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>I am programming in vb.net and haven't quite grokked how to accomplish
> this task. I am a pretty proficient amateur and guessing that this is a
> relatively simple problem for an experienced object oriented
> programmer.
>
> I am dynamically adding images to a webpage. Based on the data there
> may be 1 to n images on any given page. I want to provide for the
> ability to click on the images and direct the user to another url. I am
> trying to use imagebuttons for this task.
>
> I am having trouble handling the click event for the imagebuttons
> though since they are dynamically added.
>
> To solve this problem I tried to create a custom class called
> myimagebutton that inherits from imagebutton. I figured that every time
> that I dynamically created an imagebutton that I would dynamically
> create an instance of the myimagebutton class instead. Myimagebutton
> would have a click event, and I would handle the event accordingly.
>
> Unfortunately, this problem is just beyond my current understanding of
> custom classes and events, and the tutorials that I have read are just
> not getting through to me.
>
> Could someone please elucidate for me in simple terms how I would
> create a click event for my custom class and how I would handle it? Is
> creating a custom imagebutton class even the way to solve this issue?
>
> Thanks for any light that you guys can shed on this for me.
>
> Eric
>

> hi Eric, Instead of an imagebutton, try and use a HyperLink control and set
> its imageurl property to the url of your image. Since you do not need a
> click event to occur on the serverside before you can redirect the user,
> this should work out well for you. In this way you wont need to uselessly
> bother with wiring up unnecessary events which you wont be using to start
> with, while also avoiding a roundtrip to your server before redirecting.
> Instead, in this manner, now you will be setting the NavigateUrl property to
> the url you want to the user directed to.
>
> Regards,
> Alessandro Zifiglio
> http://www.AsyncUI.net
>
> <ebo***@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:1154403756.791776.213480@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> >I am programming in vb.net and haven't quite grokked how to accomplish
> > this task. I am a pretty proficient amateur and guessing that this is a
> > relatively simple problem for an experienced object oriented
> > programmer.
> >
> > I am dynamically adding images to a webpage. Based on the data there
> > may be 1 to n images on any given page. I want to provide for the
> > ability to click on the images and direct the user to another url. I am
> > trying to use imagebuttons for this task.
> >
> > I am having trouble handling the click event for the imagebuttons
> > though since they are dynamically added.
> >
> > To solve this problem I tried to create a custom class called
> > myimagebutton that inherits from imagebutton. I figured that every time
> > that I dynamically created an imagebutton that I would dynamically
> > create an instance of the myimagebutton class instead. Myimagebutton
> > would have a click event, and I would handle the event accordingly.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this problem is just beyond my current understanding of
> > custom classes and events, and the tutorials that I have read are just
> > not getting through to me.
> >
> > Could someone please elucidate for me in simple terms how I would
> > create a click event for my custom class and how I would handle it? Is
> > creating a custom imagebutton class even the way to solve this issue?
> >
> > Thanks for any light that you guys can shed on this for me.
> >
> > Eric
> >

> Thanks Alessandro!
>
> That is exactly the kind of response that helps me out. I was trying to
> solve a problem that quickly got very complex and I didn't realize that
> there were simpler solutions out there.
>
> I never knew that you could use hyperlinks in this way, and will put
> this idea to test very soon.
>
> Thanks again. Eric ;-)
>
> Alessandro Zifiglio wrote:
> > hi Eric, Instead of an imagebutton, try and use a HyperLink control and set
> > its imageurl property to the url of your image. Since you do not need a
> > click event to occur on the serverside before you can redirect the user,
> > this should work out well for you. In this way you wont need to uselessly
> > bother with wiring up unnecessary events which you wont be using to start
> > with, while also avoiding a roundtrip to your server before redirecting.
> > Instead, in this manner, now you will be setting the NavigateUrl property to
> > the url you want to the user directed to.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alessandro Zifiglio
> > http://www.AsyncUI.net
> >
> > <ebo***@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:1154403756.791776.213480@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> > >I am programming in vb.net and haven't quite grokked how to accomplish
> > > this task. I am a pretty proficient amateur and guessing that this is a
> > > relatively simple problem for an experienced object oriented
> > > programmer.
> > >
> > > I am dynamically adding images to a webpage. Based on the data there
> > > may be 1 to n images on any given page. I want to provide for the
> > > ability to click on the images and direct the user to another url. I am
> > > trying to use imagebuttons for this task.
> > >
> > > I am having trouble handling the click event for the imagebuttons
> > > though since they are dynamically added.
> > >
> > > To solve this problem I tried to create a custom class called
> > > myimagebutton that inherits from imagebutton. I figured that every time
> > > that I dynamically created an imagebutton that I would dynamically
> > > create an instance of the myimagebutton class instead. Myimagebutton
> > > would have a click event, and I would handle the event accordingly.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, this problem is just beyond my current understanding of
> > > custom classes and events, and the tutorials that I have read are just
> > > not getting through to me.
> > >
> > > Could someone please elucidate for me in simple terms how I would
> > > create a click event for my custom class and how I would handle it? Is
> > > creating a custom imagebutton class even the way to solve this issue?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any light that you guys can shed on this for me.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >

