Loop through controls asp.net

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I'm trying to make a function to enable disable all controls in a specific page.

When I loop through, all controls are disabled except the ones inside the div that is set to runat="server"

This is a general view of the design:

ASP.NET

<form id="form1"  runat="server">
   <div id="wrapper">
   <%-- 1st set of ASP controls --%>
      <div id="Main"  runat="server">
         <%-- 2nd set ASP of controls --%>
      </div>
   </div>
<form>

My code looks like this:

VB

For Each c As Control In Page.Controls
   For Each ctrl As Control In c.Controls
      'disabling controls 
   Next
Next

I want to use this function in all my pages, please could you let me know how to loop through the divs that are runat="Server"?

Posted 21-Jan-14 23:24pm

Salem Rady

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Have you looked this link Enable or disable all controls in the page using simple code[^]

Regards,
Pavan N

Posted 21-Jan-14 23:28pm

Pavan_N

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Salem Rady 22-Jan-14 5:33am

Yea man already checked it my code is similar to it, my problem is that my loop won't go through the div that is runat="server" it will loop through all divs and containers except the runat="server" ones

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Salem Rady · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-21T23:50:00

By using this code below, I will be able to disable the not only the children of the page but also controls that are children of controls that are children of the page

VB

Private Sub DisableChildControls(controls As ControlCollection)

        For Each ctrl As Control In controls
           'I disable what I want to disable -- for example

           If TypeOf ctl Is TextBox Then

                DirectCast(ctl, TextBox).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is Button Then

                DirectCast(ctl, Button).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is RadioButton Then

                DirectCast(ctl, RadioButton).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is RadioButtonList Then

                DirectCast(ctl, RadioButtonList).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is CheckBox Then

                DirectCast(ctl, CheckBox).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is CheckBoxList Then

                DirectCast(ctl, CheckBoxList).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is DropDownList Then

                DirectCast(ctl, DropDownList).Enabled = False

            ElseIf TypeOf ctl Is ListBox Then

                DirectCast(ctl, ListBox).Attributes.Add("disabled", "disabled")

            End If

          If ctrl.Controls.Count > 0 Then
                DisableChildControls(ctrl.Controls)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

In the desired event, I call the traversal using:

VB

If Me.Controls.Count > 0 Then
    DisableChildControls(Me.Controls)
End If