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Why the event from my button is not working?

Asked by: eddyperu

Hi Experts!
I have  a Web User Control(WebUserControl.ascx) that contained a Panel(Panel1) and inside this panel there is a button(Button1) that have a click event.
Also, I have a Page in which I am trying to create  the control " collapsible Panel"  programatically(this control is Ajax).
I am trying to set the panel(Panel1) from my Web User Control inside the Collapsible panel, which I have done it.
The Problem: The  click event from the button(Button1)  inside the WebuserControl is not triggering at all.
Thinking about the Problem: I think that the problem is in this line:
                                              cpe1.TargetControlID = myControl.StepPanel.UniqueID;

Somehow the right ID has not being called or something like this, I tried the .ClientID and appear this error:
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: The TargetControlID of 'CollapsiblePanelExtender' is not valid. A control with ID 'MyControl1_ContentPanelStep' could not be found

Thanks for your help!! :)

This is the web user control .ascx
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Exampletry.ascx.cs" Inherits="controls_Exampletry" %>
<asp:Panel ID="ContentPanelStep" runat="server" CssClass="collapsePanel" BackColor="#EAE3CF">
<table>
 <tr>
   <td>
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Testing" OnClick="Button1_Click" />   
   </td>
 </tr>
</table>
</asp:Panel>
 
This is the web user control ascx.cs:
public partial class controls_Exampletry : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //string buttonID = this.UniqueID.Replace(this.ID, Button1.UniqueID);
        //Button1.ID = this.UniqueID + Button1.UniqueID;
        //Button1.ID = "TestButtonID1";
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
              //this is the part is not triggering
    }
 
    public Panel StepPanel
    {
        get { return ContentPanelStep; }  //this is my panel and inside this panel there is a button
    }
}
 
 
This is my code in my page:
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        
        controls_Exampletry myControl = (controls_Exampletry)Page.LoadControl("controls/Exampletry.ascx");
        myControl.ID = "MyControl1";
 
        controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl myHeaderControl = (controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl)Page.LoadControl("controls/NewHireWorkflowStepControl.ascx");
        myHeaderControl.ID = "MyHeaderControl1";
        //panel1.Controls.Add(myControl);  
 
 
        HtmlTableRow stepRow = new HtmlTableRow();
        HtmlTableCell stepCell = new HtmlTableCell();
        
 
        AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender cpe1 = new AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender();
        cpe1 = new AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender();
        cpe1.ID = "CollapsiblePanelExtender";
        cpe1.TargetControlID = myControl.StepPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.BehaviorID = "CPEBehavior";        
        cpe1.Collapsed = true;
        cpe1.ExpandControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.CollapseControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.AutoCollapse = false;
        cpe1.AutoExpand = false;
        cpe1.ScrollContents = false;
        cpe1.ExpandDirection = AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExpandDirection.Vertical;
 
        stepCell.Controls.Add(myHeaderControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(myControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(cpe1);
        stepRow.Cells.Add(stepCell);
        StepsTable.Rows.Add(stepRow);
 
 
    }

                                  
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2008-11-06 at 04:45:08ID23881235
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C# ,ASP.net 2.0, Ajax

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Answers

 

by: ShazbotOKPosted on 2008-11-06 at 07:33:15ID: 22896057

Ok if your PAGE is attempting to capture the event from the User Control then you need to create event delegates in the user control then attach the event handler to the events from the PAGE code.

On a side-note I noticed your using the AJAX toolkit, be sure you have a defined scriptmanager in the markup AND update panels/triggers configured.

