How to intercept any postback in a page? – ASP.NET

There’s a couple of things you can do to intercept a postback on the client. The __doPostBack function looks like this: function __doPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument) { if (!theForm.onsubmit || (theForm.onsubmit() != false)) { theForm.__EVENTTARGET.value = eventTarget; theForm.__EVENTARGUMENT.value = eventArgument; theForm.submit(); } } Notice that it calls “theForm.onsubmit()” before actually doing the postback. This means that if … Read more

ASP.NET DropDownList not retaining selected item on postback

The page lifecycle does the following (plus other steps irrelevant to your question): OnInit Populate controls from ViewState (during postback) Set the selected values (during postback) Page_Load You need to have ViewState enabled so it can populate the list before it “selects” the item. In this case, make sure you don’t repopulate in Page_Load and … Read more

How to detect/track postback in javascript?

ASPX: <input type=”hidden” id=”_ispostback” value=”<%=Page.IsPostBack.ToString()%>” /> Client-side Script: function isPostBack() { //function to check if page is a postback-ed one return document.getElementById(‘_ispostback’).value == ‘True’; } PS: I have not tested it but I’ve done somthing similar before and it works.

ASP.Net page enter key causing post back

You could set the DefaultButton on the Form or a Panel. This way you have full control what happens. Set UseSubmitBehavior=”False” on your Buttons. This disables the “AutoPostback” on Enter. I would prefer the second if i wanted to prevent Postbacks on Enter completely. are you using jQuery? if so: $(document).keypress(function(e) { if(e.keyCode === 13) … Read more

IE10 SCRIPT5009: ‘__doPostBack’ is undefined

There is apparently a bug in the browser definition files that shipped with .NET 2.0 and .NET 4. The definition files do not cater for IE10 as a browser version and hence defaults to a default definition which doesn’t support JavaScript. Scott Hanselman has a very detailed writeup about this issue here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BugAndFixASPNETFailsToDetectIE10CausingDoPostBackIsUndefinedJavaScriptErrorOrMaintainFF5ScrollbarPosition.aspx Scott proposes … Read more

ajax “loading” icon with UpdatePanel postbacks

use updateprogress of tool kit :hope this will help you <asp:updatepanel id=”ResultsUpdatePanel” runat=”server”> <contenttemplate> <div style=”text-align:center;”> <asp:updateprogress id=”UpdateProgress1″ runat=”server” associatedupdatepanelid=”ResultsUpdatePanel” dynamiclayout=”true”> <progresstemplate> <img src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2813590/support/images/loading.gif”> </progresstemplate> </asp:updateprogress> </div> //your control code </contenttemplate> </asp:updatepanel>

Confirm postback OnClientClick button ASP.NET

Try this: <asp:Button runat=”server” ID=”btnUserDelete” Text=”Delete” CssClass=”GreenLightButton” OnClick=”BtnUserDelete_Click” OnClientClick=”if ( ! UserDeleteConfirmation()) return false;” meta:resourcekey=”BtnUserDeleteResource1″ /> This way the “return” is only executed when the user clicks “cancel” and not when he clicks “ok”. By the way, you can shorten the UserDeleteConfirmation function to: function UserDeleteConfirmation() { return confirm(“Are you sure you want to delete … Read more

How do I make a Textbox Postback on KeyUp?

This will solve your problem. Logic is same as the solution suggested by Kyle. Have a look at this. <head runat=”server”> <title></title> <script type=”text/javascript”> function RefreshUpdatePanel() { __doPostBack(‘<%= Code.ClientID %>’, ”); }; </script> <asp:TextBox ID=”Code” runat=”server” onkeyup=”RefreshUpdatePanel();” AutoPostBack=”true” OnTextChanged=”Code_TextChanged”></asp:TextBox> <asp:UpdatePanel ID=”Update” runat=”server”> <ContentTemplate> <asp:DropDownList runat=”server” ID=”DateList” /> <asp:TextBox runat=”server” ID=”CurrentTime” ></asp:TextBox> </ContentTemplate> <Triggers> <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID=”Code” … Read more