Thread: Access parent repeater item from child repeater

hi, ok i got 2 repeaters:

parent: rpActiveCategory
child: rpActiveSubCategory

now on my child's OnItemDataBound I need to access 'Eval("Name")' form the
parent repeater.

Also I am populating my child repeater from my parent OnIteDataBound.

aspx.vb:

Code:

Protected Sub rpActiveCategory_OnItemDataBound(ByVal s As Object, ByVal e As RepeaterItemEventArgs)
        If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Or e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then

            Dim Category As Category = e.Item.DataItem

            '---------------------------------------
            'populate rpActiveSubCategory
            Dim SubCategoryList As New SubCategoryList
            Dim myParams As New Params

            myParams.Activated = "true"
            myParams.Type = "interior"
            myParams.OrderBy = "ordered ASC"
            myParams.CategoryID = Category.Idkey
            SubCategoryList = SubCategoryManager.GetList(myParams)

            Dim rpActiveSubCategory As Repeater = e.Item.FindControl("rpActiveSubCategory")

            'bind data to repeater
            rpActiveSubCategory.DataSource = SubCategoryList
            rpActiveSubCategory.DataBind()

        End If
    End Sub

Protected Sub rpActiveSubCategory_OnItemDataBound(ByVal s As Object, ByVal e As RepeaterItemEventArgs)
        If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Or e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then
            Dim SubCategory As SubCategory = e.Item.DataItem

            Dim lblActiveSubCategoryTitleText As New Label
            lblActiveSubCategoryTitleText.Text = SubCategory.Name
        End If
    End Sub

anybody know how to do this, I did experiment with item.Parent, but no result
I could of just been doing it wrong tho'

well what i need to get is, the value "Name" from rpActiveCategory...

err msg"

Code:

'DataItem' is not a member of 'System.Web.UI.Control'

same error as before..

my code:

Code:

Protected Sub rpActiveSubCategory_OnItemDataBound(ByVal s As Object, ByVal e As RepeaterItemEventArgs)
        If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Or e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then
            Dim SubCategory As SubCategory = e.Item.DataItem

            Dim strCategoryName As String = e.Item.Parent.DataItem("Name")
            Dim lblActiveSubCategoryTitleText As New Label
            lblActiveSubCategoryTitleText.Text = SubCategory.Name
        End If
    End Sub

Shem

err msg:

Code:

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.MissingMemberException: No default member found for type 'Category'.

Source Error:

Line 291:
Line 292:            Dim rptItem As RepeaterItem = CType(e.Item.NamingContainer.NamingContainer, RepeaterItem)
Line 293:            Dim strCategoryName As String = rptItem.DataItem("Name")
Line 294:
Line 295:            Dim lblActiveSubCategoryTitleText As New Label


Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\keithdesign\CustomControls\specs_interior.ascx.vb    Line: 293

must be close to it now, atleast it picks up that the parent repeater is for Category...