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ListViewCommandEventArgs.Item Property

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Definition

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

Gets the data item for which the command was issued.

public:
 property System::Web::UI::WebControls::ListViewItem ^ Item { System::Web::UI::WebControls::ListViewItem ^ get(); };
public System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListViewItem Item { get; }
member this.Item : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListViewItem
Public ReadOnly Property Item As ListViewItem

Property Value

ListViewItem

The data item from the ListView control for which the command was issued.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the ListViewCommandEventArgs object that is passed to the event handler.

<%@ 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">
  protected void EmployeesListView_OnItemCommand(object sender, ListViewCommandEventArgs e)
  {
    if (String.Equals(e.CommandName, "AddToList"))
    {
      // Verify that the employee ID is not already in the list. If not, add the
      // employee to the list.
      ListViewDataItem dataItem = (ListViewDataItem)e.Item;
      string employeeID = 
        EmployeesListView.DataKeys[dataItem.DisplayIndex].Value.ToString();
      
      if (SelectedEmployeesListBox.Items.FindByValue(employeeID) == null)
      {
        ListItem item = new ListItem(e.CommandArgument.ToString(), employeeID);
        SelectedEmployeesListBox.Items.Add(item);
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Employee List</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:ListView runat="server" 
        ID="EmployeesListView"
        OnItemCommand="EmployeesListView_OnItemCommand"
        DataSourceID="EmployeesDataSource" 
        DataKeyNames="EmployeeID">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table runat="server" id="tblEmployees" 
                 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="440px" border="1">
            <tr id="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"></tr>
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager ID="EmployeesDataPager" runat="server" PageSize="10">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NumericPagerField />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <tr runat="server">
            <td>
              <asp:Label runat="server" ID="NameLabel" 
                Text='<%#Eval("LastName") + ", " + Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
            <td style="width:80px">
              <asp:LinkButton runat="server" 
                ID="SelectEmployeeButton" 
                Text="Add To List" 
                CommandName="AddToList" 
                CommandArgument='<%#Eval("LastName") + ", " + Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>
      
      <br /><br />
      <b>Selected Employees:</b><br />
      <asp:ListBox runat="server" ID="SelectedEmployeesListBox" Rows="10" Width="300px" />
       
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->       
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="EmployeesDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [FirstName], [LastName]
                       FROM HumanResources.vEmployee
                       ORDER BY [LastName], [FirstName], [EmployeeID]">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </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">
  Protected Sub EmployeesListView_OnItemCommand(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As ListViewCommandEventArgs)
    
    If String.Equals(e.CommandName, "AddToList") Then
      
      ' Verify that the employee ID is not already in the list. If not, add the
      ' employee to the list.
      Dim dataItem As ListViewDataItem = CType(e.Item, ListViewDataItem)
      Dim employeeID As String = _
        EmployeesListView.DataKeys(dataItem.DisplayIndex).Value.ToString()
      
      If SelectedEmployeesListBox.Items.FindByValue(employeeID) Is Nothing Then
        Dim item As ListItem = _
          New ListItem(e.CommandArgument.ToString(), employeeID)
        SelectedEmployeesListBox.Items.Add(item)
      End If
      
    End If
    
  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head2" runat="server">
    <title>Employee List</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:ListView runat="server" 
        ID="EmployeesListView"
        OnItemCommand="EmployeesListView_OnItemCommand"
        DataSourceID="EmployeesDataSource" 
        DataKeyNames="EmployeeID">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table runat="server" id="tblEmployees" 
                 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="440px" border="1">
            <tr id="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"></tr>
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager ID="EmployeesDataPager" runat="server" PageSize="10">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NumericPagerField />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <tr runat="server">
            <td>
              <asp:Label runat="server" ID="NameLabel" 
                Text='<%#Eval("LastName") & ", " & Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
            <td style="width:80px">
              <asp:LinkButton runat="server" 
                ID="SelectEmployeeButton" 
                Text="Add To List" 
                CommandName="AddToList" 
                CommandArgument='<%#Eval("LastName") & ", " & Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>
      
      <br /><br />
      <b>Selected Employees:</b><br />
      <asp:ListBox runat="server" ID="SelectedEmployeesListBox" Rows="10" Width="300px" />
       
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->       
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="EmployeesDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [EmployeeID], [FirstName], [LastName]
                       FROM HumanResources.vEmployee
                       ORDER BY [LastName], [FirstName], [EmployeeID]">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Applies to

See also