ASPxCardView.CommandButtonInitialize Event

Enables individual command buttons to be initialized.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public event ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventHandler CommandButtonInitialize

VB.NET

Public Event CommandButtonInitialize As ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventHandler

Event Data

The CommandButtonInitialize event's data class is ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
ButtonType	Gets the type of the command button currently being initialized.
Enabled	Gets or sets whether the processed command button is enabled. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
Image	Gets the settings of an image displayed within the processed command button. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
IsEditingCard	Gets whether a command button is displayed within the card currently being edited.
LayoutItem	Gets the command layout item which owns the processed command button.
RenderMode	Specifies the processed command button’s render mode. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
Styles	Gets the processed command button’s style. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
Text	Gets the processed command button’s text. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
Visible	Gets or sets whether the command button is visible. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.
VisibleIndex	Gets the visible index of a data item (row, card or record) which contains the processed command button. Inherited from ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.

Remarks

The CommandButtonInitialize event is raised for each built-in command button (edit, new, delete, etc.), and allows their settings to be initialized. For instance, you can hide or disable individual command buttons.

The processed button is returned by the ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventArgs.ButtonType property. The card in which this button is displayed can be identified by its visible index, returned by the ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.VisibleIndex property. To specify whether the button should be visible or enabled, use the ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.Visible and ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.Enabled properties, respectively.

To initialize custom command buttons, handle the ASPxCardView.CustomButtonInitialize event.

Note

When Batch Edit Mode is enabled, the card view renders service cards with negative indices that are used to add new cards. These cards are hidden from end-users and are necessary for the correct operation of these features. In this case, the ASPxGridCommandButtonEventArgs.VisibleIndex parameter may have the “-2147483647” value in the CommandButtonInitialize event handler when a new card is being edited.

To process only the command buttons of the visible cards, use the following code in the CommandButtonInitialize event handler:

C#

if(e.VisibleIndex >= 0){
 //custom actions
}

Example

The following example uses an external check box to change the visibility of ASPxCardView check boxes in multi-selection mode.

Default.aspx

<dx:ASPxCheckBox ID="chkDisabled" runat="server" Text="Disable selection checkboxes"
    AutoPostBack="true" />

<dx:ASPxCardView ID="ASPxCardView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1" KeyFieldName="CustomerID" OnCommandButtonInitialize="ASPxCardView1_CommandButtonInitialize" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <Columns>
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="CompanyName" />
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="ContactName" />
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="City" />
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="Region" />
        <dx:CardViewTextColumn FieldName="Country" />
    </Columns>
    <CardLayoutProperties>
        <Items>
            <dx:CardViewCommandLayoutItem HorizontalAlign="Right" ShowSelectCheckbox="True" />
            <dx:CardViewColumnLayoutItem ColumnName="Company Name" />
            <dx:CardViewColumnLayoutItem ColumnName="Contact Name" />
            <dx:CardViewColumnLayoutItem ColumnName="City" />
            <dx:CardViewColumnLayoutItem ColumnName="Region" />
            <dx:CardViewColumnLayoutItem ColumnName="Country" />
            <dx:EditModeCommandLayoutItem HorizontalAlign="Right" />
        </Items>
    </CardLayoutProperties>
</dx:ASPxCardView>  
<asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/App_Data/nwind.mdb"
    SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Customers]" />  

Default.aspx.cs

protected void ASPxCardView1_CommandButtonInitialize(object sender, DevExpress.Web.ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventArgs e) {
    if (e.ButtonType == CardViewCommandButtonType.SelectCheckbox)
        e.Visible = !chkDisabled.Checked;
}

Default.aspx.vb

Protected Sub ASPxCardView1_CommandButtonInitialize(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxCardViewCommandButtonEventArgs)
    If e.ButtonType = CardViewCommandButtonType.SelectCheckbox Then
        e.Visible = Not chkDisabled.Checked
    End If
End Sub