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timing of when the jquery runs

I have some jquery that runs on a page.

I also have a div that I am setting the inner HTML for on the page load.

The jquery uses the text inside this div to make a decision.

But, the jquery runs before the text gets set, so it is not able to do what is intended.

Is there a way to ensure the jquery runs after the div inner HTML is set?

MacAnthony

Yes, move the pageload code into a $(document).ready() block. Anything in the .ready block will execute before an onload event fires. Onload fires once the page has been rendered by .ready fires when the page has been loaded.

The other option would be to run the jquery function inside the body onload, but I like the first option more.

Tom Knowlton

ASKER

That's the thing...right now it is inside the .ready() function...and it is not working right.

Here is where I am assigning the values in PageLoad on the server side with ASP.NET / C#:

   protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {        

        bool showonlyinstorepickup = IWEBConfigAdmin.AllowInStorePickupOnly;

        string instorepickupdescription = IWEBConfigAdmin.InStorePickupDescription;

        if (showonlyinstorepickup)
        {
            showinstorediv.InnerHtml = instorepickupdescription;
        }
        else
        {
            showinstorediv.InnerHtml = "false";
        }


//////////////   THEN I WANT THE JQUERY TO RUN

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Tom Knowlton

ASKER

I even tried taking the jQuery code and putting it in a <script> block at the bottom of the master page, just above the ending </body> tag ----- and it made no difference.

MacAnthony

Putting it in page_load does not put it in a jquery .ready() block. If you don't want to change this code, then you will need to put the jquery code in a function and call that function from the page load.

Kiran Sonawane

Add below tag in <head></head> tag
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
i.e

<head>
 <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
     alert($("#showinstorediv").html());
   });
   </script>
</head>

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Above code will alert the message containing text within div

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Tom Knowlton

ASKER

What do you think about this possible interim solution?

 var loc = window.location.href;
        if (loc.indexOf("checkoutlegacy") != -1)
        {
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "WebGlobalMethods.asmx/SetToInStorePickupOnly",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType: "json",
                success: function (msg)
                {                   
                    if (msg.d != "false")
                    {
                        $("tr:not(:has(th),:contains('" + msg.d + "'))", "table[id*='gvShipping']").hide();
                    }
                },
                error: LoadFailed
            });
        }

        function LoadFailed()
        {
        }

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This code:

-ensures we're on the page where we want the jquery applied
-calls a web method to find-out from the server what the "mode" will be for displaying the table
-by convention, anything other than the value "false" results in the jQuery being applied

I've tried this out and it seems to work okay.

But -- is this a hokey way to handle this?

MacAnthony

Seems fine from a javascript perspective. That selector seems a bit complicated, but if it's working, I don't think it's horrible.

Kiran Sonawane

MacAnthony- If u could famillar with U never told this tat page_load will be called after ready fun

Tom Knowlton

ASKER

I think this solution also would have worked, or was on the right track.