Hi, please have patience with me i am newish to c#

I would like to convert an old form, here is a sample text field:

Last Name:<input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" class="inputStyleA" value="<%=lname>" onchange="this.value = initialCap(this.value);" />

Now in the codeBehind page i have the following which does not work:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string lname = "asdfasdf";
.....

Question: is it possible to preserve the html code and get it going from the codebehine... that is pass the value to the html page?

Thanks

O.o The answer to your question is yes, but I do not agree with this approach.

You must declare your string variable outside of all your methods and place it in the body of your class.

public partial class foo
{
   public string lname;
}

You should then be able to access the value from your ui.

Personally i would just rewrite the form:

Last Name: <asp:TextBox id="lname" CssClass="inputStyleA" runat="server" />

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if(!Page.IsPostBack)
   {
      lname.Text = "foo";
      lname.Attributes.Add("onChange", "this.value = initialCap(this.value);");
   }
}

Course that is just me.
hth.

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i tried to re-write but this thing but a designer made the page, using multiple form tags wrapped in divs, that is how the menu systems was designed: display:block / display:none

It turned out that more than 1 form on the page doesn't work, the menu consists of 8 page with 80 form fields in each (many lines of html for this one page :( even visual studio is accting slow on the backspace. I need to move forward with this one....

I appreciate you response, and ideology for layer seperation.

Thanks

O.o 640 Form Fields? Wow.

In any event, a .aspx page can only have one <form runat="server"> control. I have not used a regular HTML <form> tag in a long time so I am not sure how Visual Studio behaves with them. Personally I think you are better off rewriting the data elements and the forms because, IMHO, you are only going to Band-Aid the situation so that it "works", you are not actually fixing the problem.

In the long run it is probably better to take the time now and rewrite the forms using server controls and such then having to come back and maintain the pages later.

Just my opinion anyway.

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