Difficult Forms

Posted by Community Admin on 25-Mar-2011 00:00

So I have a very simple HTML form I've translated to a usercontrol for use as a widget, which is part of a custom module.

Within this form, I have a select HTML select that looks like the following:

<select id="state" runat="server">

<option value="AL">Alabama</option>

<option value="AK">Alaska</option>

<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>

<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>

<option value="CA">California</option>

<option value="CO">Colorado</option>

<option value="CT">Connecticut</option>

<option value="DE">Delaware</option>

<option value="DC">District Of Columbia</option>

<option value="FL">Florida</option>

<option value="GA">Georgia</option>

<option value="HI">Hawaii</option>

<option value="ID">Idaho</option>

<option value="IL">Illinois</option>

<option value="IN">Indiana</option>

<option value="IA">Iowa</option>

<option value="KS">Kansas</option>

<option value="KY">Kentucky</option>

<option value="LA">Louisiana</option>

<option value="ME">Maine</option>

<option value="MD">Maryland</option>

<option value="MA">Massachusetts</option>

<option value="MI">Michigan</option>

<option value="MN">Minnesota</option>

<option value="MS">Mississippi</option>

<option value="MO">Missouri</option>

<option value="MT">Montana</option>

<option value="NE">Nebraska</option>

<option value="NV">Nevada</option>

<option value="NH">New Hampshire</option>

<option value="NJ">New Jersey</option>

<option value="NM">New Mexico</option>

<option value="NY">New York</option>

<option value="NC">North Carolina</option>

<option value="ND">North Dakota</option>

<option value="OH">Ohio</option>

<option value="OK">Oklahoma</option>

<option value="OR">Oregon</option>

<option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option>

<option value="RI">Rhode Island</option>

<option value="SC">South Carolina</option>

<option value="SD">South Dakota</option>

<option value="TN">Tennessee</option>

<option value="TX">Texas</option>

<option value="UT">Utah</option>

<option value="VT">Vermont</option>

<option value="VA">Virginia</option>

<option value="WA">Washington</option>

<option value="WV">West Virginia</option>

<option value="WI">Wisconsin</option>

<option value="WY">Wyoming</option>

</select>

Nothing interesting or complicated there.

However, upon load, Sitefinity throws an error:

'System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlSelect' does not allow child controls.

I have no idea what is going on here. I've tried a simple DropDownList, and it seems Sitefinity empties out my hard-coded values.

Frustrating at a level I can not explain.

What's going on here? How can I create a simple HtmlSelect with hard-coded values?

Posted by Community Admin on 28-Mar-2011 00:00

Hello Jack,

this is a problem we have reproduced and fixed. It is related to our internal ASP.NET parser. The fix will be available in the Sitefinity Q1 release, due on April 13th.

I am really sorry for the inconvenience and fully understand your frustration.

Regards,
Ivan
the Telerik team

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