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ImageButton.Command Event

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Occurs when the ImageButton is clicked.

public:
 event System::Web::UI::WebControls::CommandEventHandler ^ Command;
public:
 virtual event System::Web::UI::WebControls::CommandEventHandler ^ Command;
public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventHandler Command;
member this.Command : System.Web.UI.WebControls.CommandEventHandler 
Public Custom Event Command As CommandEventHandler

Event Type

CommandEventHandler

Implements

Command

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the Command event to determine which ImageButton control is clicked.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ImageButton CommandName Sample</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

      void ImageButton_Command(object sender, CommandEventArgs e) 
      {
         if (e.CommandName == "Sort" && e.CommandArgument == "Ascending")
            Label1.Text = "You clicked the Sort Ascending Button";
         else
            Label1.Text = "You clicked the Sort Descending Button";
      }

   </script>

</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>ImageButton CommandName Sample</h3>

      Click an image.<br /><br />

      <asp:ImageButton id="imagebutton1" runat="server"
           AlternateText="Sort Ascending"
           ImageUrl="images/pict.jpg"
           OnCommand="ImageButton_Command"
           CommandName="Sort"
           CommandArgument="Ascending"/>

      <asp:ImageButton id="imagebutton2" runat="server"
           AlternateText="Sort Descending"
           ImageUrl="image/pict2.jpg"
           OnCommand="ImageButton_Command"
           CommandName="Sort"
           CommandArgument="Descending"/>

      <br /><br />
    
      <asp:label id="Label1" runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ImageButton CommandName Sample</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

      Sub ImageButton_Command(sender As Object, e As CommandEventArgs) 
         If (e.CommandName = "Sort") And (e.CommandArgument = "Ascending") Then
            Label1.Text = "You clicked the Sort Ascending Button"
         Else
            Label1.Text = "You clicked the Sort Descending Button"
         End If
      End Sub

   </script>

</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>ImageButton CommandName Sample</h3>

      Click an image.<br /><br />

      <asp:ImageButton id="imagebutton1" runat="server"
           AlternateText="Sort Ascending"
           ImageUrl="images/pict.jpg"
           OnCommand="ImageButton_Command"
           CommandName="Sort"
           CommandArgument="Ascending"/>

      <asp:ImageButton id="imagebutton2" runat="server"
           AlternateText="Sort Descending"
           ImageUrl="images/pict2.jpg"
           OnCommand="ImageButton_Command"
           CommandName="Sort"
           CommandArgument="Descending"/>

      <br /><br />
    
      <asp:label id="Label1" runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

The Command event is raised when an ImageButton control is clicked.

Note

The Command event is raised through the control hierarchy in the form of the BubbleEvent.

Note

This event causes the page to post back to the server.

For more information about handling events, see How to: Consume Events in a Web Forms Application.

Applies to

See also