JavaScript for OnTextChanged event.

[Alex Nitulescu]

Hi.

I have created a web-based file manager. Now I'd like to watch a folder for
changes, and when a change occurs I'd like to refresh my page.
Okay. So I have created a FileSystemWatch er set on the folder I need to
watch. It works fine. The problem occurs when I need to trigger an automatic
Refresh.
So I added two handlers - OnChanged and OnRename, in the same class as my
filemanager.

In the handlers I tried to say Response.redire ct(mypage) to force the
refresh, but the error I got was: "Cannot redirect after HTTP headers have
been sent."

So I tried to change the text of some textbox instead
<asp:textbox id="txtFileSyst emWatcher"
OnTextChanged=" javascript:Refr eshPage();" Visible=true Width=500
Runat=server></asp:textbox>

with this handler:
Private Sub OnChanged(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As
FileSystemEvent Args)
txtFileSystemWa tcher.Text = "FileSystemWatc her: " & "File: " &
e.FullPath & " " & e.ChangeType
End Sub

and add an OnTextChanged client-side event-handler which looks like this:

function RefreshPage() {
__doPostBack('t xtFileSystemWat cher', '');
}

which would force the refresh. However, now I have the following error:
BC30456: 'javascript' is not a member of 'ASP.BrowseFile s_aspx'.

So I changed the HTML to
<asp:textbox id="txtFileSyst emWatcher" OnTextChanged=" RefreshPage()"
Visible=true Width=500 Runat=server></asp:textbox>
and now, sure enough, I get
BC30456: 'RefreshPage' is not a member of 'ASP.BrowseFile s_aspx'.

I also tried in OnLoad of the page to register the event with
txtFileSystemWa tcher.Attribute s.Add("OnTextCh anged",
"javascript:Ref reshPage()")
and
txtFileSystemWa tcher.Attribute s.Add("OnTextCh anged", "RefreshPage()" )

but it still does not work.

What am I missing here, please ?

Thank you, Alex

[Wilco Bauwer]

1. Don't write stuff like '__doPostBack' yourself, ever. Use
Page.GetPostBac kEventReference instead if you want to get the postback
function call.
2. Why not set your textbox's AutoPostBack to true? In that case the
textbox control will render an onchange client-side eventhandler, which
will postback if the text was changed.

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