showDialogModal and arguments

[andrei]

Hi Group,

I need to open a modal window (a search form) from a link on the main form.
I'm also passing it a parameter - a table name, so the call looks like this:
res = window.showModalDialog("search.aspx", "PROD") in javascript, in
the main form.

Now I need to access the value of the parameter in Page_Load of the
search.aspx, so that I can load the information from the specified table and
then show the modal window.
But it seems I can only access the parameter in javascript, with
window.dialogArguments. And at that time it's already too late - the server
part has already run...

How can I do this ? Any ideas ?

Many thanks,
Andrei.

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

Juts a thought, but when you show the dialogue couldn't you just pass the
table name as an URL value

something like:
res = window.showModalDialog("search.aspx?tablename="PRO D")

You could then get access to it in the page load event of search.aspx

--
Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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"andrei" <an*********@era-environmental.com> wrote in message
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Hi Group,

I need to open a modal window (a search form) from a link on the main form. I'm also passing it a parameter - a table name, so the call looks like this: res = window.showModalDialog("search.aspx", "PROD") in javascript, in
the main form.

Now I need to access the value of the parameter in Page_Load of the
search.aspx, so that I can load the information from the specified table and then show the modal window.
But it seems I can only access the parameter in javascript, with
window.dialogArguments. And at that time it's already too late - the server part has already run...

How can I do this ? Any ideas ?

Many thanks,
Andrei.

[andrei]

Thanks John,

This is what I just did... and it works fine.
Thank you !

Andrei.
"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <xy********@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Juts a thought, but when you show the dialogue couldn't you just pass the
table name as an URL value

something like:
res = window.showModalDialog("search.aspx?tablename="PRO D")

You could then get access to it in the page load event of search.aspx

--
Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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Professional .NET for Java Developers with C#
ISBN:1-861007-91-4
Professional Windows Forms
ISBN: 1861005547
Professional JSP 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1861004958
Professional JSP
ISBN: 1861003625
Beginning JSP Web Development
ISBN: 1861002092
</shameless_author_plug>
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"andrei" <an*********@era-environmental.com> wrote in message
news:en**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Group,

I need to open a modal window (a search form) from a link on the main

form.

I'm also passing it a parameter - a table name, so the call looks like

this:

res = window.showModalDialog("search.aspx", "PROD") in javascript, in the main form.

Now I need to access the value of the parameter in Page_Load of the
search.aspx, so that I can load the information from the specified table

and

then show the modal window.
But it seems I can only access the parameter in javascript, with
window.dialogArguments. And at that time it's already too late - the

server

part has already run...

How can I do this ? Any ideas ?

Many thanks,
Andrei.