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Hi, I'm writing an asp app. I have a text box with a validator and a
submit button. Here is code from my .aspx file....


<asp:TextBox ID="txName" TextMode="SingleLine" Runat="server" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="vName" Runat=server
ControlToValidate="txName" />
<asp:Button ID="btnSave" CssClass="button" Runat="server" />


I wanted to have a javascript box pop up and ask the user if they're
sure they want to continue, so I added this script:
<script langauge=javascript>
function checkClick()
{
return confirm("are you sure...");
}
</script>

to call this onClick, I couldn't add it directly into the asp:Button,
so I added it in the codebehind file (.vb):

btnSave.Attributes("onClick")= "return checkClick();"

----
The only problem with this is that, in the resulting HTML,
checkClick() is called before the client-side validation, so if I
click ok, the submit goes through even if the txName required field is
blank... i.e. the client-side validators are never called (ASP adds
the Page_ClientValidate() call after my checkClick() call).

As a result, I need to check Page.IsValid on the server side. That's
ok (and I have to do it anyway for Netscape browsers), but it would be
nice to have the client-side validation and my javascript confirm()
message coexist.

Any suggestions?
thanks,
Frank

Hi Frank,
This is what you need
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles/articleid39.aspx

Hope that helps
Have a great day
R. Pooran Prasad
Itreya Technologies Pvt Ltd.,
Mail: VETHIS
Phone(Off) : +91 80 5200179 Extn: 42
Mobile: +91 98860 29578
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I'm writing an asp app. I have a text box with a
validator and a
>submit button. Here is code from my .aspx file....
>
>
><asp:TextBox ID="txName" TextMode="SingleLine"
Runat="server" />
><asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="vName" Runat=server
>ControlToValidate="txName" />
><asp:Button ID="btnSave" CssClass="button" Runat="server" />
>
>
>I wanted to have a javascript box pop up and ask the user
if they're
>sure they want to continue, so I added this script:
><script langauge=javascript>
>function checkClick()
>{
>return confirm("are you sure...");
>}
></script>
>
>to call this onClick, I couldn't add it directly into the
asp:Button,
>so I added it in the codebehind file (.vb):
>
>btnSave.Attributes("onClick")= "return checkClick();"
>
>----
>The only problem with this is that, in the resulting HTML,
>checkClick() is called before the client-side validation,
so if I
>click ok, the submit goes through even if the txName
required field is
>blank... i.e. the client-side validators are never called
(ASP adds
>the Page_ClientValidate() call after my checkClick() call).
>
>As a result, I need to check Page.IsValid on the server
side. That's
>ok (and I have to do it anyway for Netscape browsers), but
it would be
>nice to have the client-side validation and my javascript
confirm()
>message coexist.
>
>Any suggestions?
>thanks,
>Frank
>.
>

Just replace your <asp:button> with an <input type="button"
onclick="checkClick()">. Then, have your checkClick() function call the
validator: if (Page_ClientValidate()) { document.form.submit(); }

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"giant food" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hi, I'm writing an asp app. I have a text box with a validator and a
> submit button. Here is code from my .aspx file....
>
>
> <asp:TextBox ID="txName" TextMode="SingleLine" Runat="server" />
> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="vName" Runat=server
> ControlToValidate="txName" />
> <asp:Button ID="btnSave" CssClass="button" Runat="server" />
>
>
> I wanted to have a javascript box pop up and ask the user if they're
> sure they want to continue, so I added this script:
> <script langauge=javascript>
> function checkClick()
> {
> return confirm("are you sure...");
> }
> </script>
>
> to call this onClick, I couldn't add it directly into the asp:Button,
> so I added it in the codebehind file (.vb):
>
> btnSave.Attributes("onClick")= "return checkClick();"
>
> ----
> The only problem with this is that, in the resulting HTML,
> checkClick() is called before the client-side validation, so if I
> click ok, the submit goes through even if the txName required field is
> blank... i.e. the client-side validators are never called (ASP adds
> the Page_ClientValidate() call after my checkClick() call).
>
> As a result, I need to check Page.IsValid on the server side. That's
> ok (and I have to do it anyway for Netscape browsers), but it would be
> nice to have the client-side validation and my javascript confirm()
> message coexist.
>
> Any suggestions?
> thanks,
> Frank