Problem with Posting an ASP .Net web form

eliea · August 1st, 2003, 12:01 PM

Hello,

I am reading the Biginning ASP.Net Using C# book. On page 128, I have attempted to try the Try it Out-The Business Example. In case the book is not available, I will breifly explain what I did:
1- Created a file using Visual Studio .Net (holidaypage.aspx)
2- On that web form I have placed some text boxes and option button to receive the user input. Note that all controls on the web form are server controls.
3- The book mention to write the form tag for holidaypage.aspx as follows:
<form action="holidayresponse.aspx" method="post">
the book mention that by writing the form tag this way (removing runat="server") we will be able to redirect to holidayresponse.aspx

4- Created another file (holidayresponse.aspx) another page to receive the data from holidaypage.aspx and display the information in some lables.

The problem is that when I submit I get an error saying that the controls on the webform should be enclosed in a form tag that has the runat="server" available. If I specify this attribute the when I submit the form, the page holidaypage.aspx is reloaded and not the holidayresponse.aspx.

Anybody has any ideas

eliea

CraigJones · August 1st, 2003, 12:05 PM

can you post your code?

eliea · August 2nd, 2003, 09:54 AM

The code for holidaypage.aspx is as follows:

<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="HolidayPage.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="FeiertagHolidays.HolidayPage" smartNavigation="True"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" >
<HTML>
    <HEAD>
        <title>HolidayPage</title>
        <meta content="Microsoft Visual Studio 7.0" name="GENERATOR">
        <meta content="C#" name="CODE_LANGUAGE">
        <meta content="JavaScript" name="vs_defaultClientScript">
        <meta content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5" name=" vs_targetSchema">
    </HEAD>
    <body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
        <form action="HolidayResponse.aspx" method="post" runat="server">
        <asp:textbox id="txtName" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
        <asp:textbox id="txtAddress" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
        <asp:radiobuttonlist id="Radio1" runat="server">
            <asp:ListItem Value="Male">Male</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="Female">Female</asp:ListItem>
        </asp:radiobuttonlist>
        <asp:dropdownlist id="cboDestination" runat="server">
            <asp:ListItem Value="Madrid">Madrid</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="Barcelona">Barcelona</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="Lisbon">Lisbon</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="Oslo">Oslo</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="Prague">Prague</asp:ListItem>
        </asp:dropdownlist>
        <INPUT type="submit" value="Submit">
        </form>
    </body>
</HTML>

The problem is that if I leave the Form tag as is, then when I submit the page does not move to holidayresponse.aspx. If I remove runat="server" attribute like the book suggested then I get an error saying that TextBox txtName must be enclosed in a runat="server" form.

thx

eliea

planeswalk · August 13th, 2003, 02:39 AM

Hi,

You can work around this by using the server controls under the System.Web.UI.HtmlControls namespace. These would be nothing more than the usual HTML elements that we normally use, except that they have the runat="server" attribute. An example would be:

<input type="text" id="txtName" runat="server" />

which can replace your <asp:textbox> control. These elements do not require your form to have the runat attribute present, and their individual properties can still be accessed through your codebehind.

Cheers!

Marlon Villarama
Support Team
Web Burner Hosting
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megasol · September 11th, 2006, 02:59 AM

hope it worked