GridViewUpdatedEventArgs.KeepInEditMode Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the GridView control should remain in edit mode after an update operation.
public:
property bool KeepInEditMode { bool get(); void set(bool value); };public bool KeepInEditMode { get; set; }member this.KeepInEditMode : bool with get, setPublic Property KeepInEditMode As BooleanProperty Value
true if the control will remain in edit mode after an update operation; otherwise, false. The default is false.
Examples
The following example shows how to keep a GridView control in edit mode when an exception occurs.
<%@ Page language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
void CustomersGridView_RowUpdated(Object sender, GridViewUpdatedEventArgs e)
{
// Use the Exception property to determine whether an exception
// occurred during the update operation.
if (e.Exception == null)
{
// Sometimes an error might occur that does not raise an
// exception, but prevents the update operation from
// completing. Use the AffectedRows property to determine
// whether the record was actually updated.
if (e.AffectedRows == 1)
{
// Use the Keys property to get the value of the key field.
String keyFieldValue = e.Keys["CustomerID"].ToString();
// Display a confirmation message.
Message.Text = "Record " + keyFieldValue +
" updated successfully. ";
// Display the new and original values.
DisplayValues((OrderedDictionary)e.NewValues, (OrderedDictionary)e.OldValues);
}
else
{
// Display an error message.
Message.Text = "An error occurred during the update operation.";
// When an error occurs, keep the GridView
// control in edit mode.
e.KeepInEditMode = true;
}
}
else
{
// Insert the code to handle the exception.
Message.Text = e.Exception.Message;
// Use the ExceptionHandled property to indicate that the
// exception is already handled.
e.ExceptionHandled = true;
e.KeepInEditMode = true;
}
}
void DisplayValues(OrderedDictionary newValues, OrderedDictionary oldValues)
{
Message.Text += "<br/></br>";
// Iterate through the new and old values. Display the
// values on the page.
for (int i = 0; i < oldValues.Count; i++)
{
Message.Text += "Old Value=" + oldValues[i].ToString() +
", New Value=" + newValues[i].ToString() + "<br/>";
}
Message.Text += "</br>";
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</h3>
<!-- The GridView control automatically sets the columns -->
<!-- specified in the datakeynames property as read-only. -->
<!-- No input controls are rendered for these columns in -->
<!-- edit mode. -->
<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"
datasourceid="CustomersSqlDataSource"
autogeneratecolumns="true"
autogenerateeditbutton="true"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="CustomerID"
onrowupdated="CustomersGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<br/>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
updatecommand="Update Customers SET CompanyName=@CompanyName, Address=@Address, City=@City, PostalCode=@PostalCode, Country=@Country WHERE (CustomerID = @CustomerID)"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server">
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub CustomersGridView_RowUpdated(sender As Object, e As GridViewUpdatedEventArgs)
' Use the Exception property to determine whether an exception
' occurred during the update operation.
If e.Exception Is Nothing Then
' Sometimes an error might occur that does not raise an
' exception, but prevents the update operation from
' completing. Use the AffectedRows property to determine
' whether the record was actually updated.
If e.AffectedRows = 1 Then
' Use the Keys property to get the value of the key field.
Dim keyFieldValue As String = e.Keys("CustomerID").ToString()
' Display a confirmation message.
Message.Text = "Record " & keyFieldValue & _
" updated successfully. "
' Display the new and original values.
DisplayValues(CType(e.NewValues, OrderedDictionary), CType(e.OldValues, OrderedDictionary))
Else
' Display an error message.
Message.Text = "An error occurred during the update operation."
' When an error occurs, keep the GridView
' control in edit mode.
e.KeepInEditMode = True
End If
Else
' Insert the code to handle the exception.
Message.Text = e.Exception.Message
' Use the ExceptionHandled property to indicate that the
' exception is already handled.
e.ExceptionHandled = True
e.KeepInEditMode = True
End If
End Sub
Sub DisplayValues(ByVal newValues As OrderedDictionary, ByVal oldValues As OrderedDictionary)
Message.Text &= "<br/></br>"
' Iterate through the new and old values. Display the
' values on the page.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To oldValues.Count - 1
Message.Text &= "Old Value=" & oldValues(i).ToString() & _
", New Value=" & newValues(i).ToString() & "<br/>"
Next
Message.Text &= "</br>"
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>GridViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>GridViewUpdatedEventArgs Example</h3>
<!-- The GridView control automatically sets the columns -->
<!-- specified in the datakeynames property as read-only. -->
<!-- No input controls are rendered for these columns in -->
<!-- edit mode. -->
<asp:gridview id="CustomersGridView"
datasourceid="CustomersSqlDataSource"
autogeneratecolumns="true"
autogenerateeditbutton="true"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="CustomerID"
onrowupdated="CustomersGridView_RowUpdated"
runat="server">
</asp:gridview>
<br/>
<asp:label id="Message"
forecolor="Red"
runat="server"/>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="CustomersSqlDataSource"
selectcommand="Select [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [Address], [City], [PostalCode], [Country] From [Customers]"
updatecommand="Update Customers SET CompanyName=@CompanyName, Address=@Address, City=@City, PostalCode=@PostalCode, Country=@Country WHERE (CustomerID = @CustomerID)"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server">
</asp:sqldatasource>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
By default, the GridView control returns to read-only mode after an update operation. To keep the GridView control in edit mode, set the KeepInEditMode property to true.
