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:

------------------------

'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!

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:

-----------

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

-----------

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

Trim Each textbox control

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
----
--
Can you help?
Many Thanks!
Alexuse RTrim() and LTrim().
R for right and L for the left side to remove spaces.
"Alex Shirley" <postings@.alexshirley.com> schreef in bericht
news:e9704b08.0406240318.6e352a45@.posting.google.com...
> 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
> ----
--
> Can you help?
> Many Thanks!
> Alex
Hi Richard
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?
Any answers folks?
Cheers
Alex
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Trim Each textbox control

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

------------------------

Can you help?

Many Thanks!

Alexuse RTrim() and LTrim().
R for right and L for the left side to remove spaces.

"Alex Shirley" <postings@.alexshirley.com> schreef in bericht
news:e9704b08.0406240318.6e352a45@.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
> -----------------------
--
> Can you help?
> Many Thanks!
> Alex
Hi Richard

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?

Any answers folks?

Cheers

Alex

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Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!

Trim fields in Text File

Hi

I have a text file with 116 fields separated by commas. How would I open the text file and trim all white spaces from each field and then close file?

Thanks

You can Use String.Split function to get array of all string with whitespace than trim that string and Use String.Join function to get comma seperated string

than store it in file

Even simpler would be to run a regex replace on your textfile after readingit.

Regex.Replace(strInput, "\s+", " ")

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:
----
--
'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!
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.com...
> 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:
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
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@.TK2MSFTNGP1
1.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 (cas
t
> 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.com...
> --
> --

Trim TextBox spaces

I am facing difficulity of having to Trim Spaces in Textbox.I am given a task of needing to trim spaces in the textbox and not to allow space at the front and at the back of the textbox as when u enter a space in front of the textbox it will be a totally different data from the one which has no space. So can anyone help me about the trim in Asp.net 2.0 c# languague.

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<tdclass="i5">

<span><span><spanclass="i6">C</span>USTCODE</span><spanclass="i6">

</span>

</span>

</td>

<tdclass="i7">

<asp:RequiredFieldValidatorID="RequiredFieldValidator2"runat="server"ControlToValidate="CUSTCODETextBox"

ErrorMessage="*"Font-Bold="False"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator></td>

<tdcolspan="2"class="i8">

<asp:TextBoxID="CUSTCODETextBox"runat="server"Text='<%# Bind("CUSTCODE") %>'MaxLength="20"></asp:TextBox></td>

<tdrowspan="10"class="i9"></td>

When you are saving the data in your code behind, you can trim the text using this code:

string customerCode = CUSTOMCODETextBox.Text.Trim();

That will get you the value entered by the user, without any leading or trailing spaces.

Trimming Blank Spaces in String

You can use the VB.NET function RTRIM.

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net

"Temp" <tempmail@dotnet.itags.org.temp.com> wrote in message
news:bh1eg5$o2h@dotnet.itags.org.library2.airnews.net...
> I am trying to remove the blank spaces at the end of a string with the
> .Trim() function. Unfortunately, this removes ALL spaces, not just the
ones
> at the end. I need to preserve the spacing inside the string.
> Does anyone know how I can do this?
> Thanks,
> Ron
> --
> _____________________________
> Ron Rodenberg
> Lead Software Engineer
> Razorvision Technology, Inc.
> (214) 207-1688Do you know of a C# equivalent?

--
_____________________________
Ron Rodenberg
Lead Software Engineer
Razorvision Technology, Inc.
(214) 207-1688
"Steve C. Orr, MCSD" <Steve@.Orr.net> wrote in message
news:%23Qab%23wgXDHA.2392@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You can use the VB.NET function RTRIM.
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr, MCSD
> http://Steve.Orr.net
>
> "Temp" <tempmail@.temp.com> wrote in message
> news:bh1eg5$o2h@.library2.airnews.net...
> > I am trying to remove the blank spaces at the end of a string with the
> > .Trim() function. Unfortunately, this removes ALL spaces, not just the
> ones
> > at the end. I need to preserve the spacing inside the string.
> > Does anyone know how I can do this?
> > Thanks,
> > Ron
> > --
> > _____________________________
> > Ron Rodenberg
> > Lead Software Engineer
> > Razorvision Technology, Inc.
> > (214) 207-1688

Trimming data in dropdownlist from sqldatareader

When I databind a value/text combination from an
sqldatareader to a dropdownlist, the trailing spaces are
getting included in the dropdownlist. I can RTRIM from
within the SQL to fix this problem, but I am wondering if
there is a more elegant solution to trim all the
text/value combinations in a dropdownlist.Hi William

To my knowledge, there is not an elegant way from dropdownlist side. One
clumsy way I can think of is to populate a new collection or arraylist that
contains the data fields to be bound to the dropwodnlist. While populating
this new collection or arraylist we can trim the data accordingly.

Please let me know if it makes sense.

Best regards,

Jacob Yang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! C www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Yes, that makes sense. Thank you.
>--Original Message--
>Hi William
>To my knowledge, there is not an elegant way from
dropdownlist side. One
>clumsy way I can think of is to populate a new
collection or arraylist that
>contains the data fields to be bound to the
dropwodnlist. While populating
>this new collection or arraylist we can trim the data
accordingly.
>Please let me know if it makes sense.
>Best regards,
>Jacob Yang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! C www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and
confers no rights.
>.

Trimming spaces with calendar picker to send to sql statement

I have a Calendar PIcker that we choose a date from and send that out as a parameter to a sql statement. I have created my page in the visual studio designer and what I want to do is send is

RTrim(Calendar1.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString). My problem is since this was created in designer the code is all hidden. I can't place the RTrim() anywhere to accomplish this. Or maybe this whole process needs to be hard coded. It seems to me in VS 2003 you would see all the code thru expanding regions.

Thanks

Hey,

It should be there in the regions; I don't know how you are doing this; if you place it as an expression in the page, it could be in the page HTML. But how are you doing this? I need a little more info...

Trimming Spaces

I'm having a problem with the ff. Front Office code. My desired output is to get the first letter of the First Name and all of the Last Name to the mailto. However, I always get spaces after the lastname even if I trimmed it down already.

Ex.
Name = Robert Garcia
Desired Output = RGarcia@dotnet.itags.org.emailtest.com
Actual Output = RGarcia @dotnet.itags.org.emailtest.com

*** CODE ***
href="mailto:<%=left(FP_FieldLink(fp_rs,"Firstname"),1) & TRIM(FP_FieldLink(fp_rs,"Lastname"))%>@dotnet.itags.org.emailtest.com">
*** CODE ***

Any inputs would be appreciated.What is FP_FieldLink?
Maybe its a non visible character which you need to get rid of? Try to get the ascii value of the white space and use this ascii value in the replace method. Do a response.write with:

asc(left(yourvar, spaceposition))