Using Ajax Professional.NET Authored By: Joseph Guadagno [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Questions or Comments, please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This document could be found at http://josephguadagno.net/Ajax Enabling the Website Web.Config Add into the web config the required httpHandlers within the <system.web> section <httpHandlers> <add verb="POST,GET" path="ajaxpro/*.ashx" type="AjaxPro.AjaxHandlerFactory, AjaxPro"/> </httpHandlers> Solution Add a reference to the AjaxPro library Enabling the Page CS File Register the page for use with the AjaxPro library. This creates the JavaScript files on the server for the class and methods. The syntax is AjaxPro.Utility.RegisterTypeForAjax(GetType(Namespace.ClassName)) (VB) Or AjaxPro.Utility.RegisterTypeForAjax(typeof(Namespace.ClassName)) (C#) C# Sample private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { // Put user code to initialize the page here AjaxPro.Utility.RegisterTypeForAjax(typeof(AjaxVB.WebForm1)); } Visual Basic Sample. Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load 'Put user code to initialize the page here AjaxPro.Utility.RegisterTypeForAjax(GetType(AjaxVB.WebForm1)) End Sub Enabling a Method Once you have Ajax-enabled the page and website, Ajax-enabling a method is quite simple. The only item that is required is to add the AjaxMethod attribute to the class. CS File [AjaxPro.AjaxMethod()] public string GetServerTime() { return DateTime.Now.ToString(); } VB File <AjaxPro.AjaxMethod()> _ Public Function GetServerTime() As String Return DateTime.Now.ToString() End Function ASPX File Within the HTML designer, add the following line to include the JavaScript library to the page. It is recommended to name the JavaScript file, the same as the web page name. <script language="javascript" src="WebForm1.js"></script> JS File The JavaScript file contains the calls to the server. In order to call the ASP.NET method, you follow the following syntax: namespace.classname.methodname (params, callback_function) The params can be any number of parameters but should match the signature of the ASP.NET method. Please note the current version of AjaxPro.Net library does not support overloaded methods. The callback_function is optional but stronger recommended. function GetServerTime() { AjaxVB.WebForm1.GetServerTime(GetServerTime_Callback) } function GetServerTime_Callback(response) { Label1.innerHTML = response.value; } When a callback function is used, which is strongly recommended, a response object will be passed as the only parameter. The response object contained two (2) objects Value The returned value from the ASP.NET method Error If not null, an object containing error information Error Object Message The message text, Err.ToString() Type The type of Exception Stack A full stack trace Source The page source that generated the error. Recommendations Use a JavaScript file. This will enable you to Debug any problems within the Visual Studio IDE. Use the callback function function GetServerTime_Callback(response) { if (response.error != null) { // Display the error return; } var saveResults = response.value; if (saveResults != "") { // Nothing was return } // Work with the response Label1.innerHTML = saveResults; } Samples Populating a Drop Down List, SELECT element function GetTeamList(response) { var teamsList = document.getElementById("ctrlContent__ctl0_ucProfile_dropTeam"); //if the server side code threw an exception if (response.error != null) { alert("A problem occurred in Profile:LoadTeams\n" + response.error.Message); //we should probably do better than this return; } var teams = response.value; //if the response wasn't what we expected if (teams == null || typeof(teams) != "object") { alert('A problem occurred in Profile:LoadTeams'); return; } teamsList.options.length = 0; //reset the teams dropdown //note that this is JavaScript casing and the L in length is lowercase for arrays teamsList.options[teamsList.options.length] = new Option("", ""); for (var i = 0; i < teams.Rows.length; ++i) { teamsList.options[teamsList.options.length] = new Option(teams.Rows[i].team_name, teams.Rows[i].team); //teamsList.options[teamsList.options.length] = new Option(teams[i].team_name, teams[i].team); } } The example above assumes that the ASP.NET method returns a DataTable. If a DataSet is returned, preface the .Rows with Tables[0]. Sending a DataSet to the Server // Create the DataSet var ds = new Ajax.Web.DataSet(); // Create a DataTable Var dt = new Ajax.Web.DataTable(); // Add the columns dt.addColumn("NodeId", "System.Int"); dt.addColumn("ParentId", "System.Int"); dt.addColumn("MenuText", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("StatusText", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("NavigateUrl", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("LookId", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("LeftImage", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("LeftHoverImage", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("RightImage", "System.String"); dt.addColumn("RightHoverImage", "System.String"); // Create an populate the row var drToAdd = new Object(); drToAdd.NodeId = document.getElementById("txtNodeId").value; drToAdd.ParentId = document.getElementById("txtParentId").value; drToAdd.MenuText = document.getElementById("txtMenuText").value; drToAdd.StatusText = document.getElementById("txtStatusText").value; drToAdd.NavigateUrl = document.getElementById("txtNavigateUrl").value; drToAdd.LookId = document.getElementById("txtLookId").value; drToAdd.LeftImage = document.getElementById("txtLeftImage").value; drToAdd.LeftHoverImage = document.getElementById("txtLeftHoverImage").value; drToAdd.RightImage = document.getElementById("txtRightImage").value; drToAdd.RightHoverImage = document.getElementById("txtRightHoverImage").value; // Add the rows dt.addRow(drToAdd); // Add the table to the DataTable ds.addTable(dt); } Joseph Guadagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://josephguadagno.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ajax.NET Professional" group. 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