> hi Eric, Instead of an imagebutton, try and use a HyperLink control and set
> its imageurl property to the url of your image. Since you do not need a
> click event to occur on the serverside before you can redirect the user,
> this should work out well for you. In this way you wont need to uselessly
> bother with wiring up unnecessary events which you wont be using to start
> with, while also avoiding a roundtrip to your server before redirecting.
> Instead, in this manner, now you will be setting the NavigateUrl property to
> the url you want to the user directed to.
>
> Regards,
> Alessandro Zifiglio
> http://www.AsyncUI.net
>
> <ebo***@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:1154403756.791776.213480@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> >I am programming in vb.net and haven't quite grokked how to accomplish
> > this task. I am a pretty proficient amateur and guessing that this is a
> > relatively simple problem for an experienced object oriented
> > programmer.
> >
> > I am dynamically adding images to a webpage. Based on the data there
> > may be 1 to n images on any given page. I want to provide for the
> > ability to click on the images and direct the user to another url. I am
> > trying to use imagebuttons for this task.
> >
> > I am having trouble handling the click event for the imagebuttons
> > though since they are dynamically added.
> >
> > To solve this problem I tried to create a custom class called
> > myimagebutton that inherits from imagebutton. I figured that every time
> > that I dynamically created an imagebutton that I would dynamically
> > create an instance of the myimagebutton class instead. Myimagebutton
> > would have a click event, and I would handle the event accordingly.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this problem is just beyond my current understanding of
> > custom classes and events, and the tutorials that I have read are just
> > not getting through to me.
> >
> > Could someone please elucidate for me in simple terms how I would
> > create a click event for my custom class and how I would handle it? Is
> > creating a custom imagebutton class even the way to solve this issue?
> >
> > Thanks for any light that you guys can shed on this for me.
> >
> > Eric
> >

news:1154479796.981329.109550@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks Alessandro!
>
> That is exactly the kind of response that helps me out. I was trying to
> solve a problem that quickly got very complex and I didn't realize that
> there were simpler solutions out there.
>
> I never knew that you could use hyperlinks in this way, and will put
> this idea to test very soon.
>
> Thanks again. Eric ;-)
>
> Alessandro Zifiglio wrote:
>> hi Eric, Instead of an imagebutton, try and use a HyperLink control and
>> set
>> its imageurl property to the url of your image. Since you do not need a
>> click event to occur on the serverside before you can redirect the user,
>> this should work out well for you. In this way you wont need to uselessly
>> bother with wiring up unnecessary events which you wont be using to start
>> with, while also avoiding a roundtrip to your server before redirecting.
>> Instead, in this manner, now you will be setting the NavigateUrl property
>> to
>> the url you want to the user directed to.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Alessandro Zifiglio
>> http://www.AsyncUI.net
>>
>> <ebo***@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:1154403756.791776.213480@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>> >I am programming in vb.net and haven't quite grokked how to accomplish
>> > this task. I am a pretty proficient amateur and guessing that this is a
>> > relatively simple problem for an experienced object oriented
>> > programmer.
>> >
>> > I am dynamically adding images to a webpage. Based on the data there
>> > may be 1 to n images on any given page. I want to provide for the
>> > ability to click on the images and direct the user to another url. I am
>> > trying to use imagebuttons for this task.
>> >
>> > I am having trouble handling the click event for the imagebuttons
>> > though since they are dynamically added.
>> >
>> > To solve this problem I tried to create a custom class called
>> > myimagebutton that inherits from imagebutton. I figured that every time
>> > that I dynamically created an imagebutton that I would dynamically
>> > create an instance of the myimagebutton class instead. Myimagebutton
>> > would have a click event, and I would handle the event accordingly.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, this problem is just beyond my current understanding of
>> > custom classes and events, and the tutorials that I have read are just
>> > not getting through to me.
>> >
>> > Could someone please elucidate for me in simple terms how I would
>> > create a click event for my custom class and how I would handle it? Is
>> > creating a custom imagebutton class even the way to solve this issue?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any light that you guys can shed on this for me.
>> >
>> > Eric
>> >
>