How to fire a button event from inside a repeater?

Question

I have done my research but can't find an efficient way to do the following in VB:

• Each button should fire the same event.
• The button event saves every repeater item and so each event is not unique.

I am aware I can use the ItemCommand option but have not been able to get it working as desired.

ASP.NET

Inside Repeater Item

<asp:Button ID="btnSave" RunAt="Server"/>

VB.NET

Protected Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    sqlConn.Open()
        For Each Item As RepeaterItem In rpt.Items
        ...
        Next
    sqlConn.Close()
End Sub

Answer 1

Edit:

After some research here on SO, I found that others events than ItemCommand are not caught by Asp:Repeater, as FlySwat said on his answer. So you'll need to write your VB.NET code like this:

First, declare the ItemCommand event on your page with something like this:

Protected Sub rpt_ItemCommand(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterCommandEventArgs) Handles rpt.ItemCommand
    If e.CommandName = "Save" Then
        'Save
    End If
End Sub

Then, on Asp:Button markup inside the Asp:Repeater, you must set its CommandName property like this:

<Asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" CommandName="Save" UseSubmitBehavior="false"/>

Take a look here to learn more about the UseSubmitBehavior.

Try it.