link and post user input to another pg in new window - asp.net

I have a page in my site that has allows users to search for different items, and when they choose the item, the "link".text next to it changes to how many times that item has been loaned, and when they click on it, I want a new window to pop up and display this history. My problem is the item they chose from the first page isn't posting to the next page.
I've tried many different things. The asp:linkbutton does everything I want, except it won't open the link up in a new window! There's no target attribute for that element, like there is for and tags. I tried adding OnClickEvent="'open.window(history.aspx')" instead, but user input isn't posted. Seems like MS deliberately took out the 'target' attribute for controls that were meant to post back to your web site >_
I know there are work arounds to my approach, such as session variables, but does anyone have any ideas on how to do specifically what I'm trying to do?

You could try wiring up the OnClick event of the LinkButton and in the event handler do something like:
protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Do your server-side stuff here getting the new window arguments.
string windowArgs = "";
string newWindowUrl = "Page2.aspx?WindowArgs=" + windowArgs;
string javaScript =
"<script type='text/javascript'>" +
"window.open('" + newWindowUrl + "');" +
"</script>";
this.RegisterStartupScript("", javaScript);
}
hope it helps!

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Passing data from a aspx page to a aspx popup

Following is the scenario I am facing, I have a aspx page in which I have added my ascx user control, I also have a <a href control which call a js function to open a aspx popup.
when I open the popup, I need to send the data present in the ascx control to my popup. can you please guide me what method can I use to achieve this other than using session, as the data can be updated in many different places hence maintaining in session will be difficult.
Thanks
try with these syntaxe ( RegisterStartupScript + window.open)
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Page, Page.GetType(), "newWindow", "window.open('Test.aspx?ID=" + _cId + "','_blank','status=1,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=30,height=30);", false);
You said that you are using a js function to open the aspx popup.
then it is simple.
1. Read the Data from the controls of the User control by using javascript
var variable1 = document.getElementByID("ControlId").value;
var variable2 = document.getElementByID("ControlId").value;
2. Pass this data as query string to the next page
window.open("http://www.w3schools.com?id=" + variable1 + "&name=" + variable2);
You can read this data from querystring from the next page
If you cant sent data as querystring , can try some other ways
1. Try to post the form to the other page using target="_blank".
we can dynamically change the form action if needed.
OR
2. Make use of the window.opener object from the popup to read the data from controls the opener page.
var variable1 = window.opener.getElementById("ControlId").value
Create a hidden variable in your ascx.
<asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="hdnId" />
On page load of ascx set the value to be sent to the hidden variable
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){
hdnId.Value = <value to be sent to pop-up>;
}
Register a ajax manager in the code behind.
protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
RadAjaxManager.GetCurrent(this.Page).ClientEvents.OnRequestStart = "ajaxMngr_RequestStart;";
base.OnInit(e);
}
In the ajaxMngr_RequestStart() JS
function ajaxMngr_SA_RequestStart(sender, args) {
var oPatId = "<%=hdnSendPatId.Value %>";
//add code to open the pop-up, add oPatId as part of the URL
}
}
I use Telerik, which makes helps a lot in managing pop-ups. Let me know, if this helps.
Cheers!

jQuery not working on Popup Window

I am using ASP.Net and jQuery + jQuery UI. Everything works fine with the jQuery on any other page, however when I create a popup window with window.open(...) jQuery seems to no longer function.
I have all of the script files included on the Popup's Master page, so am not sure why it won't fire.
Any Thoughts?
I am not sure if you use window.open you are creating a page class that inherits from the master page.
So JQuery is probabaly not included in that pop up. In addition popups aren't nice. people download all kind of things so they don't open. but it can be done like this:
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string queryString =
"http://localhost:39208/TreeView.aspx?param1="
+ TextBox1.Text.Trim();
string newWin =
"window.open('" + queryString + "');";
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript
(this.GetType(), "pop", newWin, true);
}
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript will bring your jquery in the pop up

Loading of controls outside of Page_Load is a no-no?

