Parser Error

[Emmweb]

I am relatively new to the whole .NET environment. If I am posting this to
the wrong newsgroup, I apologize; please direct me.

Could anyone point me in the right direction for finding my error in the
following code? The error I get is a Parser Error on the line that starts
<asp:Text.... The exact message says "'Title(0)' is not a valid identifier.

for i=0 to (Title.Length - 1)
Title(i).Text = " "
Author(i).Text = ""
Next
....
<asp:TextBox id="Title(0)" runat="server" size = "50"></asp:TextBox>


Thanks!
Emma

 

[Brock Allen]

<asp:TextBox id="Title(0)" runat="server" size =

"50"></asp:TextBox>

You assign Title(0) as the ID, which is invalid. Just do ID="Title".

for i=0 to (Title.Length - 1)
Title(i).Text = " "
Author(i).Text = ""
Next

I'm not sure what this is trying to accomplish. If you want to blank out
the value of the TextBox control, just use the variable (from the ID above):

Title.Text = ""

 

[Emmweb]

We're trying to create an array, using the for...next loop to initialize the
array values. Which was why we had Title(0), to call the first value of
Title. Does that help?

 

[Brock Allen]

You can't declaratively declare an array of controls in ASP.NET. I presume
you're trying to do what you used to do in VB6? You can dynamically create
them, though, in your code[behind]. So call "new TextBox()" and then add
that control under some other control in the page. So if you had a PlaceHolder,
then you'd do myPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(theTextBoxIJustCreated).

Sorry for the terse post (long day).