clearing form fields after postback

You can test the Page.IsPostBack property.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebuipageclassispostbacktopic.asp

I know about the IsPostBack Property but how do I clear the form fields?

1. turn off the viewstate, or
2. Response.Redirect(Request.RawURL) in your event handler

I get an error "Value of an integral type expected" here  --  switch (ctrl.GetType())

adding a ToString() to the GetType() should do the trick, i reckon...

that removed the error but the form fields don't get cleared.  BTW this is for a web form so I changed the code as following and that didn't help either

foreach (object ctrl in Page.Controls)
                  {

                        switch (ctrl.GetType().ToString())
                        {      
                              case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox":
                                    ((TextBox)ctrl).Text = "";
                                    break;
//                              case "System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox":
//                                    ((ComboBox)ctrl).Items.Clear();
//                                    break;
                              default:

                                    break;
                                    // etcetera
                        }
                  }

did you try just redirecting yourself back to the same page?

No I haven't tried that as my page has several panels where the visibilty is controlled by user selections .. if I do a redirect I will lose the panel the user was working on.

can you reload just the panel with the input fields in it then?

ya I could load the panel and clear the fields individually but I thought I could have a more universal solution which I could use accross my application.

Following is a modified working version of a code snippet I found online ..  similar to eliytres suggest .. I pass a Panel to this function

public static void ClearFormFields(System.Web.UI.Control parent)
            {
                  //where parent is a panel;
                  foreach (Control c in parent.Controls)
                  {
                        if ((c.GetType() == typeof(TextBox)))
                        {
                              // is it a textbox?            
                              TextBox t = (TextBox)c;
                              t.Text = "";
                        }
                        else if ((c.GetType() == typeof(DropDownList)))
                        {
                              // is it a dropdown list?              
                              DropDownList d = (DropDownList)c;
                              d.ClearSelection();
                        }
                        else if ((c.GetType() == typeof(ListBox)))
                        {
                              // is it a listbox?                
                              ListBox l = (ListBox)c;              
                              l.ClearSelection();
                        }
                        else if ((c.GetType() == typeof(RadioButtonList)))
                        {
                              // is it a radiobutton list?    
                              RadioButtonList rl = (RadioButtonList)c;
                              rl.ClearSelection();
                        }
                        else if ((c.GetType() == typeof(CheckBox)))
                        {
                              // is it a checkbox?            
                              CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)c;
                              chk.Checked = false;
                        }
                        else if ((c.GetType() == typeof(CheckBoxList)))
                        {
                              // is it a radiobutton list?    
                              CheckBoxList cl = (CheckBoxList)c;
                              cl.ClearSelection();
                        }
//                        if (c.HasControls())
//                        {
//                              ClearFields(c);
//                        }
                  }
            }

sorry I meant to say jaime_olivares suggestion