autopostback - javascript intercept and cancel

[Susan van Houen]

Hi All,

How do I intercept an autopostback on the client side
and prevent it from executing the submit?

In classic ASP I used to intercept the on_submit and
just

return false;

but it doesn't seem to work anymore.

Any ideas?

Sincerely,
S

[Sreejumon[MVP]]

Hi Susan,

Please add the javascript function to your server control
as given below.
Button1.Attribu tes.Add("onclic k", "return FunctionName
();");

Now put the function in html section. If success then you
can return true else false.

So it wont submit the page if client side function fails.

Let me know if you ned furtehr help.
Regards
Sreejumon

-----Original Message-----
Hi All,

How do I intercept an autopostback on the client side
and prevent it from executing the submit?

In classic ASP I used to intercept the on_submit and
just

return false;

but it doesn't seem to work anymore.

Any ideas?

Sincerely,
S
.

[Marina]

The reason that doesn't work, is because by setting AutoPostBack to true,
that generates an onselectedindex changed handler, which just submits the
form. So the one you created, just get ignored.

I would instead suggested that you turn autopostback to false, and just keep
your handler. This handler should then sometimes manually submit the form by
calling its submit method.

"Susan van Houen" <sv*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:uE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Thank you for your response, but I can't get it to work.

My control looks like this
<asp:dropdownli st id="ddlPoi" style="Z-INDEX: 125; LEFT: 32px; POSITION:
absolute; TOP: 445px" runat="server"
OnSelectedIndex Changed="lbLoco ptions_Selected IndexChanged"
AutoPostBack="T rue">

When OnSelectedIndex Changed is fired I want it to pass through a client side javascript where I can evaluate if I actually want the autopostback to
complete or not.

In the Page_Load of the behind code I have

lbLocoptions.At tributes.Add("o nselectedindexc hanged", "return
lbLocoptions_on change();")

and in the client I have

function lbLocoptions_on change(){
return false;
}

Still, the AutoPostBack completes every time.

Sincerely,
S

"Sreejumon[MVP]" <sr********@hot mail.com> wrote in message
news:01******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .

Hi Susan,

Please add the javascript function to your server control
as given below.
Button1.Attribu tes.Add("onclic k", "return FunctionName
();");

Now put the function in html section. If success then you
can return true else false.

So it wont submit the page if client side function fails.

Let me know if you ned furtehr help.
Regards
Sreejumon

-----Original Message-----
Hi All,

How do I intercept an autopostback on the client side
and prevent it from executing the submit?

In classic ASP I used to intercept the on_submit and
just

return false;

but it doesn't seem to work anymore.

Any ideas?

Sincerely,
S
.