Selecting, Confirming & Deleting Multiple Checkbox Items In A DataGrid/GridView - Part 2: Maintaining CheckBox State Acr

Our Main Page

Our main page has pretty much remained the same, the only thing you should notice is simply because we need more data to page through to make this thing work, I have changed the database we're using, field names, SQL query and connection string used in the code from the Pubs database to Northwind.

Main Page

<%@ Page Language="VB" Strict="True" Explicit="True" Buffer="True" Debug="False" Trace="False" 
Inherits="MultiDeleteDG.WebForm" Src="mDatagrid.aspx.vb" EnableSessionState="True" %>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<form runat="server">
<h3>Selecting, Confirming & Deleting Multiple Checkbox
Items In A DataGrid (i.e. HotMail & Yahoo) -<br>
Part 2: Maintaining CheckBox State Across Pages with Sorting </h3>
<br />
Current Page: <%=MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex +1%> <br /> 
  <ASP:DataGrid id="MyDataGrid" runat="server"
Width="700"
BackColor="white"
BorderColor="black"
CellPadding="3"
CellSpacing="0"
Font-Size="9pt"
AutoGenerateColumns="False"
HeaderStyle-BackColor="darkred"
HeaderStyle-ForeColor="white"
AllowPaging="True"
AllowCustomPaging="False"
AllowSorting="True"
OnPageIndexChanged="MyDataGrid_Page"
OnSortCommand="MyDataGrid_Sort"
PageSize="10"
PagerStyle-Mode="NumericPages"
PagerStyle-HorizontalAlign="Right"
DataKeyField="ID">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateColumn>
<HeaderTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="CheckAll" OnClick="javascript: return select_deselectAll (this.checked, this.id);"
 runat="server" />
<font face="Webdings" color="white" size="4">a</font> </HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="DeleteThis" OnClick="javascript: return select_deselectAll (this.checked, this.id);"
 runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="StoreID" SortExpression="ID asc" Datafield="ID" runat="server" />
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Store" SortExpression="Company asc" Datafield="Company" runat="server" />
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Address" SortExpression="Address asc" Datafield="Address" runat="server" />
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="City" SortExpression="City asc" Datafield="City" runat="server" />
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="State" SortExpression="State asc" Datafield="State" runat="server" />
<asp:BoundColumn HeaderText="Zip" SortExpression="Zip asc" Datafield="Zip" runat="server" />
</Columns>
</ASP:DataGrid>
<br />
<asp:Button id="Confirm" onclick="DeleteAllIds" runat="server" Text="Delete Items" />
<asp:Button id="ClearAll" onclick="ClearDataGrid" runat="server" Text="Clear All" />
<span id="OutputMsg" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

The Code-Behind

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SQLClient
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace MultiDeleteDG

    Public Class WebForm
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

        Protected MyDataGrid As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid
        Protected CheckBox As System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox
        Protected OutputMsg As System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlGenericControl
        Protected objConnect As SqlConnection
        Protected myDataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter
        Protected myCommand As SqlCommand
        Protected DS as Dataset
        Protected dgItem As DataGridItem

        Public deletedIds As String = ""
        Public ChkdItems As String = ""
        Public SortField As String = ""
        Public ChkBxIndex As String = ""
        Public BxChkd As Boolean = False
        Public CheckedItems As ArrayList
        Public Results() As String


        Sub Page_PreRender (ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs)

            Dim nl As String = Environment.NewLine

            Dim jsScript As New StringBuilder ()

