Addin Controls to Footer

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Jim Heavey

Hello, I am trying to add a control to a footer in code, but I get the
following error" "Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Control
'txtAddMovieTitle' of type 'TextBox' must be placed inside a form tag with
runat=server."

The code that I am using is as follows:

'* add the Movie Title entry box
Dim txtbox1 As New TextBox()
txtbox1.ID = "txtAddMovieTitle"
txtbox1.Width = New Unit(180)
txtbox1.Font.Size = New FontUnit(FontSize.Small)
e.Item.Cells(2).Controls.Add(txtbox1)
The error message seems to suggest that it is expecting to have a
"Runat="Server", but That property is not avaialble for me to set in code.

Any ideas as to what the problem is an how to correct?
 
Jim said:
Hello, I am trying to add a control to a footer in code, but I get the
following error" "Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Control
'txtAddMovieTitle' of type 'TextBox' must be placed inside a form tag with
runat=server."

The code that I am using is as follows:

'* add the Movie Title entry box
Dim txtbox1 As New TextBox()
txtbox1.ID = "txtAddMovieTitle"
txtbox1.Width = New Unit(180)
txtbox1.Font.Size = New FontUnit(FontSize.Small)
e.Item.Cells(2).Controls.Add(txtbox1)
The error message seems to suggest that it is expecting to have a
"Runat="Server", but That property is not avaialble for me to set in code.

Any ideas as to what the problem is an how to correct?
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Actually, it means you have to add it to a FORM which has runat="server"
set. Do you have a FORM surrounding your repeating control?
 
The form which the DataGrid that I am adding the control to is within a
form and that form is in the aspx file as follows: " <form
id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">".

I originally had these controls specified in the "aspx" file, but now I
find a need to specify them in code.

So if the form is "runat=Server" and the datagrid is "runat=Server", what
could the problem be?
 
Jim said:
The form which the DataGrid that I am adding the control to is within a
form and that form is in the aspx file as follows: " <form
id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">".

I originally had these controls specified in the "aspx" file, but now I
find a need to specify them in code.

So if the form is "runat=Server" and the datagrid is "runat=Server", what
could the problem be?
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Wait, are you saying that you have more than one form? If so, you can't
do this with ASP.NET, only one form per page, with id= and runat=server
on it, surrounding the server controls you're working with.
 
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