Textboxes in repeater do not refresh on postback

S

Steven Willems

Hi,

I've a very strange problem: my textboxes are not refreshing, while
labels are. (viewstate is off as the repeater on my page can contain a
lot of data).

Situation:

Button and repeater on page.
The first time the repeater should show this (and it does):

NonPostBack1
NonPostBack2
NonPostBack3

On Postback (=clicking the button), the repeater shows this:

NonPostBack1
NonPostBack2
NonPostBack3
PostBack4
PostBack5

While it should be:
PostBack1
PostBack2
PostBack3
PostBack4
PostBack5


the code and page are below. It is very simple, to narrow the problem.

Anyone an idea ? I've been trying almost everything and I'm becoming
quite desperate..

Steven

TestRepeater.aspx

<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="TestRepeater.aspx.cs"
AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="Test.TestRepeater"
EnableViewState="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" >

<html>
<head>
<title>TestRepeater</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1">
<meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" Content="C#">
<meta name=vs_defaultClientScript content="JavaScript">
<meta name=vs_targetSchema
content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5">
</head>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" Runat="server" Text="Click
Me"></asp:Button>
<table>
<asp:Repeater DataSource="<%# DataItems %>" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td><asp:TextBox Runat="server" ID="textItem" Text='<%#
DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.Name") %>'> </asp:TextBox></td>
<td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.Name") %></td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<AlternatingItemTemplate>
<tr>
<td><asp:TextBox Runat="server" Text='<%#
DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.Name") %>'
ID="textItem"></asp:TextBox></td>
<td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.Name" )%></td>
</tr>
</AlternatingItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</table>
</form>

</body>
</html>


TestRepeater.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace Test
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for TestRepeater.
/// </summary>
public class TestRepeater : System.Web.UI.Page
{


protected IList DataItems
{
get
{
if (this.IsPostBack)
{
IList result = new ArrayList();
result.Add(new Person("PostBack1"));
result.Add(new Person("PostBack2"));
result.Add(new Person("PostBack3"));
result.Add(new Person("PostBack4"));
result.Add(new Person("PostBack5"));
return result;
}
else
{
IList result = new ArrayList();
result.Add(new Person("NonPostBack1"));
result.Add(new Person("NonPostBack2"));
result.Add(new Person("NonPostBack3"));

return result;
}
}
}

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Put user code to initialize the page here

Page.DataBind();
}

#region Web Form Designer generated code
override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
//
// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
//
InitializeComponent();
base.OnInit(e);
}

/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
}
#endregion
}

public class Person
{
private string mName;

public Person (string name)
{
this.Name = name;
}

public string Name
{
get
{
return this.mName;
}

set
{
this.mName = value;
}
}
}
}
 

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