ASP.Net: why is my button's click/command events not binding/firing in a repeater?

Question

Here\'s the code from the ascx that has the repeater:

    
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Answer 1

Controls nested inside of Repeaters do not intercept events. Instead you need to bind to the Repeater.ItemCommand Event.

ItemCommand contains RepeaterCommandEventArgs which has two important fields:

• CommandName
• CommandArgument

So, a trivial example:

void rptr_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item)
    {
        // Stuff to databind
        Button myButton = (Button)e.Item.FindControl("myButton");

        myButton.CommandName = "Add";
        myButton.CommandArgument = "Some Identifying Argument";
    }
}

void rptr_ItemCommand(object source, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CommandName == "Add")
    {
        // Do your event
    }
}