Hi All,

general quick question:

I am creating an event handler for the click of a button (eg: protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) - if I type the code from scratch it doesnt work when i generate the page, but if I double click the button on the design form to auto create the event handler it does work. How or why is it so?

I have created a form with 3 buttons and 3 labels as per do it yourself in chapter 9, p.338. I double clicked on the first two buttons to auto create the beginning of the event handler code, but for the third one I wrote the event handler code from scratch. The first two buttons changed the labels as it should have but the third button didnt work.

What exactly happens during the double click of the button to auto create the event handler code that doesnt happen when created manually?

It is not a completely crucial question but it is easier to copy and paste the bulk of the event handler code than it is to have to go back and forth between the design screen of the form and the code behind file.

Thanks,

Chris

Hi Chris,

It depends on the language you're using. In C#, the markup section of the control is modified:

<asp:Button ..... onclick="Button1_Click" .... />

In VB, in the Code Behind, the handler code is followed by the keyword Handles:

.... Button1_Click(.....) Handles Button1.Click

Hope this helps,

Imar

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Hi Imar,

thanks for that, I can say that I feel adequately stupid for not realising this before.

Thanks,

Chris