Event Bubbling From The HeaderTemplate

[Nathan Sokalski]

I have three LinkButtons in the HeaderTemplate of my DataList (I use them to
let the user determine what to sort the list by). I am assuming that the
event will be bubbled to the ItemCommand event (since that is the default
and I did not supply a CommandName). However, I need to determine which of
the three LinkButtons triggered the event. How can I do this? Thanks.

 

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

I have three LinkButtons in the HeaderTemplate of my DataList (I use them to
let the user determine what to sort the list by). I am assuming that the
event will be bubbled to the ItemCommand event (since that is the default
and I did not supply a CommandName). However, I need to determine which of
the three LinkButtons triggered the event. How can I do this? Thanks.

Can't you set the ItemCommand for the LinkButtons? This will still
raise the DataList's ItemCommand event, and you can do:

If e.CommandName = "..." Then
...
ElseIf e.CommandName = "..." Then
...
ElseIf e.CommandName = "..." Then
...
End If


Where "..." is the ItemCommand values for the various LinkButtons.