InitializeCulture and the Form Collection

Question

User-200757374 posted

OK, I have spent way too much time on this myself, so I am hoping that someone here has an answer for me.

I am using the InitializeCulture override and I can get it to work fine if I use a query string variable to maintain state, but I don't want to use a query string.  The MSDN documentation states that I should be able to use Request.Form to get the values of controls from my page--but I can't as their values are always null.

I am not sure if my environment is making a difference, which is Vista Business, IIS 7, and VS2008. But it is the only environment I have!

For example, if I say

var x = Request.Form["CultureData"];

x is always null. The first time in, the second time in, etc. I want "CultureData" to be a asp:HiddenField, but just to test I have also tried asp:TextBox to see if it was any different.

Any help on this will be appreciated

Thanks in advance,
Jim 

Answer 1

User-821857111 posted

Request.Form will only be populated if the page is posted. If it's not, you have to use a different mechanism. At the moment, you are using QueryString, which I agree is not ideal. Why not use a Cookie?

Answer 2

User-200757374 posted

Hi Mike and thanks for a quick reply.

Hmmm, why wouldn't Request.Form be populated (and no, it does not appear to be) since I am using asp.net controls with post back. For example, the control I am using to switch cultures has as its hyperlink:

javascript:WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(new WebForm_PostBackOptions("ctl00$PageContent$lnkSwitchLanguage", "", false, "", "default.aspx?lan=es", false, true))

Which is pretty much standard generated code <right?>.

As far as cookies, I could, but it may not work if the client has disabled cookies--then I need a back-up plan to make it work anyway.

Thanks again,
Jim 

Answer 3

User-821857111 posted

Hmmm, why wouldn't Request.Form be populated

Don't know for sure. Are you closing the <form> too early perhaps? Are your inputs within the form tags?

By the way, I suspect that more people are likely to disable javascript than cookies....