Dynamically adding controls in ASP.NET Repeater

Question

I find my self having a repeater control which is being databound to an xml document. My client is now requesting that the Textbox's which are being repeater can be either a Textbox or a Checkbox.

I cannot seem to find an easyway to essentially do the following:

if ((System.Xml.XmlNode)e.Item.DataItem.Attributes["type"] == "text")
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtField" Text='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).InnerText %>' CssClass="std"></asp:TextBox>
else
<asp:CheckBox runat="server" ID="txtField" Text='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).InnerText %>' CssClass="std"></asp:TextBox>

Is there a nice way I can extend my current implementaion without have to rewrite the logic. If I could inject the control via "OnItemDataBound" that would also be fine. But I cannot seem to make it work

Answer 1

In your repeater, drop a Panel, then create an event handler for the repeater's data binding event and programmatically create the TextBox or CheckBox and add it as a child control of the Panel. You should be able to get the DataItem from the event args to get information like your "type" attribute or values to feed your Text properties or css information, etc.