Hi,
I have an ASP .NET page with codebehind in a vb file.
The page has a dropdown control, and a JS function which used HTTP XML
Request to get the data from the database, and populate the dropdown.
Actually, the JS creates the OPTION elements using th retrieved db data, and
adds them to the SELECT element using DOM objects.
The dropdown works ok, and the items are visible, but when the user clicks
"Save" button, and the page posts back to the server, in the VB codebehind,
the selected value in the dropdown is empty, and the items collection is
empty.
Why is this? How can I fix this behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
4  1586 
Hi Richard,
The problem is that ASP maintains state by using ViewState. When you
post back a page, controls are first instantiated, then initialized
with values from ViewState, and at the very end, the SaveViewState
event is called. The next time you post back, the values that were
saved in the SaveViewState event will again be used to repopulate the
controls on Initialization.
When you modify controls like Dropdowns through Javascript (modify as
in add members, not changing the selected index), the server cannot
possibly know about this.
In your case, I would suggest you use the internal __doPostBack
Javscript function. You can check out the source of any aspx page in
your browser, and will find it there:
function __doPostBack(ev entTarget, eventArgument) {
....
}
You also need your page to implement IPostBackEventH andler to handle
the async postback. An example follows:
aspx page:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup ="True"
CodeBehind="Def ault.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault"
EnableViewState ="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitl ed Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function populateListBox () {
var lst = document.getEle mentById('theLi stBox');
var postBackArg = new Array()
for(var i = 1;i <= 3;i++) {
var newOptionName = "element_" + i;
var newOptionValue = i;
var newOption = new Option(newOptio nName,
newOptionValue) ;
lst.options.add (newOption);
postBackArg[i-1] = newOptionName + "," +
newOptionValue;
}
__doPostBack('< %= this.ClientID %>',
postBackArg.joi n(";"));
}
</script>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListBox ID="theListBox " runat="server" />
<input id="btnTriggerJ s" type="button" value="btnTrigg erJs"
OnClick="popula teListBox()" />
<asp:Button ID="btnPostBack " OnClick="btnPos tBack_Click"
Text="btnPostBa ck" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
codebehind file:
using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.W ebControls;
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.P age,
IPostBackEventH andler
{
protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnPostBack_Cli ck(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach(ListIte m li in theListBox.Item s)
{
/* ... */
}
}
public void RaisePostBackEv ent(string eventArg)
{
string[] newElements = eventArg.Split( ';');
foreach(string newElement in newElements)
{
string[] newElementArray = newElement.Spli t(',');
theListBox.Item s.Add(new ListItem(newEle mentArray[0],
newElementArray[1]));
}
}
}
}
=============== =
Regards,
Steve www.stkomp.com
Richard wrote:
Hi,
I have an ASP .NET page with codebehind in a vb file.
The page has a dropdown control, and a JS function which used HTTP XML
Request to get the data from the database, and populate the dropdown.
Actually, the JS creates the OPTION elements using th retrieved db data, and
adds them to the SELECT element using DOM objects.
The dropdown works ok, and the items are visible, but when the user clicks
"Save" button, and the page posts back to the server, in the VB codebehind,
the selected value in the dropdown is empty, and the items collection is
empty.
Why is this? How can I fix this behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
Thanks Steve, great explanation.
It'd be nice in JS to have a function to add objects to the viewstate ;-)
As I'm using vb in the codebehind, is it necessary to have in the code
behind page in its own namespace with the following code you posted?
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
....
}
Thanks in advance,
Richard
"wi*****@google mail.com" wrote:
Hi Richard,
The problem is that ASP maintains state by using ViewState. When you
post back a page, controls are first instantiated, then initialized
with values from ViewState, and at the very end, the SaveViewState
event is called. The next time you post back, the values that were
saved in the SaveViewState event will again be used to repopulate the
controls on Initialization.
When you modify controls like Dropdowns through Javascript (modify as
in add members, not changing the selected index), the server cannot
possibly know about this.
In your case, I would suggest you use the internal __doPostBack
Javscript function. You can check out the source of any aspx page in
your browser, and will find it there:
function __doPostBack(ev entTarget, eventArgument) {
....
