System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace   ButtonFieldBase Class

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.NET Framework version 2.0

Sets or retrieves the type of button to render in the column.

Inline	<asp:buttonfieldbase buttontype = enumValue ... >
Script	ButtonFieldBase.ButtonType = enumValue

enumValue

One of the ButtonType values.

The property is read/write with a default value of Link.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentException	The given column type is not one of the ButtonType values.

Use the ButtonType property to specify or determine whether the buttons in a field that derives from the ButtonFieldBase class ( are displayed as link, push, or image buttons.

Clicking a button in a button field raises the command event of the parent data-bound control, for which you can respond to and perform some action by providing an event handler for the command event.

NOTE: The GridView control raises the RowCommand event, while the DetailsView control raises the ItemCommand event.

The following example demonstrates how to set the ButtonType property of a ButtonField at design time, and how to dynamically set the style properties of the buttons in the column at run time.

ButtonField ButtonType Example Run Sample | View Source

ButtonFieldBase Members   Adding Button Fields to a GridView Control

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