            With jsScript

                .Append ("<script language=JavaScript>" & nl)
                .Append ("<!--" & nl & nl)
                .Append ("function confirmDelete (frm) {" & nl & nl)
                .Append (" // loop through all elements" & nl & nl)
                .Append (" for (i=0; i<frm.length; i++) {"& nl & nl)
                .Append (" // Look for our checkboxes only" & nl)
                .Append (" if (frm.elements[i].name.indexOf ('DeleteThis') !=-1) {" & nl & nl)
                .Append (" // If any are checked then confirm alert, otherwise nothing happens" & nl)
                .Append (" if(frm.elements[i].checked) {" & nl & nl)
                .Append (" return confirm ('Are you sure you want to delete your selection(s)?')" & nl & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl & nl)
                .Append ("/*Using modified select_deselectAll script function of my original one,")
                .Append (" from Developerfusion.com forum members - ketcapli & thombo")
                .Append (" Forum Post - [http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/forums/topic-22773]*/")
                .Append ("function select_deselectAll (chkVal, idVal) {" & nl)
                .Append (" var frm = document.forms[0];" & nl)
                .Append (" if (idVal.indexOf('DeleteThis') != -1 && chkVal == true){" & nl)
                .Append (" var AllAreSelected = true;" & nl)
                .Append(" for (i=0; i<frm.length; i++) {" & nl)
                .Append(" if (frm.elements[i].id.indexOf('DeleteThis') != -1 && frm.elements[i].checked == false){ " & nl)
                .Append (" AllAreSelected = false;" & nl)
                .Append (" break;" & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" if(AllAreSelected == true){" & nl)
                .Append (" for (j=0; j<frm.length; j++) {" & nl)
                .Append (" if (frm.elements[j].id.indexOf ('CheckAll') != -1) {" & nl)
                .Append (" frm.elements[j].checked = true;" & nl)
                .Append (" break;" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" } else {" & nl)
                .Append (" for (i=0; i<frm.length; i++) {" & nl)
                .Append (" if (idVal.indexOf ('CheckAll') != -1) {" & nl)
                .Append (" if(chkVal == true) {" & nl)
                .Append (" frm.elements[i].checked = true; " & nl)
                .Append (" } else {" & nl)
                .Append (" frm.elements[i].checked = false; " & nl)
                .Append (" }" & nl)
                .Append (" } else if (idVal.indexOf('DeleteThis') != -1 && frm.elements[i].checked == false) {" & nl)
                .Append (" for (j=0; j<frm.length; j++) {" & nl)
                .Append (" if (frm.elements[j].id.indexOf ('CheckAll') != -1) { " & nl)
                .Append (" frm.elements[j].checked = false;" & nl)
                .Append (" break; " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl)
                .Append (" } " & nl & nl)
                .Append ("//--> " & nl & nl)
                .Append ("</scr" & "ipt>")

            End With

            RegisterClientScriptBlock ("clientScript", jsScript.ToString())

            jsScript = Nothing

            Dim button As WebControl = CType(Page.FindControl("Confirm"), WebControl)
            button.Attributes.Add("onclick", "return confirmDelete (this.form);")

        End Sub


        Sub Page_Load (ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs)

            objConnect = New SqlConnection("server=(local);database=Northwind;uid=sa;pwd=;")

            If Not IsPostBack Then

            Session.Clear()

                'Set up default column sorting
                If IsNothing(Session ("SortOrder")) Then

                BindData ("ID asc")

                Else

                    BindData (Session ("SortOrder"))

                End If

            End If

        End Sub


        Sub MyDataGrid_Page (sender As Object, e As DataGridPageChangedEventArgs)

            'Get CheckBoxValues before paging occurs
            GetCheckBoxValues()

            MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex = e.NewPageIndex

            BindData(Session ("SortOrder"))

            'Populate current DataGrid page with the current page items from Session after databind
            RePopulateCheckBoxes ()

        End Sub


        Sub GetCheckBoxValues() 'As paging occurs store checkbox values

            CheckedItems = New ArrayList

            'Loop through DataGrid Items
            For Each dgItem In MyDataGrid.Items

            'Retrieve key value of each record based on DataGrids DataKeyField property
            ChkBxIndex = MyDataGrid.DataKeys(dgItem.ItemIndex)

            CheckBox = dgItem.FindControl("DeleteThis")

            'Add ArrayList to Session if it doesnt exist
            If Not IsNothing(Session ("CheckedItems")) Then

                CheckedItems = Session ("CheckedItems")