}
You also need your page to implement IPostBackEventH andler to handle
the async postback. An example follows:
aspx page:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup ="True"
CodeBehind="Def ault.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault"
EnableViewState ="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitl ed Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function populateListBox () {
var lst = document.getEle mentById('theLi stBox');
var postBackArg = new Array()
for(var i = 1;i <= 3;i++) {
var newOptionName = "element_" + i;
var newOptionValue = i;
var newOption = new Option(newOptio nName,
newOptionValue) ;
lst.options.add (newOption);
postBackArg[i-1] = newOptionName + "," +
newOptionValue;
}
__doPostBack('< %= this.ClientID %>',
postBackArg.joi n(";"));
}
</script>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListBox ID="theListBox " runat="server" />
<input id="btnTriggerJ s" type="button" value="btnTrigg erJs"
OnClick="popula teListBox()" />
<asp:Button ID="btnPostBack " OnClick="btnPos tBack_Click"
Text="btnPostBa ck" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
codebehind file:
using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.W ebControls;
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.P age,
IPostBackEventH andler
{
protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnPostBack_Cli ck(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach(ListIte m li in theListBox.Item s)
{
/* ... */
}
}
public void RaisePostBackEv ent(string eventArg)
{
string[] newElements = eventArg.Split( ';');
foreach(string newElement in newElements)
{
string[] newElementArray = newElement.Spli t(',');
theListBox.Item s.Add(new ListItem(newEle mentArray[0],
newElementArray[1]));
}
}
}
}
=============== =
Regards,
Steve
www.stkomp.com
Richard wrote:
Hi,
I have an ASP .NET page with codebehind in a vb file.
The page has a dropdown control, and a JS function which used HTTP XML
Request to get the data from the database, and populate the dropdown.
Actually, the JS creates the OPTION elements using th retrieved db data, and
adds them to the SELECT element using DOM objects.
The dropdown works ok, and the items are visible, but when the user clicks
"Save" button, and the page posts back to the server, in the VB codebehind,
the selected value in the dropdown is empty, and the items collection is
empty.
Why is this? How can I fix this behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
Hi Richard,
No, the namespace was automatically generated by VS. No need for it.
Just make sure that the Inherits directive in the aspx file will not
have a namespace either (eg, Inherits="_Defa ult" instead of
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault")
===========
Regards,
Steve www.stkomp.com
Richard wrote:
Thanks Steve, great explanation.
It'd be nice in JS to have a function to add objects to the viewstate ;-)
As I'm using vb in the codebehind, is it necessary to have in the code
behind page in its own namespace with the following code you posted?
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
...
}
Thanks in advance,
Richard
"wi*****@google mail.com" wrote:
Hi Richard,
The problem is that ASP maintains state by using ViewState. When you
post back a page, controls are first instantiated, then initialized
with values from ViewState, and at the very end, the SaveViewState
event is called. The next time you post back, the values that were
saved in the SaveViewState event will again be used to repopulate the
controls on Initialization.
When you modify controls like Dropdowns through Javascript (modify as
in add members, not changing the selected index), the server cannot
possibly know about this.
In your case, I would suggest you use the internal __doPostBack
Javscript function. You can check out the source of any aspx page in
your browser, and will find it there:
function __doPostBack(ev entTarget, eventArgument) {
....
}
You also need your page to implement IPostBackEventH andler to handle
the async postback. An example follows:
aspx page:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup ="True"
CodeBehind="Def ault.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault"
EnableViewState ="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitl ed Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function populateListBox () {
var lst = document.getEle mentById('theLi stBox');
var postBackArg = new Array()
for(var i = 1;i <= 3;i++) {
var newOptionName = "element_" + i;
var newOptionValue = i;
var newOption = new Option(newOptio nName,
newOptionValue) ;
lst.options.add (newOption);
postBackArg[i-1] = newOptionName + "," +
newOptionValue;
}
__doPostBack('< %= this.ClientID %>',
postBackArg.joi n(";"));
}
</script>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListBox ID="theListBox " runat="server" />
<input id="btnTriggerJ s" type="button" value="btnTrigg erJs"
OnClick="popula teListBox()" />
<asp:Button ID="btnPostBack " OnClick="btnPos tBack_Click"
Text="btnPostBa ck" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
codebehind file:
using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.W ebControls;
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.P age,
IPostBackEventH andler
{
protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnPostBack_Cli ck(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach(ListIte m li in theListBox.Item s)
{
/* ... */
}
}
public void RaisePostBackEv ent(string eventArg)
{
string[] newElements = eventArg.Split( ';');
foreach(string newElement in newElements)
{
string[] newElementArray = newElement.Spli t(',');
theListBox.Item s.Add(new ListItem(newEle mentArray[0],
newElementArray[1]));
}
}
}
}
=============== =
Regards,
Steve
www.stkomp.com
Richard wrote:
Hi,
>
I have an ASP .NET page with codebehind in a vb file.
