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XstreamINsanity
XstreamINsanity

Reputation: 4296

Custom Attribute for asp.net Checkbox: How to retrieve it?

I am using a repeater with the Item Template of a checkbox. Here's my checkbox template:

<asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="chkBox" Text='<%# Eval("Text") %>' Value='<%# Eval("Value") %>' />

Now, I know asp checkboxes do not have a value attribute, but I read somewhere that you can put that in there and it will work the same. I'll have to look it up again to see if I read it wrong. However, just in case it is possible to put the custom attribute in there, how do I retrieve it in code behind? I looked at the source after the page is created and there is no attribute in the control that says "value". Any ideas? Thanks.

EDIT:

Here's where I saw you can add the custom attribute:

http://www.daveparslow.com/2007/08/assigning-value-to-aspnet-checkbox.html

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2563

Answers (1)

George Johnston
George Johnston

Reputation: 32278

You can retrieve values from your server controls through the attributes collection. In your case,

string s = chkBox.Attributes["Value"];

However, as a suggestion and as my comment states, if you want a valid page, you should change your doc type to HTML 5 and use the data- annotation on your custom attribute.

Upvotes: 1

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