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Brian Bilbro (VIP)

Posting this to escalate in hopes that the right people see it:

I've noticed that the link button uses javascript to do postbacks but there
is one problem with this. form.submit() doesn't call the form onSubmit code
(if any is defined)....I have a user control that requires some processing
when the form is submitted. But if the user control is used in page that
uses linkbuttons (instead of normal submit buttons) then my onSubmit code
doesn't fire (the user control registers the onSubmit code via
Page.RegisterOnSubmitStatement).

http://www.aspalliance.com/bbilbro/test/onsubmit.aspx
I created a simple page to showing this problem:

'---------------------------------------------------onSubmit.aspx-----------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

<%@ Page language="vb" runat="server" Trace="False"%>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="NeedOnSubmit" TagName="MyControl"
Src="ControlOnSubmit.ascx" %>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub LinkButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Label1.Text = "You clicked the link button"
End Sub
</script>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>test</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<FORM RUNAT="Server">

<NeedOnSubmit:MyControl id="ListGrid" runat="server"/>

<asp:LinkButton id="LinkButton1"
Text="Click Me"
Font-Name="Verdana"
Font-Size="14pt"
OnClick="LinkButton_Click"
runat="server"/>

<p>

<asp:Label id=Label1 runat=server />
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

'---------------------------------------------------ControlOnSubmit.ascx----
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(Src As Object, E As EventArgs)
Page.RegisterOnSubmitStatement("DualSelect_onSubmit","alert('I am a user
control that need to do some processing on a form submit! Please call
me!');")
End Sub
</script>
<center>
<table border=1>
<tr><td>
I am a user control that needs to do some processing on the form
submit...But from some reason hyperlink that do a form.submit() doesn't call
my onSubmit event. :(
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>

I was thinking if Page.RegisterOnSubmitStatement would make the code
available so that the _doPostBack function code call it then everything
would be great! For example:
<script language="javascript">

</script>

which would over come this

shows the kind of resulting client code:
with some code the return a boolean
http://www.aspalliance.com/bbilbro/test/onsubmit.htm
with some code the doesn't return a boolean
http://www.aspalliance.com/bbilbro/test/onsubmit2.htm

Note: I do
if(!(__doSubmit()==false))
instead of
if(__doSubmit()==true)

in case the onSubmit code doesn't return everything (and we get an
'undefined')

Thanks,
Brian

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marshall_brooke@gabrobins.co.uk

Brian,

This is an IE issue. If you submit the form through code form.submit() the
onsubmit event will not fire. I've forgotton why or if there is indeed a
reason for this. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
for more info.

hth

Marshall
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Brian Bilbro (VIP)

Netscape does the same thing. But either way.. I've presented a solution to
the problem and hope it gets integrated in some form (there are other
possible solutions).

Bottom line is, in it's current implementation, you can't reliably use
Page.RegisterOnSubmitStatement in your user or custom controls unless the
__doPostBack is enhanced to also execute that code.

--
Brian

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