MetaBuilders WebControls

New Post: SelectorField Help

chuxszee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:11:13 GMT

I'm using the selectorField (Radio Button Option) control on a Gridview (see code sample).

<asp:GridView ID="GrdInvestment" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                    Visible="False" AllowPaging="True" PageSize="5" DataKeyNames ="traref">
                    <Columns>
                        <mb:SelectorField SelectionMode ="Single" HeaderText ="Deal Number" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="traref" HeaderText="Reference" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ValDat" HeaderText="Value Date"
DataFormatString="{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" />

</Columns>
</asp:GridView>

How do I on click of a button dynamically retrieve the DataKey value of the selected radio button click

Reviewed: MetaBuilders WebControls v0.9.4 (Nov 03, 2009)

Oneness — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:12 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - Works really well. Would love to see the addition of an image rollover for imagebuttons (so it's possible to have buttons which rollover on hover but with an "On_Click" facility).

New Post: combo box not working inside a contentplaceholder

junrapz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:02:06 GMT

Hi, I'm a newbie in C# .net and been trying to implement the combo in my project. I noticed that the combo box width can't be increased when it's placed inside a contentplaceholder, the width is limited to the dropdown arrow in such a way that the list can't be seen. My browser is IE6 but when I tried it in google chrome is displaying correctly. Is there anything I can do fix this issue in IE 6?

Thanks in advance!

New Post: LookupField

steve_mew — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:34:12 GMT

LookupField to Convert FK's into readable text .

Hi All,
I am desparately trying to get the LookupField object to work within GridView.At the moment in the display/readonly view all I get is Foreign Keys which dont mean much to anyone.

I have read the compiled help but don't see any usage information anywhere. It seems to be purely type information. How do I use it ?

I have two datasources, the first (MainGridSQL) returns a data set of PrimaryKey and a whole bunch of Foreign Keys. Thats it. Its purely an association table. So, I am trying to resolve the foreign keys to display them as labels when the GridView is in readonly mode. I am going crazy here trying to work it out. The second datasource (Plant) is the key and string based human readable info I am trying to display.

The drop down list works great (Edit mode) and resolves the FK to the Code for diplay just fine ('Code' is the column name). Update also works !

How do I get a loolup for a label in GridView read only mode ?

Can anyone help me with an example or point me in the right direction. Any help or advice greatly greatly appreciated !

Rgds

Steve

<fieldset>
                        <asp:GridView ID="GridView2" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                                DataKeyNames="TimeSheetId" DataSourceID="MainGridSQL"
                                AutoGenerateEditButton="True" AutoGenerateDeleteButton="True"
                                CellPadding="4"
                                ForeColor="#333333">
                          <Columns>
                            <asp:BoundField DataField="TimeSheetId" HeaderText="TimeSheet" ReadOnly="True"
                                    SortExpression="TimeSheetId" InsertVisible="False" />
                            <asp:BoundField DataField="EmployeeId" HeaderText="Employee" SortExpression="EmployeeId" />

                            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Plant" >
                                <EditItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlPlantDropDown" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("PlantId") %>' DataSourceID="Plant"
                                    runat="server" DataTextField="Code" DataValueField ="PlantId" >
                                    </asp:DropDownList>
                                </EditItemTemplate>
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:Label ID="lblPlant" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("PlantId") %>'></asp:Label>

                                </ItemTemplate>
                            </asp:TemplateField>

                        </Columns>
                        </asp:GridView>
                        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="MainGridSQL" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:TimeTrackerConnectionString %>"
                        SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Unite_TimeSheet]"
                        updatecommand="UPDATE [Unite_TimeSheet]
                        SET PlantId=@PlantId
                        WHERE TimesheetId=@TimeSheetId">

                        </asp:SqlDataSource>
                        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="Plant" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:TimeTrackerConnectionString %>"
                        SelectCommand="SELECT PlantId,description,Code FROM [Unite_Plant]"></asp:SqlDataSource>
                </fieldset>

New Post: Setting row number and multicolumn view

bovlk — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:18:59 GMT

Hello,

I've just found the MetaBuilders web controls and I find them very useful. However, there are two things I'm missing in the CheckedListBox control:

1. let me set the number of rows displayed, similar to the Rows property of standard ListBox

2. allow me to have a multicolumn view - suppose I have 25 items (A, B, C, ....) , each of them. I only found how to set the Height property, which is in pixels, percents etc, but not in multiples of a single row height.
just a few chars wide, and I want the CheckedListBox to have just three rows, but there's enough space horizontally. It would be nice to be able to show the 25 items as five lines of five items with only three displayed at once. The items would be placed by lines, so that items A-E come on the first line, F-J on the second one etc.

Is this possible to do this easily with the current version? If no, could you please add these options, with 1) being the more important for me?

