HtmlTextArea.ServerChange Event

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.HtmlControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Occurs when the content of the HtmlTextArea control changes between posts to the server.

public:
 event EventHandler ^ ServerChange;

public event EventHandler ServerChange;

member this.ServerChange : EventHandler

Public Custom Event ServerChange As EventHandler

Event Type

EventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to specify and create a custom event handler for the ServerChange event. A message is displayed when the value entered in the HtmlTextArea control exceeds 10 characters.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void Server_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
    // This method determines whether the comment entered into the
    // HtmlTextArea control is longer than 20 characters.
    if (TextArea1.Value.Length > 20)
      Span1.InnerHtml = "Your comment cannot exceed 20 characters.";
    else
      Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value;

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</h3>

      Enter your comments: <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1"
                onserverchange="Server_Change" 
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub Server_Change(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
         
    ' The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
    ' This method determines whether the comment entered into the
    ' HtmlTextArea control is longer than 20 characters.
    If TextArea1.Value.Length > 20 Then
      Span1.InnerHtml = "Your comment cannot exceed 20 characters."
    Else
      Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value
    End If
      
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</title>

</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</h3>

      Enter your comments: <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1"
                onserverchange="Server_Change" 
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void Server_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
    // This method determines whether the comment entered into the
    // HtmlTextArea control is longer than 20 characters.
    if (TextArea1.Value.Length > 20)
    {
      Span1.InnerHtml = "Your comment cannot exceed 20 characters.";
    }
    else
    {
      Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value;
    }

  }

  void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Create an EventHandler delegate for the method you want to
    // handle the event, and then add it to the list of methods
    // called when the event is raised.
    TextArea1.ServerChange +=
      new System.EventHandler(this.Server_Change);

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</h3>

      Enter your comments (20 or fewer characters): <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1"
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub Server_Change(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
     
    ' The ServerChange event is commonly used for data validation.
    ' This method determines whether the comment entered into the
    ' HtmlTextArea control is longer than 20 characters.
    If TextArea1.Value.Length > 20 Then
         
      Span1.InnerHtml = "Your comment cannot exceed 20 characters."
         
    Else
         
      Span1.InnerHtml = "You wrote: <br />" + TextArea1.Value
         
    End If
      
  End Sub

  Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    ' Create an EventHandler delegate for the method you want to 
    ' handle the event, and then add it to the list of methods
    ' called when the event is raised.
    AddHandler TextArea1.ServerChange, AddressOf Server_Change

  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</title>
</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTextArea ServerChange Example</h3>

      Enter your comments (20 or fewer characters): <br />

      <textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="TextArea1"
                runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <input type="submit"  
             value="Submit" 
             runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <span id="Span1" 
            runat="server" />

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The ServerChange event is raised when the content of the HtmlTextArea control changes between posts to the server. This event is commonly used to perform data validation on the text box.

Note

This event is only raised when the user initiates a post to the server, such as clicking a submit button. This event does not cause a post to the server to occur.

Note

The control must have viewstate enabled for the ServerChange event to work correctly.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

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