
                        Font-size="14"
                        Text="The News View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="NewsView">                    
                    </asp:Label>

                    <asp:BulletedList id="NewsBulletedlist1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's International Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's National Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Local News</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>
                    
                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="NewsLabel2"                      
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />

                    <asp:LinkButton id="News_DefaultLink" 
                        Text="Go to the Default View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="DefaultView" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="News_ShoppingLink" 
                        Text="Go to Shopping View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="Shopping" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

            <asp:View id="ShoppingView" 
                runat="Server">

                <asp:Panel id="ShoppingPanel1" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#FFFFC0" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">

                    <asp:Label id="ShoppingLabel1" 
                        Font-Bold="true"
                        Font-size="14"                         
                        Text="The Shopping View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="ShoppingView">
                    </asp:Label>

                    <asp:BulletedList id="ShoppingBulletedlist1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Home and Garden </asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Women's Fashions</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Men's Fashions</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>
                    
                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="ShoppingLabel2" 
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Shopping_DefaultLink" 
                        Text="Go to the Default View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="DefaultView" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Shopping_NewsLink"
                        Text="Go to News View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="News" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

        </asp:MultiView>
        
        <hr />
        
        <asp:Label id="ActiveViewLabel"             
            BorderStyle="None"
            Font-Size="Small"
            BackColor="#ffff66"
            runat="Server" > 
        </asp:Label>
    
    </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 MultiView1_ActiveViewChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim activeView As String
        activeView = MultiView1.GetActiveView().ID
        ActiveViewLabel.Text = "The ActiveViewChanged event was raised." + _
                               "<br/>" + "The active view is set to " + activeView
                                   
    End Sub

    Sub LinkButton_Command(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CommandEventArgs)
        ' Determine which link button was clicked
        ' and set the active view to
        ' the view selected by the user.
        Select Case (e.CommandArgument.ToString())
            Case "DefaultView"
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(DefaultView)
            Case "News"
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(NewsView)
            Case "Shopping"
                MultiView1.SetActiveView(ShoppingView)
        End Select

    End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>MultiView.ActiveViewChangedEvent Example</h3>

         <asp:MultiView id="MultiView1"
            ActiveViewIndex="0"
            OnActiveViewChanged="MultiView1_ActiveViewChanged"
            runat="Server">

            <asp:View id="DefaultView" 
                runat="Server">                

                <asp:Panel id="DefaultViewPanel" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#C0C0FF" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">  

                    <asp:Label id="DefaultLabel1" 
                        Font-bold="true"
                        Font-size="14" 
                        Text="The Default View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="DefaultView">
                    </asp:Label>                  

                    <asp:BulletedList id="DefaultBulletedList1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Weather</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Stock Quotes</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's News Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem 
                                Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Featured Shopping</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>

                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="DefaultLabel2"                      
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />
                
                    <asp:LinkButton id="Default_NewsLink" 
                        Text="Go to News View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="News" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Default_ShoppingLink"
                        Text="Go to Shopping View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="Shopping" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

            <asp:View id="NewsView" 
                runat="Server">

                <asp:Panel id="NewsPanel1" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#C0FFC0" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">

                    <asp:Label id="NewsLabel1" 
                        Font-bold="true"
                        Font-size="14"
                        Text="The News View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="NewsView">                    
                    </asp:Label>

                    <asp:BulletedList id="NewsBulletedlist1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's International Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's National Headlines</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Today's Local News</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>
                    
                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="NewsLabel2"                      
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />

                    <asp:LinkButton id="News_DefaultLink" 
                        Text="Go to the Default View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="DefaultView" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="News_ShoppingLink" 
                        Text="Go to Shopping View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="Shopping" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

            <asp:View id="ShoppingView" 
                runat="Server">

                <asp:Panel id="ShoppingPanel1" 
                    Width="330px" 
                    BackColor="#FFFFC0" 
                    BorderColor="#404040"
                    BorderStyle="Double"
                    runat="Server">

                    <asp:Label id="ShoppingLabel1" 
                        Font-Bold="true"
                        Font-size="14"                         
                        Text="The Shopping View"
                        runat="Server"
                        AssociatedControlID="ShoppingView">
                    </asp:Label>

                    <asp:BulletedList id="ShoppingBulletedlist1" 
                        BulletStyle="Disc" 
                        DisplayMode="Hyperlink"
                        Target="_blank"
                        runat="Server">
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Home and Garden </asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Women's Fashions</asp:ListItem>
                            <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.microsoft.com">Shop for Men's Fashions</asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:BulletedList>
                    
                    <hr />

                    <asp:Label id="ShoppingLabel2" 
                        Font-size="12" 
                        Text="Click a link to display a different view:"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:Label><br />

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Shopping_DefaultLink" 
                        Text="Go to the Default View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="DefaultView" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton>

                    <asp:LinkButton id="Shopping_NewsLink"
                        Text="Go to News View" 
                        OnCommand="LinkButton_Command"
                        CommandArgument="News" 
                        CommandName="Link"
                        Width="150px"
                        runat="Server">
                    </asp:LinkButton><br /><br />

                </asp:Panel>

            </asp:View>

        </asp:MultiView>
        
        <hr />
        
        <asp:Label id="ActiveViewLabel"             
            BorderStyle="None"
            Font-Size="Small"
            BackColor="#ffff66"
            runat="Server" > 
        </asp:Label>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use this method to return the View control within a MultiView control that is currently set as the active view. This method returns a View control and therefore can be used to access the properties of the active view. For example, MultiView1.GetActiveView.ID returns the value of the ID property of the current active view in MultiView1.

Alternately, you can use the ActiveViewIndex property to get or set the zero-based index of the current active view in a MultiView control. This property can be accessed either declaratively or programmatically.

Applies to

See also