Submit Form via code behind?

[NathyZif]

I know I know, why would I want to submit the form from server-side code, if the only way to get to the server-side code was BY submitting the form. But that's just it, when the code-behind page_load event fires it doesn't really "submit" the form as I would like it submitted.

Here's my problem, I made a shopping cart for a website, and to get the information securely paid for I need to send a form to paypal using method="post" and action="big long url". In asp.net I can't have multiple forms with runat="server" on the same web page, so what I did was create a new page with the only form being the send-to-paypal form, and the page_load event handler in the codebehind populates the form tag with the correct transaction information (item names, prices, shipping, etc). Currently I have to have it create a button here too with type="submit". You have to click the button before the transaction is sent to paypal. Is there a way to make the Page_Load event fire the form's submit event so I don't have to require a button click?

Here's the html part of the new page with the form:

<div id="SendPaypalInfo" runat="server">
            <FORM action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" runat="server"></FORM>
        </div>
 

and then here's the current Page_Load codebehind:

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
            Dim TextToSend As String = ""
            Dim a As Integer
 
            RetrieveSessionVariables()
 
            TextToSend = "<form name=""PaypalSubmitForm"" action=""https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"" method=""post"" runat=""server"">"
            TextToSend = TextToSend & "<input type=""hidden"" name=""cmd"" value=""_cart"">"
            TextToSend = TextToSend & "<input type=""hidden"" name=""business"" value=""EDITED"">"
            TextToSend = TextToSend & "<input type=""hidden"" name=""upload"" value=""1"">"
TextToSend = TextToSend & "<input type=""submit"" value=""Click Here""></form>"
 
 
            Me.SendPaypalInfo.InnerHtml = TextToSend
 
        End If
    End Sub

Can i submit the form in that very same page_load event? i don't want them to have to click that button :(

[NathyZif]

Can anyone help me out on this? :\


I was thinking, maybe I could put some kind of javascript on_load function in the body tag of my site, and it would be executed after asp creates the page's content, would that work? If so, how do i make a javascript on_load event :X

[NETSP]

Were you able to resolve this issue? If yes, how? I am looking for an answer as well !!!

[r035198x]

Were you able to resolve this issue? If yes, how? I am looking for an answer as well !!!

The details of this problem are quite strange. Submitting a form as the page loads means submitting a form without taking any user input at all which brings to question the reason for the existence of the form in the first place. It's possible of course to call a Javascript function onload of a page that submits a form on that page.

[NETSP]

Ok. My issue is bit different.
I have this form

<form name='test' id='test' runat='server'>
<input type='text' id='uName' name='uName'/>
<input type='text' id='pwd' name='pwd' />
<input type="submit" name="submit" ID="submit" value="submit" />
</form>

Now, my process is something like this:

1. Enter username, password and click 'Submit'
2. On the server side, do some authentication process (this I cannot do client side, because the process checks for something by sending a request to some server and receives the response)
3. If the response is valid, then submit this form.

Now, somebody tell me, how can I submit this form either using javascript function or through code-behind.

[r035198x]

Ok. My issue is bit different.
I have this form

<form name='test' id='test' runat='server'>
<input type='text' id='uName' name='uName'/>
<input type='text' id='pwd' name='pwd' />
<input type="submit" name="submit" ID="submit" value="submit" />
</form>

Now, my process is something like this:

1. Enter username, password and click 'Submit'
2. On the server side, do some authentication process (this I cannot do client side, because the process checks for something by sending a request to some server and receives the response)
3. If the response is valid, then submit this form.

Now, somebody tell me, how can I submit this form either using javascript function or through code-behind.

So on submit call a Javascript function which calls a server result through AJAX. You can then submit the form from that Javascript function based of the value of the returned result.

[NETSP]

That is exactly what I am trying to do. I am using AJAX to retrieve the response and trying to submit the form. Since I have runat="server" in the <form> tag, I am unable to submit the form through JavaScript function. See below.

<script language="javas cript">
function submitf() //calling this function in onClick event of Submit button
{
Default.actuate Authenticate(ch eck_CallBack);
}

function check_CallBack( response)
{
if(response.val ue != "ERROR") //authentication works fine..
{
document.frmLog in.method = "post";
document.frmLog in.action = document.frmLog in.hdnTmpTarget .value;
document.frmLog in.submit();
}
}
</script>

[r035198x]

That is exactly what I am trying to do. I am using AJAX to retrieve the response and trying to submit the form. Since I have runat="server" in the <form> tag, I am unable to submit the form through JavaScript function. See below.

<script language="javas cript">
function submitf() //calling this function in onClick event of Submit button
{
Default.actuate Authenticate(ch eck_CallBack);
}

function check_CallBack( response)
{
if(response.val ue != "ERROR") //authentication works fine..
{
document.frmLog in.method = "post";
document.frmLog in.action = document.frmLog in.hdnTmpTarget .value;
document.frmLog in.submit();
}
}
</script>

Any reason why the form should have the runat server tag in this case?

[NETSP]

If you don't specify runat="server", the AJAX method won't be executed at all. . It fails to call the method which is in the code behind.

[r035198x]

If you don't specify runat="server", the AJAX method won't be executed at all. . It fails to call the method which is in the code behind.

But of course! Sorry about that. My very bad.
Now you said it's not working. If you put an alert in your code to show
the value of document.frmLog in.hdnTmpTarget .value does it give the correct value?