Help with Chapter 4 Try it Out

jarrettdd · October 14th, 2010, 01:03 AM

Hello All,

My name is Darrell. I have a quick question. The code that was given to us in Chap 4 first Try it Out is not working the way the book explains. Everything is correct until I get to the View Source. The book stats that it should display this.

<div>
Your name <input name="YourName" type="text" id="YourName" />
<input type="submit" name="SubmitButton" value="Submit Information"
id="SubmitButton" />
<br />
<span id="Label1"></span>
</div>

before we input anything in the text box and click submit. This part is working fine. The next part isn't

It also states that after we enter our name in the text box and click submit we should get this in the View Source.

<div>
Your name <input name="YourName" type="text" value="Darrell"
id="YourName" />
<input type="submit" name="SubmitButton" value="Submit Information"
id="SubmitButton" />
<br />
<span id="Label1">Your name is Darrell</span>
</div>

I'm not getting value="Darrell" nor am I getting Your name is Darrell.

Can someone tell me why I'm not seeing this? Thanks in advanced for any help.

Imar · October 14th, 2010, 03:18 AM

Hi there,

Can you post the full code for the ASPX page and its Code Behind? Also, what's the extension of the page?

Imar

jarrettdd · October 14th, 2010, 10:09 AM

This the code for the control demo try it out.

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="ControlsDemo.aspx.vb" Inherits="Demos_ControlsDemo" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>

Your Name<asp:TextBox ID="YourName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="SubmitButton" runat="server" Text="Submit Information" />
<br />
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>

</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

This is the code for the code behind once it's open in the in the browser.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>

</title></head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="ControlsDemo.aspx" id="form1">
<div class="aspNetHidden">
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDwUKMjA3NjE4MDczNmRkFadufUc6qggDIflm8WyU37blw/C2rPbJauvOQg2tZfI=" />
</div>

<div class="aspNetHidden">

<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTVALIDATION" id="__EVENTVALIDATION" value="/wEWAwK88/jNBgLTydp0ArK44tQLZ67avkaifOh3sOqseMFW9iU9z8b2I06i +vgFHd40m0A=" />
</div>
<div>

Your Name<input name="YourName" type="text" id="YourName" />
<input type="submit" name="SubmitButton" value="Submit Information" id="SubmitButton" />
<br />
<span id="Label1"></span>

</div>
</form>
</body>
</html

This isn't stopping me from moving forward I just wanted to know why the "value = My Name" is not showing and if it will cause problems for me later.

Thanks for your help

Imar · October 14th, 2010, 10:15 AM

Hi there,

Can you post two more things?

1) The Code Behind for the demo page

2) The final HTML in the browser that appears after you entered your name and clicked the button.

Cheers,

Imar