ASP.Net – Code to make a page read-only

Some times we may come across need to make all the ASP.Net controls on a page disabled, like for example after an order is processed we may want to make the order entry page read-only for future access. A quick way to do that is to loop through all the page controls, identify the type and disable them. A sample code on how I go about doing this…

In my App Helper class,

#region "Page Read-Only"

public static void DisablePageControls(Page curPage)

{

foreach (Control cntrl in curPage.Controls)

{

DisablePageControls(cntrl);

}

}

private static void DisablePageControls(Control myControl)

{

foreach (Control cntrl in myControl.Controls)

{

switch (cntrl.GetType().ToString())

{

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox":

((TextBox)cntrl).Enabled = false;

break;

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button":

((Button)cntrl).Enabled = false;

break;

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton":

((ImageButton)cntrl).Enabled = false;

break;

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList":

((DropDownList)cntrl).Enabled = false;

break;

case "System.Web.UI.WebControls.CheckBox":

((CheckBox)cntrl).Enabled = false;

break;

default:

break;

}

//Call for additional controls:

if (cntrl.HasControls())

DisablePageControls(cntrl);

}

}

#endregion "Page Read-Only"

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