__doPostback method with colons problem

[Steven Livingstone]

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without
resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly fundamental problem to me,
so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just missing some upgrade or
hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

[Steven Livingstone]

FWIW :

I have discovered that the basic problem is that i have the FORM defined
within a usercontrol.
It then turns out that "ucForm" is referenced in the __doPostBack method as
:

theform = document._ctl0: ucForm;

Fails in JavaScript :(

Any fixes?

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without
resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly fundamental problem to me, so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just missing some upgrade or hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

[Steven Livingstone]

ok - 1 way around it i have found (based on an earlier uri).

Override the render method in the control and replace ":" for control names
with "_".

Works thus far - anyone tried this and run into any probs?

Still is not something i want to put into prod :S

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without
resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly fundamental problem to me, so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just missing some upgrade or hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

[Steven Livingstone]

Hi JD - I have actually written a framework which uses a core usercontrol to
implement the look and feel any application and all it's (reusable) sub
controls. I tried a whole host of ways, but this is the only way i can see
it working and still be extensible.

This main control hosts the other controls and the page acts as a simple
container which the <form> wrapper in it. So that control itself is never
reused outside its parent page.

In other cases i may well write a full encapsulated "poll control" with the
form element to be just dropped into any asp page. I don't in my case, but
i'd like ASP.Net to support that possibility!

Cheers,
Steven.

"JD" <[e-mail] > wrote in message
news:05******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .

The idea here is that you never declare a form within a
user control. When developing controls you should never
assume where your controls will or will not be used. In
your case what happens if someone wants to use your
control inside an existing form?

- J

-----Original Message-----
FWIW :

I have discovered that the basic problem is that i have

the FORM defined

within a usercontrol.
It then turns out that "ucForm" is referenced in the

__doPostBack method as

:

theform = document._ctl0: ucForm;

Fails in JavaScript :(

Any fixes?

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote

in message

news:%2******* ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :
theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!
Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly

fundamental problem to

me,

so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just

missing some upgrade

or

hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

.

[vMike]

You might try this. You may have to modify it a bit but I don't think the
overhead is too bad.
(Not my idea, but it works real well) I left some of the old code that I
didn't need in there in case you need it. Hope this helps you.
Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal writer As HtmlTextWriter)

Dim _stringBuilder As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()
Dim _stringWriter As StringWriter = New StringWriter(_s tringBuilder)
Dim _htmlWriter As HtmlTextWriter = New HtmlTextWriter( _stringWriter)
MyBase.Render(_ htmlWriter)
'Dim html As String = _stringBuilder. ToString()
Dim start As Integer = html.IndexOf("d ocument._ctl1:_ ctl0;")

'Dim intend As Integer = 6 + start 'html.IndexOf(" """, start)
if start <> -1 then

'Dim formID As String = html.Substring( start, intend - start)
'Dim replace As String = formID.Replace( ":", "_")
html = html.Replace("d ocument._ctl1:_ ctl0", "document._ctl1 __ctl0") ' you
may need to change
end if

writer.Write(ht ml)

End Sub
"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without
resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly fundamental problem to me, so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just missing some upgrade or hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

[John Saunders]

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

I'm curious, what part of that do you believe is a "lot of overhead"?
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com

[Steven Livingstone]

Hi John - unfortunately i pointed to the wrong Q&A!!
The one i meant to point you to was :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/11/WebQA/

As you can see in that case, the PageParser() methods is a heck of an
overhea for every page!

Cheers,
Steven

"John Saunders" <jo***********@ surfcontrol.com > wrote in message
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"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

I'm curious, what part of that do you believe is a "lot of overhead"?
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com

[Steven Livingstone]

Hi Michael -

thanks for your code. In fact it is very simialr to the solution i decided
upon last night and it works great.
I will compare yours to see if there is anything i should add :)

Still a bit of a hit, but hopefully it will be fixed sometime soon.

cheers,
steven

"vMike" <Mi************ @nospam.gewarre n.com.delete> wrote in message
news:bg******** **@ngspool-d02.news.aol.co m...

You might try this. You may have to modify it a bit but I don't think the
overhead is too bad.
(Not my idea, but it works real well) I left some of the old code that I
didn't need in there in case you need it. Hope this helps you.
Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal writer As HtmlTextWriter)

Dim _stringBuilder As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()
Dim _stringWriter As StringWriter = New StringWriter(_s tringBuilder)
Dim _htmlWriter As HtmlTextWriter = New HtmlTextWriter( _stringWriter)
MyBase.Render(_ htmlWriter)
'Dim html As String = _stringBuilder. ToString()
Dim start As Integer = html.IndexOf("d ocument._ctl1:_ ctl0;")

'Dim intend As Integer = 6 + start 'html.IndexOf(" """, start)
if start <> -1 then

'Dim formID As String = html.Substring( start, intend - start)
'Dim replace As String = formID.Replace( ":", "_")
html = html.Replace("d ocument._ctl1:_ ctl0", "document._ctl1 __ctl0") ' you
may need to change
end if

writer.Write(ht ml)

End Sub
"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :

theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

Has anyone got any updates on if/when and how this can be fixed without
resorting to these kind of fixes? Seems a fairly fundamental problem to

me,

so hopefully it has already been fixed and i'm just missing some upgrade

or

hot fix!!

thanks,
Steven

[John Saunders]

Steven, I don't see anything about PageParser in that Q&A.
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:uK******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

Hi John - unfortunately i pointed to the wrong Q&A!!
The one i meant to point you to was :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/11/WebQA/

As you can see in that case, the PageParser() methods is a heck of an
overhea for every page!

Cheers,
Steven

"John Saunders" <jo***********@ surfcontrol.com > wrote in message
news:ua******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .

I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here
http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.

Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such as :
theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;

I noticed a solution at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!

I'm curious, what part of that do you believe is a "lot of overhead"?
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com

[Steven Livingstone]

John, go to the second Q on that page and click the "Figure 1" link to view
the code listing.

"John Saunders" <jo***********@ surfcontrol.com > wrote in message
news:em******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Steven, I don't see anything about PageParser in that Q&A.
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:uK******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

Hi John - unfortunately i pointed to the wrong Q&A!!
The one i meant to point you to was :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/11/WebQA/

As you can see in that case, the PageParser() methods is a heck of an
overhea for every page!

Cheers,
Steven

"John Saunders" <jo***********@ surfcontrol.com > wrote in message
news:ua******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

"Steven Livingstone" <s.***********@ btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP10.phx.gbl.. .
> I am running into the "colon in javascript" problem as discussed here > http://www.bdragon.com/entries/000324.shtml.
>
> Basically, i have nested controls and get the error on a line such

as

: >
> theform = document._ctl0: frmPage;
>
> I noticed a solution at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/WebQA/
> However, this seems like a heck of an overhead for every page!
>

I'm curious, what part of that do you believe is a "lot of overhead"?
--
John Saunders
Internet Engineer
jo***********@s urfcontrol.com