CheckBoxList Binding options Dynamically

CheckBoxList Binding options Dynamically

In general we make use of the CheckBox control to design a list of check boxes in the screen, but what if we need to display a lot of checkboxes in a page say 25+, and if the values and text for these checkboxes will vary dynamically.

Asp.Net offers a CheckBoxList control, to handle this situation, this control allows data binding similar to a GridView or Dropdown List control, using which we can bind a data source to the CheckBoxList control.

Let us see on how to use this control.

 
In the .aspx page just add the CheckBoxList tag without adding any options as follows.

Select Name:

<tr>

    <td style="text-align:left;>

        Select Name:

        <asp:CheckBoxList

            ID="chkListNames"

            runat="server"                    RepeatDirection="Vertical">

        </asp:CheckBoxList>

    </td>

</tr>

 <tr>

    <td style=" text-align:left;>

        <asp:Button

ID="cmdSave"

runat="server"

Text="Save"

onclick="cmdSave_Click" />

  <B>Selected Names:B>

     

<asp:Label

ID="lblNames"

runat="server">

</asp:Label>

    </td>

</tr>

Then navigate to the code behind file and add the required options as follows.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    if (!Page.IsPostBack)

    {

//Data Access code to get the options from the DB
chkListNames.DataSource = dtEmployee;

        chkListNames.DataValueField = "ID";

        chkListNames.DataTextField = "Name";

        chkListNames.DataBind();

    }

}

protected void cmdSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    string strNames = string.Empty;

    foreach (ListItem chkItem in chkListNames.Items)

    {

        if (chkItem.Selected == true)

        {

            strNames += chkItem.Text + ", ";

        }

    }

    //

    lblNames.Text = strNames;

}

Finally on clicking the Submit button the selected Checkbox options will be displayed as follows.

That’s it we have bound the options to the CheckBoxList control at runtime.