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posted 5/16/2010  by mohit kumar

In this blog I will explain how to find control in nested Data list. I will also tell you how you can bind nested Data list.

In below code there is a class file (DummyData.cs) and a page (NestedDatalist.aspx).
Here is my code:-

NestedDatalist.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="NestedDatalist.aspx.cs" Inherits="NestedDatalist" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:DataList runat="server" ID="dlParent" BorderWidth="6" OnItemDataBound="dlParent_ItemDataBound">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Literal ID="litParent" runat="server" Text=' <%#Eval("Header")%>'></asp:Literal>
                <asp:DataList runat="server" ID="dlChild" BorderWidth="4" OnItemDataBound="dlChild_ItemDataBound">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:Literal ID="litChild" runat="server" Text=' <%#Eval("Header")%>'></asp:Literal>
                       <asp:DataList runat="server" ID="dlSubChild" BorderWidth="2" runat="server" >
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <table>
                                <tr>
                                    <td><asp:Literal ID="litSubChild" runat="server" Text=' <%#Eval("Header")%>'></asp:Literal></td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                     <td>Enter your Name:</td>
                                     <td><asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtName" ></asp:TextBox></td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
                                    <td colspan="2"><asp:Button ID="btnfind" Text="Click" runat="server" OnClick="btnfind_Click" /></td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </ItemTemplate>
                       </asp:DataList> 
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:DataList>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:DataList>
        <asp:Literal ID="litName" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


NestedDatalist.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

public partial class NestedDatalist : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            //call BindParent Method
            BindParent();
        }
    }

    private void BindParent()
    {
        //binding parent Data list
        dlParent.DataSource = DummyData.GetData("Parent Header");
        dlParent.DataBind();
    }

    protected void dlParent_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
        {
            //here I am finding item(DataList) of parent Datalist
            DataList dlChild = (DataList)e.Item.FindControl("dlChild");

            //binding child Data list
            dlChild.DataSource = DummyData.GetData("Child Header");
            dlChild.DataBind();
        }
    }

    protected void dlChild_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
        {
            //here I am finding item(DataList) of child Datalist
            DataList dlSubChild = (DataList)e.Item.FindControl("dlSubChild");

            //binding sub child Data list
            dlSubChild.DataSource = DummyData.GetData("Sub Header");
            dlSubChild.DataBind();
        }
    }
    protected void btnfind_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (DataListItem parentItem in dlParent.Items)
        {
            //here I am finding item(DataList) of parent Datalist
            DataList dlChild = (DataList)parentItem.FindControl("dlChild");
            foreach (DataListItem childItem in dlChild.Items)
            {
                //here I am finding item(DataList) of child Datalist
                DataList dlSubChild = (DataList)childItem.FindControl("dlSubChild");
                foreach (DataListItem subChildItem in dlSubChild.Items)
                {
                    //here I am finding item(TextBox) of sub child Datalist
                    TextBox txtName = (TextBox)subChildItem.FindControl("txtName");

                    //set literal(litName) text
                    litName.Text = string.Format("{0}{1}", "Welcome ", txtName.Text);
                }
            }
        }
    }

}


DummyData.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

public class DummyData
{
    private string _header;
    
    public string Header
    {
        get { return _header; }
        set { _header = value; }
    }
    

    public static Collection<DummyData> GetData(string header)
    {
        Collection<DummyData> list = new Collection<DummyData>();
        DummyData dummyData = new DummyData();
        dummyData.Header = header;
        list.Add(dummyData);
        return list;
    }
}

Happy Coding:)

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Piya
Piya said:

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Hi.. this Code working  ...but  how to find second datalist's label in first datalist's databound  event.. can u plz help me...

3/9/2011
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