How to use a messagebox in asp.net

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Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a server
it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[David Wier]

What do you have behind the MsgBox?
Are you using Javascript in another routine?
There is no ASP.Net intrinsic control like this - however there is a
ConfirmButton in the Ajax toolkit.

--
David Wier
MVP/ASPInsider
http://aspnet101.com
http://aspexpress.com
"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a

server

it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[Eliyahu Goldin]

This can help you:

http://usableasp.net/DeveloperPage.a...rAndClient.htm

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a
server
it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[Aidy]

How is it done?

You don't. If you want user interaction it has to be done via javascript on
the client, not server-side code. If you use message boxes in asp.net code
the box appears on the server and no-one is there to click it, certainly not
the intented client.

[David Wier]

You could create a routine that creates the Javascript behind the scenes -
and use it dynamically whenever and wherever you'd like.
Check out this tip from ASPNet101.com:
http://aspnet101.com/aspnet101/tips.aspx?id=203

--
David Wier
MVP/ASPInsider
http://aspnet101.com
http://aspexpress.com
"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a

server

it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ2aWQ=?=]

What do you have behind the MsgBox?

What do you mean?
I have a page where you have to give a month (text box) and select a value
from a listbox.
The messagebox shows in its text both values and asks for confirmation
(that's what i would like it to do)
You can eather cancel it and nothing happens or click ok and execution
begins for the values selected.

Are you using Javascript in another routine?

No

There is no ASP.Net intrinsic control like this - however there is a
ConfirmButton in the Ajax toolkit.

Is this a tool that you just install and use?

[=?Utf-8?B?QXJ2aWQ=?=]

"Aidy" wrote:

How is it done?

You don't. If you want user interaction it has to be done via javascript on
the client, not server-side code. If you use message boxes in asp.net code
the box appears on the server and no-one is there to click it, certainly not
the intented client.

Yes i already know that i cannot use "msgbox" but the above question was how
can i let the user confirm it.

The messagebox text is assembled by input the user gave. The user should
confirm first before a calculation begins

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!>There is no ASP.Net intrinsic control like this - however there is a
!>ConfirmButton in the Ajax toolkit.

!Is this a tool that you just install and use?

Pick up ASP.NET Ajax, Ajax extensions and the tookit at :

http://ajax.asp.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=47

ASP.NET Ajax general info and instructional videos are at :

http://ajax.asp.net/default.aspx?tabid=47


Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
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"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>

>What do you have behind the MsgBox?

What do you mean?
I have a page where you have to give a month (text box) and select a value
from a listbox.
The messagebox shows in its text both values and asks for confirmation
(that's what i would like it to do)
You can eather cancel it and nothing happens or click ok and execution
begins for the values selected.

>Are you using Javascript in another routine?

No

>There is no ASP.Net intrinsic control like this - however there is a
ConfirmButton in the Ajax toolkit.

Is this a tool that you just install and use?

[Mark Rae]

"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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How is it done?

You don't. If you want user interaction it has to be done via javascript
on
the client, not server-side code. If you use message boxes in asp.net
code
the box appears on the server and no-one is there to click it, certainly
not
the intented client.

Yes i already know that i cannot use "msgbox" but the above question was
how
can i let the user confirm it.

<script type="text/javascript">

function confirmCalc()
{
return confirm('Are you sure you want to run this calculation?');
}

</script>

Eliyahu has already given you a link to a site which explains how to use
this...

[Aidy]

Use a javascript function. I believe it is called Confirm, it pops up a
Yes/No type box, and if the user clicks Yes you submit the form, if they
click No you don't.

"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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"Aidy" wrote:

How is it done?

You don't. If you want user interaction it has to be done via javascript
on
the client, not server-side code. If you use message boxes in asp.net
code
the box appears on the server and no-one is there to click it, certainly
not
the intented client.

Yes i already know that i cannot use "msgbox" but the above question was
how
can i let the user confirm it.

The messagebox text is assembled by input the user gave. The user should
confirm first before a calculation begins

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

Here's some server side code that uses JavaScript to display a confirmation
message.

MyDeleteButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", _
"return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?');")

In this example, the Delete button will post back only if the person
confirms they want to delete. Otherwise your server code is never called in
response to the button click.

Here's a more detailed analysis of your options, including a free control
that can handle many of the options for you.
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/ClientSideSuite.aspx

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net
"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a
server
it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[Aidy]

I see that kind of code a lot, personally I would recommend against it. Why
put client-side code in your code behind? Changing it requires a re-compile
and re-release. Just put the code direct in the HTML.

"Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]" <St***@Orr.netwrote in
message news:B0**********************************@microsof t.com...

Here's some server side code that uses JavaScript to display a
confirmation message.

MyDeleteButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", _
"return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?');")

In this example, the Delete button will post back only if the person
confirms they want to delete. Otherwise your server code is never called
in
response to the button click.

Here's a more detailed analysis of your options, including a free control
that can handle many of the options for you.
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/ClientSideSuite.aspx

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net
"Arvid" <Ar***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>Hi,

I made a small ASP.net web page and in it I used a messagebox to confirm
first before an execution would take place.
It worked fine while testing it locally, but when i published it on a
server
it didn't work anymore.

