Button click not firing

I have a problem with a web form I am developing. The problem is that the button click event does not fire when the user presses the button- the page re-loads, but the code behind the button never gets executed.

Admitedly I am a little new to this (and mainly a VB6 guy), so it is possible that I am missing an important concept here- but I have used buttons on other web forms before and had no problems. The main difference is that on this form the button is nested inside a table (though if I move it out, it still does not work).

There is also a calendar control and a few scrolling datagrids on the form- nothing fancy.

Button code is as follows

Code:

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<P align="center">
<FONT face="Arial">
<asp:button id="cmdAddJob"
runat="server" Text="Add Job" Height="22px" Width="96px">

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Code behind is quite simple:

VB Code:

Private Sub cmdAddJob_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdAddJob.Click
 
        AddTempJob()
 
    End Sub

Thanks for any help!

Hi! Have you got this declared in your code behind(at the top of your webform class?)

Code:

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Protected WithEvents cmdAddJob As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button

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tsami

Yes.

...and you've closed the button tag? :)

Code:

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<asp:button id="cmdAddJob" runat="server" Font-Names="Arial"></asp:button>

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Are you working with vs2003 btw? If you are, go to the designer mode and double click your button to ensure that the event wiring is ok.

tsami

Sorry, yes, I did close the tag, and the designer behaves as expected.

dear friend

i dont know bout vb much.how does i work

but while working in C# as codebehind i faced siimilar problem .for that we have to write systemhandler for the control if it is missing in initializecomponent.

hope this helps

you can find similar thing for VB

-Sachien

Well, more info but more puzzling:

I can re-create the page by adding new controls and get something that works as expected.

I noticed that if I move the button to another location it can 'break' the click event- removes the Handles cmdAddJob.click from the event code ?!?

I can get it working now but I am stumped as to what causes the behavior.

The designer will mess you up. Use html view at all times if you can. also a sure fire way to have your event fire is to set onclick="name_of_click_handler" in the button tag.