my advice - try to redesign your frontend to avoid popups. lots of browser block them and writing the javascript for it will be cumbersome. better change the page or integrate your input mask into the page.
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How to create a window in ASP.NET?
Is it possible to create a window from within ASP.NET page, to get some input from user, then to pass result back to ASP.NET page. I could do the same by using another ASP.NET page I think it would be better this way.
Also, can this window contain ASP.NET controls?
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Actually what I want to achieve is to offer the user (when populating fields) possibility to pick up the value from the list of the values or enter the new value (if it occurs for the first time). Drop down list might look as a perfect solution but as far as I know you cannot enter new data (it cannot serve as a text box). So I thought it would be a good solution to have a pop-up window with a list of the possible values. The pop-up window would be shown if you click on the small button following each of the fields (text boxes). But it seems better to avoid popups... So do you have any suggestion how to implement this idea?
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Question for the author.... I have encountered the same dilemma dealing with dropdowns. I was stunned when starting ASP.net that there is no built-in functionality for it. While it helps with data integrity, it leaves you high and dry for so many applications of a dropdown. Did you figure out a good way to alter the list from the dropdown?
Did you try using the Visibiliy property on an asp:listbox that can unhide right below a textbox? That's my latest thought...still no decision though.
ps-I have some javascript that emulates an msaccess dropdown, but its really cumbersome code. If you're still llooking, I can send it/or a link to it to you.
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by: davekyPosted on 2003-01-27 at 02:29:09ID: 7820093
The only way to get a page into the browser is to send a response to it. That could be an aspx page or html page. The client could then provide their input and send it back to the server. You cannot ask for input mid *parse* as this is done on the server. Any dialog box would not be seen by the client. Try using msgbox() on the server - you will see what I mean. You may have to get your input in separate chunks from multiple responses and store them for the client until you have all that you need. What I think you are really getting at is a popup dialog however. This is possible using javascript on the client, but a response with the javascript to open the window needs to be sent to the client. This functionality is available in Internet Explorer only. However the javascript could open several "wizard" type windows in sequence to acheive what you want. As it is a javascript question ask in the javascript forum about ie dialog boxes for pertinant answers.