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Repeater.ItemCommand Event

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Occurs when a button is clicked in the Repeater control.

C# 
public event System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventHandler ItemCommand;

Event Type

RepeaterCommandEventHandler

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code a handler for the ItemCommand event of the Repeater control. Information about the button is displayed when a Button control within the Repeater control is clicked.

ASP.NET (C#) 
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script language="C#" runat="server">
       void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e) {
 
          if (!IsPostBack) {
             ArrayList values = new ArrayList();
 
             values.Add(new PositionData("Microsoft", "Msft"));
             values.Add(new PositionData("Intel", "Intc"));
             values.Add(new PositionData("Dell", "Dell"));
 
             Repeater1.DataSource = values;
             Repeater1.DataBind();
          }
       }
 
       void R1_ItemCommand(Object Sender, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e) {        
          Label2.Text = "The " + ((Button)e.CommandSource).Text + " button has just been clicked; <br />";
       }    
 
       public class PositionData {
         
          private string name;
          private string ticker;
 
          public PositionData(string name, string ticker) {
             this.name = name;
             this.ticker = ticker;
          }
 
          public string Name {
             get {
                return name;
             }
          }
 
          public string Ticker {
             get {
                return ticker;
             }
          }
       }
 
    </script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>Repeater Example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 
    <h3>Repeater Example</h3>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <b>Repeater1:</b>
         
       <br />
         
       <asp:Repeater id="Repeater1" OnItemCommand="R1_ItemCommand" runat="server">
          <HeaderTemplate>
             <table border="1">
                <tr>
                   <td><b>Company</b></td>
                   <td><b>Symbol</b></td>
                </tr>
          </HeaderTemplate>
             
          <ItemTemplate>
             <tr>
                <td> <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Name") %> </td>
                <td> <ASP:Button Text=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Ticker") %> runat="server" /></td>
             </tr>
          </ItemTemplate>
             
          <FooterTemplate>
             </table>
          </FooterTemplate>
             
       </asp:Repeater>
       <br />
         
       <asp:Label id="Label2" font-names="Verdana" ForeColor="Green" font-size="10pt" runat="server"/>
    </form>
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

This event is raised when a button in the Repeater control is clicked.

This event causes a round-trip from the client to occur.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also