I have - for instance - an asp:FormView which supports Read, Insert, Update, Delete and is bound
to a DataSource:
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server"
DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource1" >
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("MyText") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("MyText") %>' />
</EditItemTemplate>
<InsertItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("MyText") %>' />
</InsertItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>
If I am in Read-Mode or Edit-Mode the control is initialized with the property MyText of the current
object which is bound
to the FormView.
But when I go
to Insert-Mode I do not have a "current
object" (FormView1.DataItem is indeed null) and the controls are empty.
If I want
to have my TextBox control initialized with a specific value how can I do that? In which event can I hook in
to set default values
to the controls in the InsertItemTemplate?
Especially I have in mind using an ObjectDataSource. I was expecting that the InsertItemTemplate is initialized with a business
object which underlies my ObjectDataSource and which is created by the ASP.NET framework simply by using its default constructor when the InsertItemTemplate gets activated. In the default constructor I would init the class members
to the default values I'd like
to have in my controls of the InsertItemTemplate. But unfortunately that's not the case: No "default"
object is created and bound
to the FormView. So it seems I have
to initialize all controls separately or
to create the default
object manually and bind it
to the InsertItemTemplate of the FormView. But how and where can I do that?
Thanks in advance!
