Panel not disabling ??

[Guest]

Hi there, I have put some web controls, textboxes and drop down lists, in a
Panel, so that under a certain condition i can disable all fields for input.
I read in Help that disabling a Panel control (enabled=false) will disable
all child controls within it - just what i want. but it just doesnt work.
panMyPanel.Enabled=false; does absolutely nothing. panMyPanel.Visible=false
does hide the whole section, so i know i'm referencing it properly. Why wont
Enabled work? It is not within a datagrid or repeater or anything just in the
form tag. Do I really have to iterate through panMyPanel.Controls (i may
aswell not use the panel)

Thanks

 

[Saravana]

I have tested now also. Its working properly for me. Which browser are you
working on. It will not work in downlevel browser. For more detail, refer
this link.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...buiwebcontrolswebcontrolclassenabledtopic.asp

 

[Guest]

Well I'm stumped then! I'm using IE6. It just ignores the command completely.
Looks like i'll have to iterate through and disable individually.
(

incidentally, converting Control to webcontrol in panMyPanel.Controls
returns an error (invalid cast). How do you say for all webcontrols in a
panel? (i really dont want to say for all where name=textbox, dropdown, etc,
painful)

 

[David Jessee]

Private Sub DisableControl(c as WebControl)
c.Enabled=flase
dim cc as WebControl
for each cc in c.Controls
DisableControl(cc)
next
End Sub

Then Call DisableControl(panelX)

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys, i have used iteration for now to disable all the web controls.

if there are any Microsoft Officials who can explain why Panel.Enabled=false
isnt disabling its child controls (as indicated in msdn help), can you please
let me know. Many thanks.