I understand why, but still have the problem that I would like the user
to
confirm first before execution begins.

How is it done?
I searched a bit and found javascript solution but how do I fit them in
my
code?

My code looks something like this :
Dim somethings
result = MsgBox(MsgText.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.YesNo +
MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground, "title")

If result = vbYes Then
start execution
Else
some code
End If

--
regards,

Arvid

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>I see that kind of code a lot, personally I would recommend against it.
Why put client-side code in your code behind? Changing it requires a
re-compile and re-release. Just put the code direct in the HTML.

I disagree entirely!!! You're not seriously suggesting that the ability to
hack about with aspx files just because they're not compiled is actually a
"good thing"...?

Projects without proper change control procedures are doomed to failure,
IMO...

[Mark Rae]

"Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]" <St***@Orr.netwrote in
message news:B0**********************************@microsof t.com...

Here's some server side code that uses JavaScript to display a
confirmation message.

MyDeleteButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", _
"return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?');")

And just to add to this, in ASP.NET 2 buttons have an OnClientClick
property:

MyDeleteButton.OnClientClick = ""return confirm('Are you sure you want to
delete?');";

[Aidy]

I disagree entirely!!! You're not seriously suggesting that the ability to

hack about with aspx files just because they're not compiled is actually a
"good thing"...?

Yes, yes I am.

Compare changing an aspx file and uploading vs changing a cs file,
re-compiling, re-uploading and resetting the application and booting
everyone off.

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>I disagree entirely!!! You're not seriously suggesting that the ability
to hack about with aspx files just because they're not compiled is
actually a "good thing"...?

Yes, yes I am.

Wow! What a pro...:-)

[Aidy]

Wow! What a pro...:-)

*shrug* I'm a realist and a purist. Client code should go on the client.

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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Client code should go on the client.

??? Where else would it go...??? It could hardly go anywhere else, could
it...!

[Aidy]

Ok, client code should be entered at the client level.

"Mark Rae" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.comwrote in message
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"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>Client code should go on the client.

??? Where else would it go...??? It could hardly go anywhere else, could
it...!

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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Ok, client code should be entered at the client level.

Where the client code is entered is totally and utterly irrelevant as far as
the browser is concerned - my point was that you appear to believe that
hacking about with aspx files is acceptable, and I don't...

No biggie... :-)

[Aidy]

my point was that you appear to believe that hacking about with aspx files

is acceptable, and I don't...

What if you need to increase the margin on a DIV or add some extra fields?
Do all of your aspx pages look like this?

<asp:Literal ID="HTMLCodeGoesHere" runat="Server"/>

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>my point was that you appear to believe that hacking about with aspx
files is acceptable, and I don't...

What if you need to increase the margin on a DIV or add some extra fields?

I make any and all modifications as required in the development environment,
rebuild the project and deploy to the test environment. When the testing is
complete, depending on the client, an outage is scheduled and the code is
deployed live. Depending on the size of the project, deployment to live
typically takes around a minute.

What do you do...? Do you just go hacking at the aspx pages on the live
server simply because you can...?

Do all of your aspx pages look like this?

<asp:Literal ID="HTMLCodeGoesHere" runat="Server"/>

??? Of course they don't - what an incredibly strange question...

[Aidy]

What do you do...? Do you just go hacking at the aspx pages on the live

server simply because you can...?

For something as minor as an html change? Yeah I do. If, however, you
generate your HTML code from server-side code then, as you say, an outage
and upload needs to occur.

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>What do you do...? Do you just go hacking at the aspx pages on the live
server simply because you can...?

For something as minor as an html change? Yeah I do.

As I said before... wow!

[Aidy]

As I said before... wow!

*doffs hat*

Maybe one day you'll be as good as me ;)

[Mark Rae]

"Aidy" <ai**@noemail.xxxa.comwrote in message
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>As I said before... wow!

*doffs hat*

Maybe one day you'll be as good as me ;)

The day I hack about with aspx pages on a live server without proper change
control procedures is the day I'll retire...

[Aidy]

The day I hack about with aspx pages on a live server without proper

change control procedures is the day I'll retire...

Who said there were no change control procedures? The day I do something
complicated rather than something simple "just because" is the day I no
longer work in the real world.

[=?Utf-8?B?a3NoaXRpaiBrdW1hcg==?=]

You can try this

in visual basic:
Response.Write("<script language ='javascript'>" & "alert('This is the
message');" & "</script>")
Response.End()

in C#
Response.Write("<script language ='javascript'>" + "alert('This is the
message');" + "</script>");
Response.End();

Dont forget to message me on kr******@yahoo.com for more codes

[Mark Rae]

"kshitij kumar" <kshitij ku***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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in visual basic:
Response.Write("<script language ='javascript'>" & "alert('This is the
message');" & "</script>")
Response.End()

in C#
Response.Write("<script language ='javascript'>" + "alert('This is the
message');" + "</script>");
Response.End();

Or, if you wanted to use something a little less outdated, you'd use the
ClientScript object...