            End If

                If CheckBox.Checked Then

                    BxChkd = True

                    'Add to Session if it doesnt already exist
                    If Not CheckedItems.Contains(ChkBxIndex) Then

                    CheckedItems.Add(ChkBxIndex.ToString())

                End If

            Else

            'Remove value from Session when unchecked
            CheckedItems.Remove(ChkBxIndex.ToString())

         

            End If

        Next

            'Update Session with the list of checked items
            Session ("CheckedItems") = CheckedItems

        End Sub


        Sub BindData (SortField As String)

            'Setup Session Cache for different users
            Dim Source As DataView = Session ("dgCache")

            If (IsNothing (Source)) Then

                Dim sqlQuery As String = "Select OrderId As Id, ShipName As Company," _
& " ShipAddress As Address, ShipCity As City, ShipCountry As State, ShipPostalCode As Zip from Orders" myDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(sqlQuery, objConnect) DS = New Dataset() myDataAdapter.Fill(DS, "MyDataGrid") 'Assign sort expression to Session Session ("SortOrder") = SortField 'Setup DataView for Sorting Source = DS.Tables(0).DefaultView 'Insert DataView into Session Session ("dgCache") = Source End If Source.Sort = SortField MyDataGrid.DataSource = Source MyDataGrid.DataBind () 'Close connection objConnect.Close End Sub Sub RePopulateCheckBoxes () CheckedItems = New ArrayList CheckedItems = Session ("CheckedItems") If Not IsNothing(CheckedItems) Then 'Loop through DataGrid Items For Each dgItem in MyDataGrid.Items ChkBxIndex = MyDataGrid.DataKeys(dgItem.ItemIndex) 'Repopulate DataGrid with items found in Session If CheckedItems.Contains(ChkBxIndex) Then CheckBox = CType(dgItem.FindControl("DeleteThis"), CheckBox) CheckBox.Checked = True End If Next End If 'Copy ArrayList to a new array Results = CheckedItems.ToArray(GetType(String)) 'Concatenate ArrayList with comma to properly send for deletion deletedIds = String.Join(",", Results) End Sub Sub DeleteAllIds (ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 'Regrab values in case the deletion occurs on the given page and any checkboxes were unchecked
'on the current page without any postback to correct the values in Session GetCheckBoxValues () If BxChkd = True Then RePopulateCheckBoxes () 'Delete the rows of data containing the checkbox values Dim deleteSQL As String = "DELETE from Orders WHERE OrderId IN (" + deletedIds + ");" myCommand = New SqlCommand (deleteSQL, objConnect) With myCommand .Connection.Open() .ExecuteNonQuery() End With 'Close connection objConnect.Close() OutputMsg.InnerHtml += "<font size=4><b>Store information has been deleted.</b></font>" OutputMsg.Style("color") = "green" 'Clear all Session values Session.Clear() 'Reset DataGrid to top MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex = 0 BindData (Session ("SortOrder")) End If End Sub Function SortOrder (Field As String) As String Dim so As String = Session ("SortOrder") If Field = so Then SortOrder = Replace (Field,"asc","desc") ElseIf Field <> so Then SortOrder = Replace (Field,"desc","asc") Else SortOrder = Replace (Field,"asc","desc") End If 'Maintain persistent sort order Session ("SortOrder") = SortOrder End Function Sub MyDataGrid_Sort (Sender As Object, E As DataGridSortCommandEventArgs) 'To retain checkbox on sorting GetCheckBoxValues () MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex = 0 'To sort from top BindData (SortOrder (E.SortExpression).ToString()) 'Rebind our DataGrid 'To retain checkbox on sorting RePopulateCheckBoxes () End Sub Sub ClearDataGrid (ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 'Clear All Session Values Session.Clear() 'Reset DataGrid to top MyDataGrid.CurrentPageIndex = 0 BindData ("ID asc") 'Rebind our DataGrid End Sub End Class End Namespace

So that being said, let’s now get to the next section where there obviously have been more apparent changes and tweaks, and we’ll now explore these.

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