Select checkboxes in checkboxlist based on datatable

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I have a formview with a checkboxlist in edititemtemplate. I want to preselect the items that are in a datatable. How do I do this

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I have tried setting the checkboxlist items to the datatable in the code behind but I cant find the control.

Posted 21-Jun-18 10:47am

rlgentry

Updated 30-Jul-18 10:44am

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love goldsmith · Answer 1 · 2018-07-30T01:16:00

You can try the rowdatabound event to find the control as shown below:

protected void formview1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        Checkboxlist ck= e.Row.FindControl("id_of_checkboxlist") as checkboxlist;
    }
}

Vincent Maverick Durano · Answer 2 · 2018-07-30T10:45:00

If your database stores a flag to determine the selected CheckBox items, then you could simply do something like:

C#

for (int i = 0; i < CheckBoxList1.Items.Count; i++){
             CheckBoxList1.Items[i].Selected = Convert.ToBoolean(dt.Rows[i]["IsSelected"]);
}

IsSelected as boolean flag from your database.

Here's a quick example:

C#

protected void FormView1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        //Check for its current mode
        if (FormView1.CurrentMode == FormViewMode.ReadOnly)
        {
            //Check the RowType to where the Control is placed
            if (FormView1.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
            {
                //Just Changed the index of cells based on your requirement
                CheckBoxList cal = (CheckBoxList)FormView1.Row.Cells[0].FindControl("YourCheckBoxControlIDHere");
                if (cbl= !null)
                {
                    DataTable dt = ???; //Set the datasource

                    //loop thru the items of checkboxlist and then preselect 
                    for (int i = 0; i < cbl.Items.Count; i++){
             cbl.Items[i].Selected = Convert.ToBoolean(dt.Rows[i]["IsSelected"]);
}
                }


            }
        }
}

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