Modal Dialog Popup from WebControl - What is wrong with this...

[Jim Mitchell]

I saw several posts asking for popups from web controls. The standard
answer is that once rendered, the server no longer has control. I had some
success with the following and I was curious if I have broken any rules.

Add this line to the load_page event....

Response.Write("<script language=javascript>function CallSub(passed_value)
{temp=showModalDialog('http://www.cnn.com?PVAL' + passed_value)}</script>")

In your datagrid, set the following fields for a linkbutton......

URL: javascript:CallSub()
URL FIELD: ID ...... id is the record id
URL FORMAT STRING: javascript:CallSub({0})

The result seems to be a server side control that calls a popup. The popup
could call an HTTPPOST to write data to the database before closing the
window.

Any reason why this should not or would not work? So far it seems to work
for me.

[Bob Lehmann]

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2257
"Jim Mitchell" <ji**********@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:O1*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I saw several posts asking for popups from web controls. The standard
answer is that once rendered, the server no longer has control. I had some success with the following and I was curious if I have broken any rules.

Add this line to the load_page event....

Response.Write("<script language=javascript>function CallSub(passed_value)
{temp=showModalDialog('http://www.cnn.com?PVAL' + passed_value)}</script>")
In your datagrid, set the following fields for a linkbutton......

URL: javascript:CallSub()
URL FIELD: ID ...... id is the record id
URL FORMAT STRING: javascript:CallSub({0})

The result seems to be a server side control that calls a popup. The popup could call an HTTPPOST to write data to the database before closing the
window.

Any reason why this should not or would not work? So far it seems to work
for me.

[Scott M.]

People who set their date to a future date so that their message will stay
at the top of the thread should have to find their own answers.

"Jim Mitchell" <ji**********@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:O1*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I saw several posts asking for popups from web controls. The standard
answer is that once rendered, the server no longer has control. I had some success with the following and I was curious if I have broken any rules.

Add this line to the load_page event....

Response.Write("<script language=javascript>function CallSub(passed_value)
{temp=showModalDialog('http://www.cnn.com?PVAL' + passed_value)}</script>")
In your datagrid, set the following fields for a linkbutton......

URL: javascript:CallSub()
URL FIELD: ID ...... id is the record id
URL FORMAT STRING: javascript:CallSub({0})

The result seems to be a server side control that calls a popup. The popup could call an HTTPPOST to write data to the database before closing the
window.

Any reason why this should not or would not work? So far it seems to work
for me.

[Jim Mitchell]

I too often use my date and time as a calendar and then just click OK at the
end of the day. Sorry. You would think Microsoft could purge the
newsgroup?
"Scott M." <s-***@BADSPAMsnet.net> wrote in message
news:eV*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

People who set their date to a future date so that their message will stay
at the top of the thread should have to find their own answers.

"Jim Mitchell" <ji**********@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:O1*************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I saw several posts asking for popups from web controls. The standard
answer is that once rendered, the server no longer has control. I had

some

success with the following and I was curious if I have broken any rules.

Add this line to the load_page event....

Response.Write("<script language=javascript>function CallSub(passed_value) {temp=showModalDialog('http://www.cnn.com?PVAL' +

passed_value)}</script>")

In your datagrid, set the following fields for a linkbutton......

URL: javascript:CallSub()
URL FIELD: ID ...... id is the record id
URL FORMAT STRING: javascript:CallSub({0})

The result seems to be a server side control that calls a popup. The

popup

could call an HTTPPOST to write data to the database before closing the
window.

Any reason why this should not or would not work? So far it seems to work for me.