FormView.ModeChanging Event
Definition
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Occurs when the FormView control switches between edit, insert, and read-only mode, but before the mode changes.
public:
event System::Web::UI::WebControls::FormViewModeEventHandler ^ ModeChanging;public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormViewModeEventHandler ModeChanging;member this.ModeChanging : System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormViewModeEventHandler Public Custom Event ModeChanging As FormViewModeEventHandler Event Type
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the ModeChanging event to hide the pager row when the FormView control transitions to edit mode.
<%@ 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 EmployeeFormView_ModeChanging(Object sender, FormViewModeEventArgs e)
{
// Use the NewMode property to determine the mode to which the
// FormView control is transitioning.
switch (e.NewMode)
{
case FormViewMode.Edit:
// Hide the pager row and clear the Label control
// when transitioning to edit mode.
EmployeeFormView.AllowPaging = false;
MessageLabel.Text = "";
break;
case FormViewMode.ReadOnly:
// Display the pager row and confirmation message
// when transitioning to edit mode.
EmployeeFormView.AllowPaging = true;
if (e.CancelingEdit)
{
MessageLabel.Text = "Update canceled.";
}
else
{
MessageLabel.Text = "Update completed.";
}
break;
case FormViewMode.Insert:
// Cancel the mode change if the FormView
// control attempts to transition to insert
// mode.
e.Cancel = true;
break;
default:
MessageLabel.Text = "Unsupported mode.";
break;
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewModeEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewModeEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
onmodechanging="EmployeeFormView_ModeChanging"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Hire Date:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("HireDate","{0:d}") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<br/><br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
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="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</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 EmployeeFormView_ModeChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormViewModeEventArgs)
' Use the NewMode property to determine the mode to which the
' FormView control is transitioning.
Select Case e.NewMode
Case FormViewMode.Edit
' Hide the pager row and clear the Label control
' when transitioning to edit mode.
EmployeeFormView.AllowPaging = False
MessageLabel.Text = ""
Case FormViewMode.ReadOnly
' Display the pager row and confirmation message
' when transitioning to edit mode.
EmployeeFormView.AllowPaging = True
If e.CancelingEdit Then
MessageLabel.Text = "Update canceled."
Else
MessageLabel.Text = "Update completed."
End If
Case FormViewMode.Insert
' Cancel the mode change if the FormView
' control attempts to transition to insert
' mode.
e.Cancel = True
Case Else
MessageLabel.Text = "Unsupported mode."
End Select
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>FormViewModeEventArgs Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormViewModeEventArgs Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
emptydatatext="No employees found."
onmodechanging="EmployeeFormView_ModeChanging"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Name:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Title:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Hire Date:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("HireDate","{0:d}") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b>Address:</b>
</td>
<td>
<%# Eval("Address") %><br/>
<%# Eval("City") %> <%# Eval("Region") %>
<%# Eval("PostalCode") %><br/>
<%# Eval("Country") %>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="Edit"
text="Edit"
commandname="Edit"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<edititemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td rowspan="6">
<asp:image id="EmployeeEditImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
Text="Name" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="FirstNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>'
accesskey="n" tabindex="1" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="LastNameUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>'
accesskey="l" tabindex="2" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="TitleUpdateTextBox"
Text="Title" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="TitleUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'
accesskey="t" tabindex="3" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
Text="Hire Date" />:</b>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="HireDateUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("HireDate", "{0:d}") %>'
accesskey="h" tabindex="4" runat="server" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:150" valign="top">
<td>
<b><asp:Label runat="server"
AssociatedControlID="AddressUpdateTextBox"
Text="Address" />:</b>
</td>
<td>
<asp:textbox id="AddressUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'
accesskey="a" tabindex="5" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CityUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("City") %>'
accesskey="c" tabindex="6" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="RegionUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Region") %>'
width="40"
accesskey="r" tabindex="7" runat="server"/>
<asp:textbox id="PostalCodeUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'
width="60"
accesskey="p" tabindex="8" runat="server"/>
<br/>
<asp:textbox id="CountryUpdateTextBox"
text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'
accesskey="u" tabindex="9" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:linkbutton id="UpdateButton"
text="Update" tabindex="10"
commandname="Update"
runat="server"/>
<asp:linkbutton id="CancelButton"
text="Cancel" tabindex="11"
commandname="Cancel"
runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</edititemtemplate>
</asp:formview>
<br/><br/>
<asp:label id="MessageLabel"
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="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [Address], [City], [Region], [PostalCode], [Country], [HireDate], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
updatecommand="Update [Employees] Set [LastName]=@LastName, [FirstName]=@FirstName, [Title]=@Title, [Address]=@Address, [City]=@City, [Region]=@Region, [PostalCode]=@PostalCode, [Country]=@Country Where [EmployeeID]=@EmployeeID"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The ModeChanging event is raised when a FormView control attempts to switch between edit, insert, and read-only mode, but before the mode actually changes. This allows you to provide an event-handling method that performs a custom routine, such as configuring the FormView control for a specific mode or canceling the mode change, whenever this event occurs.
A FormViewModeEventArgs object is passed to the event-handling method, which allows you to determine the mode to which the FormView control is switching, to determine whether the ModeChanging event was raised as a result of the user canceling an edit operation, or to indicate that an insert operation should be canceled. To determine the new mode, use the NewMode property. You can also use the NewMode property to switch to an alternate mode by setting it to one of the FormViewMode enumeration values. Use the CancelingEdit property to determine whether the user canceled an edit operation. To cancel an insert operation, set the Cancel property to true.
For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.
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