How to bind the repeater in multiple rows - use DataList instead

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Hi..

I am stuck in a unusual issue.

I am working on a webform in asp.net. I need to bind a pair of values to the repeater (or datagrid or datalist) control. There are 40 pairs in all and I am binding to the repeater. The repeater itemtemplate has a Label and a Textbox to which each of this set of values is databound to.

My issue is that this generates a repeater with 40 textboxes (with label vertically above it) horizontally and this does not fit onto my screen. Is there any way that I can move the itemtemplate controls to nextrow after some 6 dataitems are bound so that each repeater row will have a group of maximum of 6 textboxes and will expand vertically with new items added ?

ASP.NET

<table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0">
                                                                    <tr class="rowHeading">
                                                                            <td height="10px" align="left" valign="top">
                                                                                Monthly:
                                                                            </td>
                                                                        </tr>
                                                                        <tr>
                                                                            <td align="left" valign="top">
                                                                                <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0">
                                                                                    <tr>
                                                                                        <td align="left">
                                                                                            <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="tblMonths">
                                                                                                <tr>
                                                                                                    <asp:Repeater ID="rptMonths" runat="server">
                                                                                                        <itemtemplate>
                                                                                                            <td align="left" valign="top">
                                                                                                                <asp:Literal ID="ltrMonthName" Text='<%# Eval("name") %>' runat="server"><br />
                                                                                                                <asp:TextBox ID="txtMonthName" CssClass="RightAlignText" Width="60px" autocomplete="off"
                                                                                                                    runat="server">%<br />
                                                                                                                <asp:TextBox ID="lblMonthName" CssClass="RightAlignText" TabIndex="1000" Width="60px"
                                                                                                                    ReadOnly="true" runat="server">
                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                                                        </itemtemplate>
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                </tr>
                                                                                            </table>
                                                                                        </td>
                                                                                    </tr>
                                                                                </table>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                        </tr>
</table>

Posted 16-Nov-11 22:12pm

bbirajdar

Updated 21-Nov-11 3:50am

v3

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sriman.ch 17-Nov-11 4:21am

can you provide the aspx where you have placed your repeater control ?

bbirajdar 17-Nov-11 5:04am

The repeater is placed on the page in HTML table just after the form tag.

Edit- Updated my question with the aspx code

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foreach (PrivacySettingsDto objPrivacySettingsDto in SettingsDto)
{
    string strmessage="Hello";
    Label objLabel  = new Label ();
    objLabel.text = strmessage.tostring();
    TextBox objTextBox   = new TextBox ();
    objTextBox .text = strmessage.tostring();
    this.repeater.Controls.Add(objLabel);
    this.repeater.Controls.Add(objTextBox);
    this.repeater.Controls.Add (new HtmlGenericControl("br"));
}

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Posted 16-Nov-11 22:36pm

sathish.kasin

Updated 16-Nov-11 23:17pm

v2

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André Kraak 17-Nov-11 5:17am

Edited answer:
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bbirajdar 17-Nov-11 6:36am

Thank you for the help. But this does not solve my problem. You code adds the Label and Textbox group as 'one group per row'.

What I want is a such a set of 6 Labels and Textboxes to be in one row and when the datasource contains more than 6 such pairs then the repeater should move to to the next row and so on.

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bbirajdar · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-17T01:51:00

Hurrey.. I used a DataList control instead of the repeater. It has the RepeatColumns property. Simply setting it to 6 made my day...

Thank you friends