OnClick Variables

Hello, I am using C# to create an ASP.NET website. Here's my issue:

I have a standard button on one page. This button has an onclick setup to fire a method. I have a second button on this page. When the user clicks on this button, its onclick setup fires another method which does some stuff, BUT at the end of this method, I would like it to fire the first button's onclick method.

Currently when I add the name of the first button's onclick method ( button1_Click() ) to the end of the second button's onclick method, this error is displayed: "No overload method for..takes 0 arguments".

I know what this error means: the system wants me to include two variables when calling button1_click, which are the default: object sender, EventArgs e

What are object sender, EventArgs e and how do I include them in my call to button1_Click from the button2_click method?

Thank you in advance.

ASP.NET.NET ProgrammingC#

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karlhsc

8/22/2022 - Mon

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Carl Tawn

3/8/2011

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Todd Gerbert

3/8/2011

carl_tawn is absolutely correct, I would only expand on his response slightly to say that it is usually safe to pass null for both arguments - it certainly seems to be the case you could safely do so given your current example, just wanted to point out it's not always safe (99% safe, 1% not safe).

Also, I would suggest moving the code that actually does "stuff" into it's own method(s), and then calling those methods from the button event handlers:

private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  // Button 1 just does stuff.
  DoStuff();
}

private void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  // Button 2 does stuff, and also does other stuff
  DoStuff();
  DoOtherStuff();
}

private void DoStuff()
{
  // Do some stuff 
}

private void DoOtherStuff()
{
  // Do some other stuff
}

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Carl Tawn

3/8/2011

@tgerbert - You are of course correct - just figured it wasn't likely to be an issue in this scenario so skimmed over it :)

Just to expand a little. It is possible to use a single event handler as the target for an event on multiple controls. In a scenario like that you may want to cast "sender" in order to find out which control raised the event and act accordingly.

karlhsc

3/8/2011

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tgerbert: thank you for the additional information. I see the merit in the architecture you provided.

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