Creating Dynamic FormView Templates

[Stephen Hatfield]

Is it possible to create FormView templates (EditItemTemplate,
InsertItemTemplate, ItemTemplate) dynamically by calling a separate class
file to generate the template. My attempts at this have been unsuccessful. I
am working in the ContentPlaceHolder on a page using a masterpage. I have
tried adding a PlaceHolder tag and putting the FormView control within but
still no luck. I have seen the example for doing this within a web page but
not by calling the ITemplate class within a different .cs file.

Thank you!
Steve

 

[Phillip Williams]

http://www.webswapp.com/codesamples/aspnet20/itemplate/default.aspx

 

[Stephen Hatfield]

Thanks for your reply Philip! I have no problem generating templates for
Columns in a GridView. I am having problems doing the same with a FormView.

Steve

 

[Phillip Williams]

Hi Stephen,

I just added another demo within the same section on my website for the
FormView.

 

[cynosureabu]

Update in FormView does not persist data

Philip,
I was checking the FormView sample on your website, However, the code there does not seem to be complete. e.g, I could not see where DataBound occurs.

My current issue is that
I add the ItemTemplate, and EditItemTemplate during OnInit stage as in your sample.

ItemTemplate has an edit button, then in order to switch to the Edit mode,
I have to do

this.MyFormView.ChangeMode(FormViewMode.Edit);
this.MyFormView.DataBind();

in OnItemCommand, (this part is not shown in your sample either)

However, the timing when DataBind occured in OnItemCommand is already too late. Although formview correctly displayed the edit mode, any updated value cannot be saved. In fact, I even could not receive Update command in OnItemCommand. Does my question makes sense to you?
Thank you in advance for your help!

Chen