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Adding Attribute after comile returns &#39;

Good evening,
Ive been trying to add a javascript methods to a textbox on my aspx page. I have used the two lines below to add the javascript functions to the textbox:-
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "javascript: showDiv(this, 'divBelowObjects');")
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onBlur", "javascript: hideDiv('divBelowObjects');")

But when I run the code, it fails with an 'Invlid character' on the following line:-
<input name="ctl00$MainContent$TextBox1" type="text" id="MainContent_TextBox1" onFocus="javascript: showDiv(this, 'divBelowObjects');" onBlur="javascript: hideDiv('divBelowObjects');" />

What I dont understand is why asp is converting ' into ' ???

Any ideas how I can run my code with ' instead of '???

Thank you

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Zhaolai

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raja_ind82

i think ', is not a problem. Can you please send us the actual error message or screen shot?

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Raja Muthaiah

kris_per

Try using double quotes instead of single quotes like:

TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "javascript: showDiv(this, \"divBelowObjects\");")

TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onBlur", @"javascript: hideDiv(\"divBelowObjects\");")

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tonelm54

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I have tried:-

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "javascript: showDiv(this, ""divBelowObjects"");")
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onBlur", "javascript: hideDiv(""divBelowObjects"");")
End Sub

Which runs as:-

<input name="ctl00$MainContent$TextBox1" type="text" id="MainContent_TextBox1" onFocus="javascript: showDiv(this, "divBelowObjects");" onBlur="javascript: hideDiv("divBelowObjects");" />

tonelm54

ASKER

I have tried:-
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "javascript: showDiv(this, \'divBelowObjects\');")
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onBlur", "javascript: hideDiv(""divBelowObjects"");")
End Sub

Which runs as:-
<input name="ctl00$MainContent$TextBox1" type="text" id="MainContent_TextBox1" onFocus="javascript: showDiv(this, \'divBelowObjects\');" onBlur="javascript: hideDiv("divBelowObjects");" />

tonelm54

ASKER

When I try:-
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "javascript: showDiv(this, \"divBelowObjects\");")
TextBox1.Attributes.Add("onBlur", "javascript: hideDiv(\"divBelowObjects\");")
End Sub

I get:-
Comma, ')', or a valid expression continuation expected.

Adding Attribute after comile returns &amp;#39;

Adding Attribute after comile returns '