<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderHeader" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderForTitleAndIntro" Runat="Server">
    <table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
        <tr valign="top" class="ArticleTitle">
            <td style="padding-left:10px;" valign="middle">
                asp:CheckBox control</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="ArticleContents">
                CheckBox control is used to give option to the user.
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderForContents" Runat="Server">
    <div class="ArticleContents">
        Ideally CheckBox control is used to give option to the user. When it is rendered on the page, it is implemented through &lt;input type=checkbox&gt;&lt;/input&gt; HTML tag.
        Its properties like <span class="DemoCP">BackColor, ForeColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, Height etc. </span>
        are implemented through style properites of &lt;input&gt;. 

        You can set its Text property either by setting Text properties in the .aspx page or from server side page. (other properties can also be set from both pages)
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        Following are some important properties that are very useful.
        <table width="100%" class="TutoPropPlaceHolder" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1">
            <tr>
                <td class="DemoCP">AutoPostBack</td>
                <td>
                    Form is automatically posted back when CheckBox is checked or Unchecked.
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="DemoCP">CausesValidation</td>
                <td>
                    true/false. If true, Form is validated if Validation control has been used in the form.
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="DemoCP">Checked</td>
                <td>
                    true/false. If true, Check box is checked by default.
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="DemoCP">OnCheckedChanged</td>
                <td>
                    Fires when CheckBox is checked or Unchecked. This works only if <span class="DemoCP">AutoPostBack</span> property is set to true.
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr valign="Top">
                <td class="DemoCP">ValidationGroup</td>
                <td>
                    Used to put a checkbox under a particular validation group. It is used when you have many set of form controls and by clicking a paricular button 
                    you want to validate a particular set of controls only.
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>    
        <!-- START - Demo Section -->
        <table class="DemoPlaceHolder" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="4">
            <tr>
                <td class="DemoTitle">
                    DEMO : CheckBox
                </td>
                <td align="right">
                    <a class="DemoShowSource" href="../../misc/codeviewer/default.aspx?pagename=~/tutorials/controls/checkbox.aspx" target="_blank">Show Source Code</a>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:Label ID="lbl" AssociatedControlID="TextBox1" runat="Server" Text="Home Address"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="Server"></asp:TextBox>
                    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="req1" runat="server" Text="Please write home address." ControlToValidate="TextBox1"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
                    <br />
                    <asp:Label ID="Label2" AssociatedControlID="TextBox2" runat="Server" Text="Office Address"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="Server"></asp:TextBox>
                    <asp:CheckBox ID="checkbox1" runat="Server" Text="Click, if Office address is same as Home address" AutoPostBack="True" OnCheckedChanged="PutHomeAddressAsOfficeAddress" BorderColor="brown" BorderWidth="1" CausesValidation="True" />
                </td>
                <td>
                    Ex. <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" BackColor="Coral" ForeColor="blue" BorderColor="ActiveBorder" BorderStyle="dashed" BorderWidth="1" Height="20" Text="Example of Label Control" Width="200" ></asp:Label>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <!-- START - Server Side Code -->
                    <pre>
                        // CheckBox control
                        &lt;asp:CheckBox ID="checkbox2" runat="Server" Text="Click, if Office address is same as Home address" AutoPostBack="True" OnCheckedChanged="PutHomeAddressAsOfficeAddress" BorderColor="brown" BorderWidth="1" CausesValidation="True" /&gt;
                        
                        // Fires when CheckBox is clicked(checked) or unchecked
                        protected void PutHomeAddressAsOfficeAddress(object sender, EventArgs e)
                        {
                            if (checkbox1.Checked)
                            {
                                TextBox2.Text = TextBox1.Text;
                                Label1.Text = "Notice: Home address has been written into Office TextBox too.";
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                TextBox2.Text = "";
                                Label1.Text = "Notice: Office address is empty now.";
                            }
                        }
    
                    </pre> 
                    <!-- END - Server Side Code -->
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
        <!-- END - Demo Section -->
        </div>
    <br />
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content4" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderFooter" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>

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