Trim Each textbox control - Repost

HI

I'm trying to iterate through all the textboxes on a webpage and trim
them for spaces.

i.e. If a user enters " hello world " we correct it to "hello
world"

So far I've come up with this:

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'Trim all textboxes
Dim ThisControl As System.Web.UI.Control
For Each ThisControl In Me.Controls

If ThisControl.GetType().ToString() =
"system.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox" Then

ThisControl.text = Trim(ThisControl.text)
'Above line is wrong syntax, I want to trim the textbox here, but I'm
stuck! Please help...

End If

Next ThisControl

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The problem I have is not really with the trim function. It's the fact
that I cannot update the control text value. It won't allow the .text
property at all in this example because "thiscontrol" is not actually
aware that the control assigned to it is actually a textbox. Is there a
way to tell it it's a textbox so I can access this property, or is there
another way around this?

Can you help?

Many Thanks!

AlexHi,

here is an example how to loop through controls on the Page:
http://www.aspnet101.com/aspnet101/tips.aspx?id=97

If you want to access Text property, you need to have typed reference (cast
it to TextBox with CType and set the value to the property).

--
Teemu Keiski
MCP, Microsoft MVP (ASP.NET), AspInsiders member
ASP.NET Forum Moderator, AspAlliance Columnist
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke

"Alex Shirley" <postings@.alexshirley.com> wrote in message
news:e9704b08.0406280400.238ba501@.posting.google.c om...
> HI
> I'm trying to iterate through all the textboxes on a webpage and trim
> them for spaces.
> i.e. If a user enters " hello world " we correct it to "hello
> world"
> So far I've come up with this:
> -----------------------
--
> 'Trim all textboxes
> Dim ThisControl As System.Web.UI.Control
> For Each ThisControl In Me.Controls
> If ThisControl.GetType().ToString() =
> "system.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox" Then
> ThisControl.text = Trim(ThisControl.text)
> 'Above line is wrong syntax, I want to trim the textbox here, but I'm
> stuck! Please help...
> End If
> Next ThisControl
> -----------------------
--
> The problem I have is not really with the trim function. It's the fact
> that I cannot update the control text value. It won't allow the .text
> property at all in this example because "thiscontrol" is not actually
> aware that the control assigned to it is actually a textbox. Is there a
> way to tell it it's a textbox so I can access this property, or is there
> another way around this?
>
> Can you help?
> Many Thanks!
> Alex
Thanks Teemu

However I'm still stuck with the casting the object I've discovered in
a for next loop to a textbox so I can access its properties in
VB/ASP.Net... dumb I know, but I've looked everywhere for an answer,
but obviously not in the right places!

So far I've got this code:

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Dim ThisControl As System.Web.UI.Control
Dim txtControl As TextBox

For Each ThisControl In Me.Controls
If ThisControl.GetType().ToString() =
"system.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox" Then
txtControl = CType(ThisControl, TextBox) ' am I casting this
correctly?
txtControl.Text = "I'vechanged" 'Doesn't work
End If
Next ThisControl

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I tried ThisControl = CType(ThisControl, TextBox), but the properties
won't appear for thiscontrol.

Sorry but can you or somebody help in this casting so I can update or
get the text property?

Thanks

Alex

"Teemu Keiski" <joteke@.aspalliance.com> wrote in message news:<elLAShQXEHA.4064@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> Hi,
> here is an example how to loop through controls on the Page:
> http://www.aspnet101.com/aspnet101/tips.aspx?id=97
> If you want to access Text property, you need to have typed reference (cast
> it to TextBox with CType and set the value to the property).
> --
> Teemu Keiski
> MCP, Microsoft MVP (ASP.NET), AspInsiders member
> ASP.NET Forum Moderator, AspAlliance Columnist
> http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
> "Alex Shirley" <postings@.alexshirley.com> wrote in message
> news:e9704b08.0406280400.238ba501@.posting.google.c om...
> > HI
> > I'm trying to iterate through all the textboxes on a webpage and trim
> > them for spaces.
> > i.e. If a user enters " hello world " we correct it to "hello
> > world"
> > So far I've come up with this:
> > -----------------------
> --
> > 'Trim all textboxes
> > Dim ThisControl As System.Web.UI.Control
> > For Each ThisControl In Me.Controls
> > If ThisControl.GetType().ToString() =
> > "system.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox" Then
> > ThisControl.text = Trim(ThisControl.text)
> > 'Above line is wrong syntax, I want to trim the textbox here, but I'm
> > stuck! Please help...
> > End If
> > Next ThisControl
> > -----------------------
> --
> > The problem I have is not really with the trim function. It's the fact
> > that I cannot update the control text value. It won't allow the .text
> > property at all in this example because "thiscontrol" is not actually
> > aware that the control assigned to it is actually a textbox. Is there a
> > way to tell it it's a textbox so I can access this property, or is there
> > another way around this?
> > Can you help?
> > Many Thanks!
> > Alex