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you're better off binding to the click() event of the button<br />
<br />
&lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp;$(document).ready(function<wbr />() { <br />
&nbsp;$('#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit'<wbr />).on('clic<wbr />k', function () {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; alert('You clicked save!');<br />
&nbsp; });<br />
&nbsp;}<br />
&nbsp;&lt;/script&gt;
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you're better off binding to the click() event of the button

<script language="javascript">
 $(document).ready(function() {
 $('#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit').on('click', function () {
            alert('You clicked save!');
  });
 }
 </script>

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if that doesn't work, then you can change the href like this:<br />
<br />
$(&quot;#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit&quot;<wbr />).attr(&quot;hr<wbr />ef&quot;, &quot;javascript:{alert('You clicked save!&quot;) )
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if that doesn't work, then you can change the href like this:

$("#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit").attr("href", "javascript:{alert('You clicked save!") )

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Hi Big Monty. <br />
<br />
Neither option worked. No alert.
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Hi Big Monty.

Neither option worked. No alert.

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Excellent. Works!<br />
<br />
Thanks!
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I'm working with a .net app and I need to re-assign the href attribute in a button. I can't mess with the .net code, but I can add all the javascript I want. However, so far I've had no luck. <br />
<br />
Here's the button:<br />
<br />
&lt;a name=&quot;ctl00$ctl00$btnSubmi<wbr />t&quot; language=&quot;javascript&quot; href=&quot;javascript:{ClickOnc<wbr />e_ctl00_ct<wbr />l00_btnSub<wbr />mit();}&quot; id=&quot;ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit&quot;<wbr /> style=&quot;float:left;&quot;&gt;Save&lt;/<wbr />a&gt;<br />
<br />
Here's how I'm trying to assign something new to href:<br />
<br />
&lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp;$(document).ready(function<wbr />() { <br />
&nbsp;$(&quot;#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit&quot;<wbr />).href=&quot;ja<wbr />vascript:{<wbr />alert('You<wbr /> clicked save!');}&quot; <br />
&nbsp;}<br />
&nbsp;&lt;/script&gt;<br />
<br />
But nothing doing. Doesn't work. Can somebody help? Is there another method?
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I'm working with a .net app and I need to re-assign the href attribute in a button. I can't mess with the .net code, but I can add all the javascript I want. However, so far I've had no luck. 

Here's the button:

<a name="ctl00$ctl00$btnSubmit" language="javascript" href="javascript:{ClickOnce_ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit();}" id="ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit" style="float:left;">Save</a>

Here's how I'm trying to assign something new to href:

<script language="javascript">
 $(document).ready(function() { 
 $("#ctl00_ctl00_btnSubmit").href="javascript:{alert('You clicked save!');}" 
 }
 </script>

But nothing doing. Doesn't work. Can somebody help? Is there another method?

use javascript to assign new href to button in .net app

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