The page has a dropdown control, and a JS function which used HTTP XML
Request to get the data from the database, and populate the dropdown.
Actually, the JS creates the OPTION elements using th retrieved db data, and
adds them to the SELECT element using DOM objects.
>
The dropdown works ok, and the items are visible, but when the user clicks
"Save" button, and the page posts back to the server, in the VB codebehind,
the selected value in the dropdown is empty, and the items collection is
empty.
>
Why is this? How can I fix this behavior?
>
Thanks in advance,
>
Richard
Hello,
Steve, I really appreciate your help with this, and I know this example is a
very sophisticated code.
Now, somehow sending data in strings around, seems like the only solution in
Web applications!?? , but it doesn't seem like a very good practice.
1) A dropdown could have many items with fairly long descriptions. If the
resulting string overflows the string size, we'd end up with a truncated
dropdown or an invalid string that cannot be parsed back into a dropdown.
2) With a string, its's hard to store state like "disabled" and other
members of the dropdown.
Seriously , isn't there a "best practice" kindof way of doing this?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
=====
"wi*****@google mail.com" wrote:
Hi Richard,
No, the namespace was automatically generated by VS. No need for it.
Just make sure that the Inherits directive in the aspx file will not
have a namespace either (eg, Inherits="_Defa ult" instead of
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault")
===========
Regards,
Steve
www.stkomp.com
Richard wrote:
Thanks Steve, great explanation.
It'd be nice in JS to have a function to add objects to the viewstate ;-)
As I'm using vb in the codebehind, is it necessary to have in the code
behind page in its own namespace with the following code you posted?
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
...
}
Thanks in advance,
Richard
"wi*****@google mail.com" wrote:
Hi Richard,
>
The problem is that ASP maintains state by using ViewState. When you
post back a page, controls are first instantiated, then initialized
with values from ViewState, and at the very end, the SaveViewState
event is called. The next time you post back, the values that were
saved in the SaveViewState event will again be used to repopulate the
controls on Initialization.
>
When you modify controls like Dropdowns through Javascript (modify as
in add members, not changing the selected index), the server cannot
possibly know about this.
>
In your case, I would suggest you use the internal __doPostBack
Javscript function. You can check out the source of any aspx page in
your browser, and will find it there:
>
function __doPostBack(ev entTarget, eventArgument) {
....
}
>
You also need your page to implement IPostBackEventH andler to handle
the async postback. An example follows:
>
aspx page:
>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup ="True"
CodeBehind="Def ault.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Imple mentIPostBackEv entHandler._Def ault"
EnableViewState ="false" %>
>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitl ed Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function populateListBox () {
var lst = document.getEle mentById('theLi stBox');
var postBackArg = new Array()
for(var i = 1;i <= 3;i++) {
var newOptionName = "element_" + i;
var newOptionValue = i;
var newOption = new Option(newOptio nName,
newOptionValue) ;
lst.options.add (newOption);
postBackArg[i-1] = newOptionName + "," +
newOptionValue;
}
__doPostBack('< %= this.ClientID %>',
postBackArg.joi n(";"));
}
</script>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListBox ID="theListBox " runat="server" />
<input id="btnTriggerJ s" type="button" value="btnTrigg erJs"
OnClick="popula teListBox()" />
<asp:Button ID="btnPostBack " OnClick="btnPos tBack_Click"
Text="btnPostBa ck" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
>
>
codebehind file:
using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.W ebControls;
>
namespace ImplementIPostB ackEventHandler
{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.P age,
IPostBackEventH andler
{
protected void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
>
protected void btnPostBack_Cli ck(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach(ListIte m li in theListBox.Item s)
{
/* ... */
}
}
>
public void RaisePostBackEv ent(string eventArg)
{
string[] newElements = eventArg.Split( ';');
foreach(string newElement in newElements)
{
string[] newElementArray = newElement.Spli t(',');
theListBox.Item s.Add(new ListItem(newEle mentArray[0],
newElementArray[1]));
}
}
}
}
>
=============== =
Regards,
Steve
www.stkomp.com
>
Richard wrote:
Hi,
I have an ASP .NET page with codebehind in a vb file.
The page has a dropdown control, and a JS function which used HTTP XML
Request to get the data from the database, and populate the dropdown.
Actually, the JS creates the OPTION elements using th retrieved db data, and
adds them to the SELECT element using DOM objects.
The dropdown works ok, and the items are visible, but when the user clicks
"Save" button, and the page posts back to the server, in the VB codebehind,
the selected value in the dropdown is empty, and the items collection is
empty.
Why is this? How can I fix this behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
>
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