My apologies in advance for posting such a lengthy question. Believe it or not, what you see here actually represents a fairly condensed version of the problem/code at hand. And while I would appreciate any pointers on a better or different approach, I would also very much like to get the bottom of this so that I can sleep at night :)
I came across a requirement to pass confirmation messages between distinct aspx pages. I opted against using a query string variable since query string values "are" sticky (i.e. they persist on all subsequent postbacks) and I didn't want to deal with adding a bunch of conditional logic around this.
Anyway, I came up with a very simple class that uses Session to associate notifications with specific URLs. I then hooked my master page Page_Load event to query this class for any notifications that should be displayed for the current URL. If it finds any, it dynamically loads a NotificationMessage user control and displays the message content.
Everything works as expected when trying to pass Notifications between different aspx pages. Predictably, things don't work when a content page attempts to add a notification to itself (i.e. "The data you entered is not valid, try again"). The reason is pretty clear: by the time a content page adds a Notification for itself, the Page_Load event of the master page has already fired, so it's too late in the page lifecycle to do any good. The relevant code is pasted below.
public class MyMasterPage:MasterPage{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
LoadNotifications(this.Request.Url.ToString());
}
private void LoadNotifications(string url)
{
//look for a notification
Notification? notification = NotificationManager.Instance.RetrieveNotification(url);
//there are no notifications, nothing to see here
if (!notification.HasValue)
{
return;
}
//there is a Notification for this url, so load it into a user control
NotificationMessage notificationMessageControl = (NotificationMessage)LoadControl("~/App_UserControls/NotificationMessage.ascx");
notificationMessageControl.ID = "notificationMessage";
notificationMessageControl.Notification = notification;
notificationMessageControl.Visible = true;
//find the placeholder on the master page
PlaceHolder placeHolder = (PlaceHolder)PageUtils.FindControlRecursive(this, "NotificationPlaceholder");
if (placeHolder == null)
{
throw new ApplicationException("NotificationPlaceholder control not found.");
}
//insert into control
placeHolder.Controls.Add(notificationMessageControl);
placeHolder.Visible = true;
//remove the notification so it doesn't show up next time
NotificationManager.Instance.RemoveNotification(url);
}
}
Given the lifecycles issued alluded to above, I modified the NotificationManager class so that it raises an event whenever a notification has been added for the current page. The master page intercepts that event, and if the Page_Load has already fired, it kicks off the LoadNotifications method all over again.
//bind the event on the page constructor
public MyMasterPage()
{
NotificationManager.Instance.NotificationAdded += this.NotificationAdded;
}
private void NotificationAdded(string forUrl)
{
if (_pageLoaded){
LoadNotifications(forUrl);
}
}
Unfortunately, this doesn't work. I have stepped through this code numerous times, and despite the fact that the master page loads the NotificationMessage UserControl and adds it to the appropriate placeholder without incident, the final aspx HTML never includes the markup for that UserControl. I've put breakpoints inside the Page_Load of the UserControl and verified that they are indeed being hit during execution.
If I dynamically load the UserControl from inside the content page and bypass the Master page altogether, it renders without a hitch:
public partial class MyContentPage:Page
{
public void DoSomethingCool(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (MyServiceLayer.Save(foo)==false){
Notification notification = new Notification(NotificationType.Error, "We’re sorry, your document was not saved.");
NotificationMessage notificationMessage = (NotificationMessage)LoadControl("~/App_UserControls/NotificationMessage.ascx");
notificationMessage.Notification = notification;
notificationMessage.Visible = true;
PlaceHolder holder = (PlaceHolder)PageUtils.FindControlRecursive(this, "NotificationPlaceholder");
holder.Controls.Add(notificationMessage);
}
}
}
For the record, I stripped out the dynamic loading of the UserControl, opting instead for a a static declaration in the master page markup and a code based toggle of the control's Visible property; still no dice!
If someone could shed some light on this conundrum, I would be much obliged.
I've tried this sort of thing before and I was never fully comfortable with it. What I did instead, was put my ASCX on every page (or on the masterpage), and let the ASCX control its state rather than letting the ASPX control my ASCX.
I'm not sure this will help for your situation, though.
It seems like you want your information to show up after your control events fire. You might consider letting those messages aggregate until all control events have fired and then pull out all of the messages from your NotificationManager in OnPreRender, rather than Page_Load. That way you can get rid of the events (like NotificationAdded), etc that are probably complicating matters.
Not 100% what the problem is, though. It sometimes helps to know that the MasterPage is actually a control on the Page, rather than the other way around like you would think. It is going to be subject to the limitations any control would have on a Page.
HTH, Anderson

How do I get dynamically added ASP.NET buttons to fire events?

