Friday, 4 January 2013

DropDownList with Custom Sorted List Binding using VB.NET

DropDownList with Custom Sorted List Binding using VB.NET

DropDownList-with-custom-object-Sorted-List-Binding


Step1) Create a ASP.NET Empty WebSite using VB.NET 4.0/4.5
Step 2)  Add new Page name it as Default.aspx
Step3) Add DropDownList and Label

        <span class="newStyle1">Select Profile:</span>
<asp:DropDownList
ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="DropDownList1_
SelectedIndexChanged" CssClass="newStyle2"></asp:DropDownList><br />

<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"
Text="Label" CssClass="lblClass"
Width="557px" Height="201px"></asp:Label>

Step 4) Add a class called Profile


   Public Class Profile
        Public Property ProfileID() As Integer
        End Property
        Public Property FirstName() As String
        End Property
        Public Property LastName() As String
        End Property
        Public Property Age() As Integer
        End Property
        Public Property JoinedDate() As DateTime
        End Property
        Public Property EmailID() As String
        End Property
        Public Property ZIPCode() As String
        End Property
        Public Property CounTry() As String
        End Property
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return String.Format(
                "ProfileID={0},FirstName={1},LastName={2},Age={3},JoinedDate={4},Email={5},Zip={6},Country={7}",
                ProfileID,FirstName,LastName,Age,
                JoinedDate, EmailID,ZIPCode,CounTry
                )
        End Function
   End Class


Step 5) Build List of Sample Data for Profile List

Private  Sub BuildProfile()
            If profiles.Count = 0 Then
                profiles.Add(New Profile
                {
                     Age = 21, CounTry = "USA", EmailID = "jhon@gmail.com", FirstName = "jhon", LastName = "Peter", ProfileID = 1, ZIPCode = "94086-2422", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(1998, 1, 12)
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile
                {
                     Age = 18, CounTry = "USA", EmailID = "macy@yahoo.com", FirstName = "macy", LastName = "William", ProfileID = 2, ZIPCode = "67897-2422", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2000, 11, 1)
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile
                {
                     Age = 28, CounTry = "UK", EmailID = "alex@gmail.com", FirstName = "alex", LastName = "Samuel", ProfileID = 3, ZIPCode = "STHL 1ZZ", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2002, 10, 9)
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile
                {
                     Age = 35, CounTry = "UK", EmailID = "bearns@gmail.com", FirstName = "beans", LastName = "Jessica", ProfileID = 4, ZIPCode = "AA9A 9AA", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2004, 10, 12)
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile
                {
                     Age = 36, CounTry = "INDIA", EmailID = "prasad@gmail.com", FirstName = "prasad", LastName = "kanuturi", ProfileID = 5, ZIPCode = "110011", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(1990, 1, 2)
                }
)
            End If

End Sub
     
Step 6)  Sort List using LINQ to Objects in asp.net 3.0/3.5/4.0/4.5

var query = from p in profiles
                            orderby p.FirstName
                            Dim p As select

Step 7) Bind  "query" to DropDownList

DropDownList1.DataSource = query
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "FirstName"
'select DataTextField as Firstname
DropDownList1.DataBind()

Step 8) Add Default value to DropDownList
 
DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, "Select Profile")

Step 9)   Add DropDownList SelectedIndexChanged  with AutoPostback=true

Step 10) Display Data in the Label.

            
Dim FirstName As [String] = DropDownList1.SelectedValue
Dim profile As Profile = profiles.SingleOrDefault(Function(p) p.FirstName = FirstName)
If profile IsNot Nothing Then
 Label1.Text = "<center>" & profile.ToString().Replace(",", "<br/>") & "</center>"
 

