Conditional Behavior with Databound repeater

[Magiaus]

<%If Not DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Discontinued") = True Then%>
<a href="placeOrder.aspx?ProdID=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ProductID")%>" style="text-decoration: none;">Order Now</a>
<%Else%>
Discontinued
<%End If%>

that code will not run. How do I get the same effect? I can't find away to get the data I need inside an if block....... I'm Using a Repetear bound to a DataSet and everything works fine if i take out the if block but I need it.....

Thanks for any help you guys.

[hellswraith]

Call a public function and return a string. Pass in your Discontinued variable. Something like this:

<% MyStringFunction(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Discontinued")) %>

And your function:

Public Function MyStringFunction(ByVal obj as Object) As String

If CType(obj, Boolean) = True Then
          MyStringFunction = "<a href="placeOrder.aspx?ProdID=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ProductID")%>" style="text-decoration: none;">Order Now</a>"
Else
          MyStringFunction = "Discontinued"
End If
End Function

This was all done by hand and memory, so it may not work out of the box. But it is a good start in the direction you want to go. I have done this type of stuff myself.

[Magiaus]

I'll give that a try. I think the problem is that every where I have seen DataBinder used it <%# DataBinder%> I'll post and let you know if your idea works.

[Lord_Rat]

Usually, I do the following.

Keep in mind that iif will probably be deprecated, but it's functionality could easily be duplicated with a user-written Function.

::

<span style='<%#iif(Container.DataItem("Discontinued") , "display:none", "")%>'>
MyStringFunction = "<a href="placeOrder.aspx?ProdID=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"ProductID")%>" style="text-decoration: none;">Order Now</a>"
</span>

<span style='<%#iif(not Container.DataItem("Discontinued") , "display:none", "")%>'>
Discontinued
</span>

[Magiaus]

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