how to access Custom EventArgs class in Button click event?

Question

As a follow up to: access values within custom eventargs class

How do I access public variables within custom Eventargs class, using button click or any other method?

Example Custom Event Args class:

public class TraderEventArgs: EventArgs
{
    private int _shares;
    private string _symbol;

    public TraderEventArgs(int shs, string sym)
    {
        this._shares = shs;
        this._symbol = sym;
    } 

    public decimal Price 
    {
        get {return _prices;}       
    }

   public int Shares
   {
       get { return _shares; }
   }
}

Code behind button_click event:

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // run trader app
        myApp.Main();

        // try to access TraderEventArgs class
        TraderEventArgs: EventArgs ev = TraderEventArgs: EventArgs();   // Invalid

        TraderEventArgs ev = new TraderEventArgs();   // this needs argument variables that are unassigned... ?

        TraderEventArgs ev = (TraderEventArgs)e;  //  Unable to cast object of type 'System.EventArgs' to type TraderEventArgs'.

        string sym = ev.Symbol.ToString();
        string sharws = ev.Shares.ToString();

        // do something with data

     }

thanks for help.

Answer 1

You can't do that. The EventArgs of the Click event is always of type EventArgs; you can't expect it to be of type TraderEventArgs, because the event args is created by the button, and the button doesn't know anything about TraderEventArgs. The only way it could work is if you create your own Button control that raises the event with a TraderEventArgs instead of an EventArgs