From within my page load event I need to be able to call a javascript function and get the value the function returns. For example:
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim s As String
s = "<script>MyFunction();"
s = s & vbCrLf
s = s & "</script>"
Page.RegisterClientScriptB
End Sub
**MyFunction Code is in the head section of the aspx document.
How do I get the value that the function MyFunction returns???
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Not really because I need to retrieve the value of a page parameter within an embedded frame. If I use Request.Item("Param1"), then it will only give me the parameters of that frame. I need a parameter from a parent frame. I can do this with javascript. Can you post how to do this with a hidden element? Not sure how to do that. I know that you could call a javascript function from within VB.Net, just not sure how to get a return value.
Try following:
1) In your JavaScript function whereever you want to pass value to server side function add this line:
__doPostBack('CallFunction
2) Now in your PageLoad write following function:
C#
---------
if (Request.Form["__EVENTTARG
{
YourFunction( Request.Form["__EVENTARGUM
}
VB
---------
Request.Form("__EVENTTARGE
-tushar
OK, let me see if I understand this.
In my page load event I will be calling Myfunction by registering the client script.
Inside the javascript for Myfunction, I will be doing a post back by assigning the value I want to CallFunction.
Then in my page load event, I will check the CallFunction value to get back my value
But can you explain what the YourFunction..... does?
I'm confused at this point. I think you are on the right track though.
I would like to call the function from the page load
A post back should be ok, I will have to test to see what it is like.
But how do I then get the value back, so I can assign it to a variable that I can use throughout my server side code on that page???
YourFunction is just an arbitrary function to show how to get value of JS variable in code.
Regarding the object expected error you are getting. Do you have any Postback control on your page? (like button, linkbutton?) If not then you can try adding your custome fucnction like following:
// to call this function: MyPostBack('CallFunction',
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function MyPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument) {
var theform;
if (window.navigator.appName.
theform = document.Form1;
}
else {
theform = document.forms["Form1"];
}
theform.__EVENTTARGET.valu
theform.__EVENTARGUMENT.va
theform.submit();
}
</script>
-tushar
Do you have any button server control one the page? (button-linkbutton?) This process has been straight fwd for me most of the time..
It appears to me like those 2 variable are not getting created in your form automatically. include following two line inside your HTML Form tag:
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" />
And always check for if EVENTTARGET value exist, before accessing argument.
Here's code that I am testing from see if you can find any missing link:
--------------------------
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>JS</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function MyPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument) {
var theform;
if (window.navigator.appName.
theform = document.Form1;
}
else {
theform = document.forms["Form1"];
}
theform.__EVENTTARGET.valu
theform.__EVENTARGUMENT.va
theform.submit();
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" />
<input type="button" onclick="MyPostBack('CallF
<asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server">Label</asp:
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
--------------------------
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (Request.Form["__EVENTTARG
{
Label1.Text = Request.Form["__EVENTARGUM
}
}
--------------------------
'Dim s As String
s = "<script>MyPostBack('CallF
s = s & vbCrLf
s = s & "</script>"
Page.RegisterClientScriptB
As soon as I put this code in, it says that __EVENTTARGET is null or not an object
**querystring is my function name that I want to access.
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by: ChaosianPosted on 2006-07-24 at 06:07:48ID: 17167293
When I've needed to do something similar in the past, I have used a hidden HTML element to store the result. I then read that result from the view state on postback.
Having said that, in these days of AJAX controls, there may be a far better way.
Also, if you want to execute the function in page_load, couldn't you accomplish the same thing by executing a VB .NET version of the function server-side?