Thanks

Bolek

Reviewed: MetaBuilders WebControls v0.9.4 (八月 28, 2009)

tjf0303 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:10:46 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - very good,i like it

Commented Issue: DualList Items should be adjustable to be alphabetically sorted

gdheller — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:41:58 GMT

DualList Items should be adjustable to be alphabetically sorted.
Like, DualList.LeftItems.SortAlphabetically() or DualList.ItemsAreSortedAlphabetically or etc.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: gdheller **

Really need this feature. Thanks

New Post: How do save files using multi file upload

Henxon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:23:24 GMT

Iterate the posted files, and save each one of them. I work with c#, so here's c# code:

foreach(HttpPostedFile file in myFileUploader.PostedFiles)
{
file.SaveAs("d:\files\myFileName.jpg");
}

remember to change the filename into the uploaded filename (file.FileName), check it's size so it's not to large (file.FileLength) etc.

Regards

Henxon

New Post: MultiFileUpload Control Upload Path & No MultiFile Selection?

Henxon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:19:47 GMT

Regarding upload:

Iterate the HttpPostedFile array that you get by:

HttpPostedFiles[] postedFiles = myMetaBuildersMultiFileUploader.PostedFiles:

foreach(HttpPostedFile file in postedFiles){

//do stuff, for example put posted file name into database

//save the file to server

file.SaveAs("d:\files\filenameOfYourChoise.jpg");

}

Of course, u need to change the filename into the filename of the posted file (file.FileName), but don't forget to remove everything except the name: IE will give u the path + filename,
for example: "c:\my documents\myImage.jpg".

Regarding selecting more than one file:

I got that issue when I tried to put the fileuploader into an update panel. Remove that (if that's the case)

Regards, Henxon

Commented Issue: JS error in SelectorField

ciceroferreira — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:05:09 GMT

Hi,

I've placed SelectorField into my GridView to have a RadioButton column there.
<mb:SelectorField SelectionMode="Single" AutoPostBack="false" />
When my page loads IE reports a JS error:
Line: 5
Char: 19
Error: 'MetaBuilders_SelectorField_CheckAllBoxes' is undefined
Code: 0
URL: (mine)

How to fix it ?
I looked into the JS file, it seems like this variable/array was not defined anywhere...

Thanks,

Slava
Comments: ** Comment from web user: ciceroferreira **

Hi guys...

I found the same problem and i fix it when i put the follow block of code.

Reviewed: MetaBuilders WebControls v0.9.4 (May 08, 2009)

coralillo — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:59:57 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - Excelent work, simplify very much some things in the web proyect, thanks very much for the autor.

Reviewed: MetaBuilders WebControls v0.9.4 (May 08, 2009)

coralillo — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:59:56 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - Excelent work, simplify very much some things in the web proyect, thanks very much for the autor.

New Post: MetaBuilders.MasterPages issue in .Net 2.0

vinodbk — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:01:52 GMT

Hi All,

We have an aspx page developed in .Net 1.1 with MetaBuilders.MasterPages. It works fine in .Net 1.1 frmaework but when we move the aspx page to the system with .Net 2.0-framework, we are not able to see the page. However other pages which donot have masterpage are getting displayed properly. Can any one tell me the reason for this behaviour. Also please let us know the steps to use the existing aspx page ( developed in .Net 1.1) with MetaBuilders.MasterPage in .Net 2.0.

The error logged in the log file is mentioned below
Unable to cast object of type 'MetaBuilders.WebControls.MasterPages.Region' to type 'DefaultPage'.

Thanks in advance.

Commented Issue: DualList Items should be adjustable to be alphabetically sorted

xenonysf — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:52:02 GMT

And this sort operation should apply to client side operations

Created Issue: DualList Items should be adjustable to be alphabetically sorted

xenonysf — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:51:19 GMT

DualList Items should be adjustable to be alphabetically sorted.
Like, DualList.LeftItems.SortAlphabetically() or DualList.ItemsAreSortedAlphabetically or etc.

Commented Issue: JS error in SelectorField

eriso — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:47:29 GMT

I'm having the same issuse. Selectorfield in GridView in a usercontrol.

Reviewed: MetaBuilders WebControls for asp.net 1.1 (Mar 18, 2009)

jgqzgl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:01:36 GMT

Rated 5 Stars (out of 5) - I used it everyday,It saved me much time

Commented Issue: JS error in SelectorField

PianoMan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:08:55 GMT

Also: According to the documentation CheckAllBox(es) is used when SelectionMode = Multiple. I've set SelectionMode = Single.

Is there a workaround? Perhaps I can setup an empty CheckAllBox object and the JS code will function w/o error?
There's no example in the documentation so I don't know how to set up an CheclAllBox object.

Commented Issue: JS error in SelectorField

PianoMan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:03:09 GMT

I just downloaded v0.9.4, converted the old RowSelector to SelectorField, converted my DataGrid to a GridView, ran my code and immediately encountered the error 'MetaBuilders_SelectorField_CheckAllBoxes' is undefined'.

Any chance someone could fix this?

Commented Issue: Image sizes

evil_wiggins — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:35:04 GMT

Since I starting using the dll, all the images with no dimensions on my website have defaulted to 177 X 174
Comments: ** Comment from web user: evil_wiggins **

Ignore that