Unable to Get Text from Textbox Control

[John Walker]

Hi,
On the postback I am trying to get data from a TextBox control in a
Datagrid. This works fine except when the textbox has been disabled using
JavaScript. Here's the code to reference the control and get the text:

Dim txt As TextBox = CType(dg.Items(iMisc).FindControl("txtCustomer"),
TextBox)
Dim sCustomer As String = txt.Text

txt.Text will be blank if the textbox was disabled. Here's the javascript:

dml[sPrevboxid].disabled=true;

Are we not allowed to use JavaScript to disable datagrid textbox controls if
we want to reference the text on a postback?

Thanks, John

 

[Phillip Williams]

Hi John,

Disabling a control throws away its ViewState. Try instead

var txt= document.getElementById ("TextBoxName")
txt.readOnly=true;
txt.className="Disabled"

and in the Style section of your page:

<style>
..Disabled{background-color:gainsboro;}
</style>

 

[John Walker]

Phillip,
Thanks I'll try it.
John

Hi John,

Disabling a control throws away its ViewState. Try instead

var txt= document.getElementById ("TextBoxName")
txt.readOnly=true;
txt.className="Disabled"

and in the Style section of your page:

<style>
.Disabled{background-color:gainsboro;}
</style>

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HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com

Hi,
On the postback I am trying to get data from a TextBox control in a
Datagrid. This works fine except when the textbox has been disabled using
JavaScript. Here's the code to reference the control and get the text:

Dim txt As TextBox = CType(dg.Items(iMisc).FindControl("txtCustomer"),
TextBox)
Dim sCustomer As String = txt.Text

txt.Text will be blank if the textbox was disabled. Here's the javascript:

dml[sPrevboxid].disabled=true;

Are we not allowed to use JavaScript to disable datagrid textbox controls if
we want to reference the text on a postback?

Thanks, John