Assigning Visible Property of the Button to a Static Method Result

Question

I am trying to hide the button based on the user's role using the following code:

 <asp:Button ID="btndisplayrole" Text="Admin Button" Visible='<%= WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin") %>' runat="server" OnClick="DisplayRoleClick" />

But when I run the above code I get the following error message:

Cannot create an object of type 'System.Boolean' from its string representation '<%= WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin") %>' for the 'Visible'

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited May 14 '14 at 07:22

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As an alternative solution:

<% if (WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin"))
    {%>
        <asp:Button ID="btndisplayrole" 
                    Text="Admin Button" 
                    runat="server" 
                    OnClick="DisplayRoleClick" /> 
<%} %>

edited May 14 '14 at 07:22

Jeroen

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answered May 25 '12 at 02:36

Adam Marshall

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+1 for posting an workaround about the visibility but I guess the OP would like to make it work for any other control property. – Manitra Andriamitondra Aug 21 '12 at 12:50

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 17 '11 at 18:57

Kind of an interesting issue.. But as the error message states, the string <%= WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin") %> cannot be converted to a boolean.

Unfortunately i cannot explain why the expression isn't evaluated, but instead is treated like a string.

The reason why your <%# %> expression works as expected, is because it is treated much differently. When the Page is compiled into a class, then the compiler creates an event handler similar to this:

public void __DataBindingButton2(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Button button = (Button) sender;
    Page bindingContainer = (Page) button.BindingContainer;
    button.Visible = HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("admin");
}

and hooks this method up to the Control.Databinding event on your control. As you can see, the <%# %> is this time properly treated as server code, and not just a random string.

So i guess the solution is either to use databinding, or go to the codebehind as AndreasKnudsen suggests.

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 15 '08 at 21:22

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The following code worked:

Visible='<%# WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin") %>'

Note that the aboe use the binding expression!

answered Dec 15 '08 at 21:22

azamsharp

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Actually the above code is NOT what I needed since now I have to bind the page in order to execute the code! – azamsharp Dec 15 '08 at 21:24

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '08 at 22:47

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how about just doing it in the codebehind, for instance on Page_Load ?

public void Page_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
   btndisplayrole.Visible = WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin");
}

answered Dec 15 '08 at 22:47

AndreasKnudsen

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 06 '17 at 18:14

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Visible='<%= WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin").ToString() %>'

OR

Visible=<%= WebApplication1.SiteHelper.IsUserInRole("Admin") %>

edited Apr 06 '17 at 18:14

James Skemp

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answered Dec 15 '08 at 21:17

shahkalpesh

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Tried both of them none of them worked. IsUserInRole return booleon. – azamsharp Dec 15 '08 at 21:20
Sorry about that. I wrote my reply based on the error that you are getting. – shahkalpesh Dec 15 '08 at 21:25

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