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Dynamically adding controls in ASP.NET Repeater

I find my self having a repeater control which is being databound to an xml document. My client is now requesting that the Textbox's which are being repeater can be either a Textbox or a Checkbox.

I cannot seem to find an easyway to essentially do the following:

if ((System.Xml.XmlNode)e.Item.DataItem.Attributes["type"] == "text")
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtField" Text='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).InnerText %>' CssClass="std"></asp:TextBox>
else
<asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="txtField" Text='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).InnerText %>' CssClass="std"></asp:TextBox>

Is there a nice way I can extend my current implementaion without have to rewrite the logic. If I could inject the control via "OnItemDataBound" that would also be fine. But I cannot seem to make it work

Solution

  • What about something similar to this in your markup in each the textbox and checkbox controls?

    Visible=<%= Eval("type").tostring() == "text") %>