Hello

I have 10 checkboxlists on my form named Chk1 through Chk10, in my code, I would like to loop through the rows in the dataset and based on the value, I need to check or uncheck each box in the list.

F i = 1 to 10

if ...

(chk & i).items(0).checked = true

end if

Next i 

While (chk& i) would give me error.  What is the correct way to refer those controls in the code?

 thanks for any help!

Mei 

You need to do somehting like this

            Dim chkBox As System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox
            chkBox = FindControl("chk" & i)

hi,

try this

in c#

  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            if (CheckBoxList1.Items[i].Selected)
                Response.Write(CheckBoxList1.Items[i].Text);
        }

in vb

    Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 9
            If CheckBoxList1.Items(i).Selected Then
                Response.Write(CheckBoxList1.Items(i).Text)

            End If
        Next   

Hello my control is the chckboxlist

So I put the following code:

But the chkBox returns nothing after the FindControl line, even though I did the following

chkBox = FindControl("chk1") 

it still returns nothing. What is wrong?

thanks for the help!

hi

ok,

try this

Dim chkBox As System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBoxList

Are you using Master Pages? Are the CheckboxLists in the Content Page, are they by chance inside a Panel a FormView or another other Container Control?

If so FindControl me be run in that container Control.

The Server Form is a Container Control - typically Form1. Subsititute Form1 for the Parent Container Control if one exist.

Dim cntrl As WebControl = form1.FindControl("chk" & i.ToString())

If Not Nothing Is cntrl Then

    Dim cbList As CheckBoxList = CType(cntrl, CheckBoxList)

    ''....

End If

Yes, I use Master Page and the checkboslists are in the content Page and there is a form1 on the master page.

But when I write the following line

Dim cntrl As WebControl = form1.FindControl("chk" & i.ToString())

or

Dim cntrl As WebControl = content1.FindControl("chk" & i.ToString())

I got form1 or contect1 not declared error.

Please help!

thanks!

Hello All,

I added the following

and it work this time.

Thanks for everyone.

Mei