This is probably a simple question but I am not an ASP.NET developer and I am quite stuck.
I have a simple search routine that returns between zero and several hundred results. Each of these must be added to the page as a button and I want to set the text of the button and the CommandArgument property so that when the button is clicked I can read the CommandArgument back and react accordingly.
However, when I click the button the event does not run at all. How can I get it to run?
The code for building the button list (simplified for readability) is as follows:
foreach (SearchResult sr in searchResults)
{
Button result = new Button();
result.Text = sr.name;
result.CommandArgument = sr.ID.ToString();
AccountSearchResults.Controls.Add(result);
result.Click += new EventHandler(SearchResultClicked);
AccountSearchResults.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<br/>"));
}
At the minute to test, I have popped a label on the form to put the CommandArgument in. This code is never executed though.
void SearchResultClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label1.Text = ((Button)sender).CommandArgument;
}
You mentioned in another answer that you are adding these when a button is clicked. Looking at your code, I would suggest that you try setting a unique ID for each button added, then ensure that on loading the page that buttons with the same IDs and CommandArgument values are reloaded. When a dynamically loaded button is clicked, it must still exist on the page after postback for the event to fire.
I think the ID is all you need, plus your requirement for the CommandArgument). You could put the ID information in the ViewState if you can't get it repeat without a long search process.
Where are you adding this buttons?
if you are adding them inside another control then the event might be raising in the parent control. This happens on DataRepeaters and DataGrids for example.
I think you need to use the OnCommand event handler, rather than the OnClick i.e. try changing this:
result.Click += new EventHandler(SearchResultClicked);
to this:
result.Command += new EventHandler(SearchResultClicked);
UPDATE
Try changing the type of second argument to your event hander from EventArgs to CommandEventArgs. You might also have to set the CommandName property on your button i.e.
result.CommandName = "foo";

Totaling a GridView in ASP.NET

In one of my ASP.NET Web Applications, I am using a BulkEditGridView (a GridView which allows all rows to be edited at the same time) to implement an order form. In my grid, I have a column which calculates the total for each item (cost x quantity) and a grand total field at the bottom of the page. Currently, however, these fields are only refreshed on every post-back. I need to have these fields updated dynamically so that as users change quantities, the totals and grand total update to reflect the new values. I have attempted to use AJAX solutions to accomplish this, but the asynchronous post-backs interfere with the focus on the page. I imagine that a purely client-side solution exists, and I'm hopeful that someone in the community can share.
If your calculations can be reproduced in JavaScript the easiest method would be using jQuery to get all the items like this:
$("#myGridView input[type='text']").each(function(){
this.change(function(){
updateTotal(this.value);
});
});
Or if your calculations are way too complex to be done in JavaScript (or time restraints prevent it) then an AJAX call to a web service is the best way. Lets say we've got our webservice like this:
[WebMethod, ScriptMethod]
public int UpdateTotal(int currTotal, int changedValue){
// do stuff, then return
}
You'll need some JavaScript to invoke the webservice, you can do it either with jQuery or MS AJAX. I'll show a combo of both, just for fun:
$("#myGridView input[type='text']").each(function(){
this.change(function(){
Sys.Net.WebServiceProxy.invoke(
"/Helpers.asmx",
"UpdateTotal",
false,
{ currTotal: $get('totalField').innerHTML, changedValue: this.value },
showNewTotal
);
});
});
function showNewTotal(res){
$get('totalField').innerHTML = res;
}
Check out this link for full info on the Sys.Net.WebServiceProxy.invoke method: http://www.asp.net/AJAX/Documentation/Live/ClientReference/Sys.Net/WebServiceProxyClass/WebServiceProxyInvokeMethod.aspx
One solution is to build some javascript in you RowDataBound method to constantly update those totals when the textboxes change.
So during the RowDataBound, start building a javascript string in memory that will add up the textboxes you need added. What's nice in RowDataBound is you can get the Client Side id's of these textboxes by calling TextBox.ClientId.
Add this javascript to the page, then also add an onkeyup event to each textbox you require to call this script.
So something like (this is a row bound event from a gridview)
private string _jscript;
protected void gridview_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
//Get your textbox
Textbox tb = e.Row.FindControl("tbAddUp");
//Add the event that you're going to call to this textbox's attributes
tb.Attributes.Add("onkeyup", "MyAddUpJavaScriptMethod();");
//Build the javascript for the MyAddUpJavaScriptMethod
jscript += "document.getElementById('" + tb.ClientId + '").value + ";
}
}
Then once you've built that whole script, use your Page.ClientScript class to add a method to you page which will be called by your onkeyup in your textboxes "MyAddUpJavaScriptMethod"
Hope that makes sense and helps

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