End If
 
Step 11)  Run the WebPage Default.aspx

DropDownList Custom Sorted List Binding
DropDownList Custom Sorted List Binding

Complete Source Code

Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="DropDownList-DisplayMember.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.DropDownList_DisplayMember" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .lblClass
        {
            background-color:teal;
            color:white;
            font-weight:bold;
            }
        .newStyle1
        {
            background-color: #808000;
            background-position: center top;
            color: #FFFFFF;
            font-weight: bolder;
            font-size: x-large;
            font-family: Batang;
            font-style: oblique;
            vertical-align: top;
        }
        .newStyle2
        {
            font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
            font-size: large;
            font-weight: bold;
            background-color: #0000FF;
            color: #FFFFFF;
        }
        h1
        {
            color:aliceblue;
            background-color:black;
            width:500px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h1>DropDownList with Custom object Sorted List Binding in ASP.NET</h1>
        <span class="newStyle1">Select Profile:</span><asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged" CssClass="newStyle2"></asp:DropDownList><br />
        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label" CssClass="lblClass" Width="557px" Height="201px"></asp:Label>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
 
Namespace WebApplication1
    Public partial Class DropDownList_DisplayMember
  Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
        Private profiles As List<Profile> =  New List<Profile>() 
 
        Protected  Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            BuildProfile()
            If Not IsPostBack Then
 
                var query = from p in profiles
                            orderby p.FirstName
                            Dim p As select
                DropDownList1.DataSource = query
                DropDownList1.DataTextField = "FirstName"
                DropDownList1.DataBind()
                DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, "Select Profile")
 
            End If
        End Sub
 
        Protected  Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            Dim FirstName As String =  DropDownList1.SelectedValue 
            Dim profile As Profile =  profiles.SingleOrDefault(p  = > p.FirstName  =  FirstName) 
            If Not profile Is Nothing Then
                Label1.Text = "<center>" + profile.ToString().Replace(",", "<br/>") + "</center>" 
            End If
 
        End Sub
 
        Private  Sub BuildProfile()
            If profiles.Count = 0 Then
                profiles.Add(New Profile 
                {
                  Age = 21, CounTry = "USA", EmailID = "jhon@gmail.com", FirstName = "jhon", LastName = "Peter", ProfileID = 1, ZIPCode = "94086-2422", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(1998, 1, 12) 
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile 
                {
                  Age = 18, CounTry = "USA", EmailID = "macy@yahoo.com", FirstName = "macy", LastName = "William", ProfileID = 2, ZIPCode = "67897-2422", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2000, 11, 1) 
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile 
                {
                  Age = 28, CounTry = "UK", EmailID = "alex@gmail.com", FirstName = "alex", LastName = "Samuel", ProfileID = 3, ZIPCode = "STHL 1ZZ", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2002, 10, 9) 
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile 
                {
                  Age = 35, CounTry = "UK", EmailID = "bearns@gmail.com", FirstName = "beans", LastName = "Jessica", ProfileID = 4, ZIPCode = "AA9A 9AA", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(2004, 10, 12) 
                }
)
                profiles.Add(New Profile 
                {
                  Age = 36, CounTry = "INDIA", EmailID = "prasad@gmail.com", FirstName = "prasad", LastName = "kanuturi", ProfileID = 5, ZIPCode = "110011", JoinedDate = New System.DateTime(1990, 1, 2) 
                }
)
            End If
 
        End Sub
 
 
    End Class
 
 
    Public Class Profile
 
        Public Property ProfileID() As Integer
        End Property
 
        Public Property FirstName() As String
        End Property
 
        Public Property LastName() As String
        End Property
 
        Public Property Age() As Integer
        End Property
 
        Public Property JoinedDate() As DateTime
        End Property
 
 
        Public Property EmailID() As String
        End Property
 
        Public Property ZIPCode() As String
        End Property
 
        Public Property CounTry() As String
        End Property
 
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return String.Format(
                "ProfileID={0},FirstName={1},LastName={2},Age={3},JoinedDate={4},Email={5},Zip={6},Country={7}",
                ProfileID,FirstName,LastName,Age,
                JoinedDate, EmailID,ZIPCode,CounTry
                )
        End Function
    End Class
 
End Namespace
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