Dialog boxes with ASP

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Hi,

I am trying to initiate a dialog box in an ASP web page. The code does some
processing and checks a few things, then if all is OK, asks the user to
confirm. For this I need it to pop up a simple OK/Cancel dialog box, read
the result, and act accordingly.

This would of course be very simple in a Windows application, but it seems
that is not the case in ASP. All the solutions I have found so far involve
running javascript when the inital button is pressed to pop up the dialog
box, and then passing the result to the ASP code for it to process.

Unfortunately I need to go to the ASP code first, do some processing, pop up
the dialog box if required, and return the result to the ASP code for it to
act upon. So basically I need to do something that will to all intents and
purposes act like a standard MessageBox.

I'm familiar with VB.NET and C#.NET, but this is my first time trying to do
an ASP.NET page.

Any help much appreciated!

Mat

[Kevin Spencer]

The JavaScript confirm() function will do what you want. It takes a string
(message) as an argument, presents a Message Box with an OK and a Cancel
button, and returns true if the OK button is pressed, false if the Cancel
button is pressed.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"Mat" <Ma*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to initiate a dialog box in an ASP web page. The code does
some
processing and checks a few things, then if all is OK, asks the user to
confirm. For this I need it to pop up a simple OK/Cancel dialog box, read
the result, and act accordingly.

This would of course be very simple in a Windows application, but it seems
that is not the case in ASP. All the solutions I have found so far
involve
running javascript when the inital button is pressed to pop up the dialog
box, and then passing the result to the ASP code for it to process.

Unfortunately I need to go to the ASP code first, do some processing, pop
up
the dialog box if required, and return the result to the ASP code for it
to
act upon. So basically I need to do something that will to all intents
and
purposes act like a standard MessageBox.

I'm familiar with VB.NET and C#.NET, but this is my first time trying to
do
an ASP.NET page.

Any help much appreciated!

Mat

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I've come across that, but the trouble is I don't know how to call that
Javascript...

Say I have some simple javascript in the header of the ASP page, e.g.

function MyJavaScript()
{
if (confirm(msg))
{
return ("true")
}
else
{
return ("false")
}
}

and I reach the point in my ASP code where I need to get the user response,
how do I make my ASP code call that function and read the answer?

For example, in a windows app, I could use: -

DialogResult DR = MessageBox.Show("Hello", "", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel);
I appreciate I may be missing something rather obvious, but thanks anyway!

Mat

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

The JavaScript confirm() function will do what you want. It takes a string
(message) as an argument, presents a Message Box with an OK and a Cancel
button, and returns true if the OK button is pressed, false if the Cancel
button is pressed.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"Mat" <Ma*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to initiate a dialog box in an ASP web page. The code does
some
processing and checks a few things, then if all is OK, asks the user to
confirm. For this I need it to pop up a simple OK/Cancel dialog box, read
the result, and act accordingly.

This would of course be very simple in a Windows application, but it seems
that is not the case in ASP. All the solutions I have found so far
involve
running javascript when the inital button is pressed to pop up the dialog
box, and then passing the result to the ASP code for it to process.

Unfortunately I need to go to the ASP code first, do some processing, pop
up
the dialog box if required, and return the result to the ASP code for it
to
act upon. So basically I need to do something that will to all intents
and
purposes act like a standard MessageBox.

I'm familiar with VB.NET and C#.NET, but this is my first time trying to
do
an ASP.NET page.

Any help much appreciated!

Mat

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Mat" <Ma*@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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and I reach the point in my ASP code where I need to get the user
response,
how do I make my ASP code call that function and read the answer?

You keep mentioning ASP - I presume you mean ASP.NET and not ASP...?

For example, in a windows app, I could use: -

DialogResult DR = MessageBox.Show("Hello", "",
MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel);

I appreciate I may be missing something rather obvious, but thanks anyway!

<asp:Button ID="cmdDelete" runat="server" Text="Delete"
OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this
record?');"
OnClick="cmdDelete_Click" />

When the above button is clicked, the user will be asked to confirm that
they want to delete the record. If no, nothing further will happen. If yes,
the page will postback and run the cmdDelete_Click method.
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net