//in the ASCX code
 
public event CommandEventHandler MyButtonClicked;
//in the HTML Markup set the OnClick to the below method inside the ASCX
public void MyButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){MyButtonClicked(sender,e);}
 
//in the ASPX.cs Page_Load code
MyUserControl.MyButtonClicked += new CommandEventHandler(MyButtonClick);
 
//new method
void MyButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  //do your stuff here
}

                                              
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by: eddyperuPosted on 2008-11-06 at 08:32:49ID: 22896845

There is an error with the object MybutonCliecked(sender, e)
I am ataching my code....
..Thanks for your help

ps: Why Do I need "update panels/triggers configured"? I've  the script manager in my html code but not the update panel, Do I need it and where suppose I need to set it up.Thanks

My web usercontro.ascx.cs:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class controls_Exampletry : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    }
    public event CommandEventHandler MyButtonClicked;
    public void MyButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MyButtonClicked(sender, e); }
 
 
    public Panel StepPanel
    {
        get { return ContentPanelStep; } 
    }
 
    void MyButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //do your stuff here
    }
}
 
My .ascx from my web user control:
<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Exampletry.ascx.cs" Inherits="controls_Exampletry" %>
<asp:Panel ID="ContentPanelStep" runat="server">
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Testing" OnClick="MyButton_Click" />   
</asp:Panel>
 
My ASPX.cs Page:
public partial class Insidemasterpage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
 
        HtmlTableRow stepRow = new HtmlTableRow();
        HtmlTableCell stepCell = new HtmlTableCell();
 
        controls_Exampletry myControl = (controls_Exampletry)Page.LoadControl("controls/Exampletry.ascx");
 
        myControl.MyButtonClicked += new CommandEventHandler(MyButtonClick);
 
 
 
        myControl.ID = "MyControl1";
 
        //controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl myHeaderControl = (controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl)Page.LoadControl("controls/NewHireWorkflowStepControl.ascx");
       // myHeaderControl.ID = "MyHeaderControl1";
        //panel1.Controls.Add(myControl);  
 
 
 
 
 
        AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender cpe1 = new AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender(); cpe1.ID = "CollapsiblePanelExtender";        
        cpe1.TargetControlID = myControl.StepPanel.ClientID;
        cpe1.SuppressPostBack = false;
 
        // cpe1.ExpandControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        //cpe1.CollapseControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        //cpe1.BehaviorID = "CPEBehavior";        
        // cpe1.Collapsed = true;
        //cpe1.AutoCollapse = false;
        //cpe1.AutoExpand = false;
        //cpe1.ScrollContents = false;
        //cpe1.ExpandDirection = AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExpandDirection.Vertical;
 
 
       // stepCell.Controls.Add(myHeaderControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(myControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(cpe1);
        stepRow.Cells.Add(stepCell);
        StepsTable.Rows.Add(stepRow);
}
}

                                              
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by: eddyperuPosted on 2008-11-07 at 09:42:38ID: 22906817

Well, first I don't need the event handler because I ma loading a complet WEb USer control inside a control, but Thanks anyway
Second I found the answer it have to do with the order how I was loadin and I forgot to load it in the control: here it is:
        controls_Exampletry myControl = (controls_Exampletry)Page.LoadControl("controls/Exampletry.ascx");
        myControl.ID = "MyControl1";
        controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl myHeaderControl = (controls_NewHireWorkflowStepControl)Page.LoadControl("controls/NewHireWorkflowStepControl.ascx");
        myHeaderControl.ID = "MyHeaderControl1";


        Page.Controls.Add(myControl);
        AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender cpe1 = new AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExtender();
        cpe1.ID = "myCollapsiblePanelExtender";
        // cpe1.TargetControlID = Page.FindControl(myControl.ID).StepPanel.ID;
        cpe1.TargetControlID = myControl.StepPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.ExpandControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.CollapseControlID = myHeaderControl.StepHeaderPanel.UniqueID;
        cpe1.BehaviorID = "CPEBehavior";
        cpe1.Collapsed = true;
        cpe1.AutoCollapse = false;
        cpe1.AutoExpand = false;
        cpe1.ScrollContents = false;
        cpe1.ExpandDirection = AjaxControlToolkit.CollapsiblePanelExpandDirection.Vertical;



        Page.Controls.Add(cpe1);

        HtmlTableRow stepRow = new HtmlTableRow();
        HtmlTableCell stepCell = new HtmlTableCell();
        stepCell.Controls.Add(myHeaderControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(myControl);
        stepCell.Controls.Add(cpe1);
        stepRow.Cells.Add(stepCell);
        StepsTable.Rows.Add(stepRow);

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