First, I am new to ASP.NETIn order to reuse my dropdown list across different forms on different pages, I was advised that to use User Control to accomplish this. So I did some reading about user control and attempted to play around with it, but couldn't get it work since I am new to ASP.NET. Get this error:\[quote\] Cannot access a non-static member of outer type 'ASP.Vendor' via nested type 'ASP.Vendor._Default'\[/quote\]1) I create a Controls\Vendor.ascx file\[code\]<% @ Control Language="C#" ClassName="Vendor" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.UI" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Configuration" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Linq" %><%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %><script runat="server">public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page{ protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!IsPostBack) { FillVendor(); } } private void FillVendor() { string strConn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString; System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(strConn); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(); cmd.Connection = conn; cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; cmd.CommandText = "SELECT VendorID, VendorName FROM Vendor"; DataSet objDs = new DataSet(); SqlDataAdapter dAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(); dAdapter.SelectCommand = cmd;; conn.Open(); dAdapter.Fill(objDs); conn.Close(); if (objDs.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0) { VendorList.DataSource = objDs.Tables[0]; VendorList.DataTextField = "VendorName"; VendorList.DataValueField = "VendorID"; VendorList.DataBind(); VendorList.Items.Insert(0,"-- Select --"); } else { lblMsg.Text = "No Vendor Found"; } }}</script><asp
ropDownList ID="VendorList" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" ></aspropDownList>\[/code\]2) I create a Tes2.aspx page with this code to see if I can pull that Vendor dropdown list, but no luck. \[code\]<%@ Page Language="C#" %><%@ Register TagPrefix="uc" TagName="Vendor" Src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12718545/Controls/Vendor.ascx" %><html><body>Testing<form runat="server"> <uc:Vendor id="VendorList" runat="server" /></form></body>\[/code\]Obviously, I am new and must doing thing wrong. Can someone please help me or give me an example of a dropdown list in user control and how to include it in a form? Thanks!
ropDownList ID="VendorList" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" ></aspropDownList>\[/code\]2) I create a Tes2.aspx page with this code to see if I can pull that Vendor dropdown list, but no luck. \[code\]<%@ Page Language="C#" %><%@ Register TagPrefix="uc" TagName="Vendor" Src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12718545/Controls/Vendor.ascx" %><html><body>Testing<form runat="server"> <uc:Vendor id="VendorList" runat="server" /></form></body>\[/code\]Obviously, I am new and must doing thing wrong. Can someone please help me or give me an example of a dropdown list in user control and how to include it in a form? Thanks!