Creating control dynamically

[supak C via .NET 247]

Dear All,

I need help with the control

In my database will store page detail including field name and type of control to display in the page such as

Page 1

Name , textbox
Lastname , textbox
Age , Dropdown , tblCustomerAge (this is data source)

The problem is I need to create the control in the web page exactly what I can retrieve data from the database.

Anyone has any idea ?

 

[Mohamed El Ashmawy]

You could use the Page_Load event for that.
You would read the needed controls data from the database. for example
"Name , textbox ".
Then you would create a textbox dynamcially with the saved specifications.
for example, System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox
mytextbox = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox();
mytextbox.Text = "Name";

Then you would add the control to your form
form.Controls.Add(mytextbox);


You would need to have form pointing to the form in the page at the
beginning.
The definition of form would be System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm form;
and the initilization would be form = (HtmlForm) this.FindControl("Form1");

I hope this answers your question.

Please send me back if there is something vague.
Regards
Mohamed El Ashmawy
MEA Developer Support Center
ITWorx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC