[2005] submit form from datagrid

[aconybeare]

Hi,

I've got a datagrid in which I need to create a link or button to submit a form crosspage passing in a value from the row in the datagrid

Any thoughts on the best way of handling this?

The datagrid holds a list of manuscripts. If the manuscript has been accepted for publication I need to provide a link to the secure payment page (which has been written in classic asp), so need to pass in the manuscript number and other user specific details. I don't want to use the querystring as I don't want users to be able to modify the querystring which is why I want to submit a form

<asp:textbox id="txtMS_No" Runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="txtUser_Id" Runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="txtFull_Name" Runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="txtAffiliation" Runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="txtAddress" Runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:textbox>
...
<asp:datagrid id="dgMySubmissions" runat="server" CssClass="DGR_MAIN" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <AlternatingItemStyle Cssclass="DGR_ALTERNATE"></AlternatingItemStyle>
    <ItemStyle CssClass="DGR_ITEM"></ItemStyle>
    <HeaderStyle CssClass="DGR_HEADER"></HeaderStyle>
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Date submitted">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Submit_Date").ToString()%>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateColumn>
        <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="MS no. (Ver no.)">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <%#FormatMSNo( _
                     DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MS_No").ToString(), _
                     DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Version_No"), _
                     ...
                         )%>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateColumn>
        <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Title">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <%#FormatTitle( _
                    DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MS_No").ToString(), _
                    DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Version_No"), _
                    DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title").ToString(), _
                    ...
                )%>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateColumn>
        <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Status">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <%#TranslateStatus( _
                              DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Sub_Status").ToString(), _
                              DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Status").ToString(), _
                              DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "MS_No").ToString(), _
                              ...
                                 )%>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateColumn>
    </Columns>
</asp:datagrid>

' Code behind
Public Function TranslateStatus(ByVal sSub_Status As String, _
                ByVal sStatus As String, _
                ByVal sMS_No As String, _
                ...
                ) As String
 
    Dim sb As New StringBuilder
 
    ...
 
    Select Case sSub_Status.ToUpper
                ...
        Case "R"
        If sStatus.ToString.ToUpper = "PRD" Then
            ' Any author on the MS can upload print quality files
            sb.Append("<br><a href=""submission.aspx?page=" & clAct.Encrypt(5) & "&ms_no=" & clAct.Encrypt(sMS_No) & "&ver_no=" & clAct.Encrypt(iVer_No.ToString) & """ title=""Accepted paper upload print quality files"">Upload print quality files</a>")
            sb.Append("<br><a href=""https://www.......bj/"" title=""Opt 2 pay"">Opt2Pay</a>")
        End If
    End Select
    Return sb.ToString()
End Function

Any thoughts or pointers on this will be greatly appreciated

Cheers Al