Stop input while postback is processing

[Adrian Parker]

Say I have a form with several fields on it, some of which cause postbacks when changed. How can I stop the user from continuing
to type data into the other fields while the server is still processing the postback ?

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[Ward Bekker]

Hi Adrian,

What you could do is make a javascript that loops through all the form
controls and sets them to read-only. Fire this javascript in the onclick
event for the submit button.

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[Adrian Parker]

We're not always using a submit button, sometimes it's an itemchanged event that is causing the postback.

"Ward Bekker" <wa**@NOequanimitySPAM.nl> wrote in message news:44**********************@news.kpnplanet.nl...

Hi Adrian,

What you could do is make a javascript that loops through all the form controls and sets them to read-only. Fire this javascript
in the onclick event for the submit button.

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[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Adrian,

If the postback is not always caused by submit button, but also could be
caused by other controls like textbox or dropdownlist(autopostback), you
can consider use the <form> element's "onsubmit" client event to set those
text fields's readOnly property.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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[Adrian Parker]

Any problem using the following ?

function ignoreinput() {
return false;
}
function stop_input() {
window.attachEvent(""onkeydown"", ignoreinput);
window.attachEvent(""onclick"", ignoreinput);
}

then in the form element add the tag onsubmit="stop_input();"

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"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1C*************@TK2MSFTNGXA03.phx.gbl...

Hi Adrian,

If the postback is not always caused by submit button, but also could be
caused by other controls like textbox or dropdownlist(autopostback), you
can consider use the <form> element's "onsubmit" client event to set those
text fields's readOnly property.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Thanks for your response Adrian,

It is recommended you have a test, and I think you may need to attach the
event for each individul input element. BTW, if you just want to prevent
input in the text fields, you can make them readonly.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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