[raghav.naganathan]

I have a checkbox list that contains 12 checkboxes.I want the user to select only 4 checkboxes. Is there any code in ASP.NET that does the same?
Please help as this is only my 2nd week in ASP.NET.

Thank you

[November-06]

Do you want to validate the number of checked checkbox on button click? In that case, in your button_click event,

int intCheckedItems = 0;
foreach (ListItem li in cbl.Items)
{
   if (li.Selected)
      intCheckedItems += 1;
}

if (intCheckedItems>4)
   //Prompt user that he can only select four items

[raghav.naganathan]

November-06, on 14 September 2012 - 02:08 PM, said:

Do you want to validate the number of checked checkbox on button click? In that case, in your button_click event,

int intCheckedItems = 0;
foreach (ListItem li in cbl.Items)
{
   if (li.Selected)
      intCheckedItems += 1;
}

if (intCheckedItems>4)
   //Prompt user that he can only select four items

Thank you very much for your reply. When I tried doing this, I found out that there is no command in ASP.NET to prompt the user like a java alertbox. Can you please explain what you meant by prompt the user? Thank you.

[rgfirefly24]

You will either have to A: register javascript to alert the user, or B use a validation summary, and fire a new validation error when it gets above 4 checkboxes.

[raghav.naganathan]

rgfirefly24, on 14 September 2012 - 06:44 PM, said:

You will either have to A: register javascript to alert the user, or B use a validation summary, and fire a new validation error when it gets above 4 checkboxes.

Thank you very much for your reply.I guess I got my answer now. Thank you

[raghav.naganathan]

Thank you everyone for all your help. I managed to find the solution by using a function as follows

function chkCount(obj) {
           if (obj.checked == true) {
               if (document.getElementById('<%=hiddenChkCount.ClientID %>').value >= 8) {
                   alert('You cannot select more than 8 Magazines.');
                   obj.checked = false;
               }
               else {
                   document.getElementById('<%=hiddenChkCount.ClientID %>').value = parseInt(document.getElementById('<%=hiddenChkCount.ClientID %>').value) + 1;
               }
           }
           else {
               document.getElementById('<%=hiddenChkCount.ClientID %>').value = parseInt(document.getElementById('<%=hiddenChkCount.ClientID %>').value) - 1;
           }
       }