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submit forms in .NET

Answer 1

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You should use a ASP.NET CustomValidator to do this hook, this will be wired up to run on form.submit automatically.

Dated and old VB tutorial, but you can get the gist of it: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/073102-1.aspx

FlySwat 2009-05-01 20:52:54

Any other way around it? I'm not so crazy about the extra spaces/html that appear with the custom validator.

Dhana 2009-05-01 20:55:28

Set the CustomValidator to display='dynamic' and don't get it any error message. Then just handle your error show/hide in the customvalidator's JS function.

FlySwat 2009-05-01 20:57:16

Answer 2

A:

Instead of always returning false, perform the validation, and then return true or false based on the result.

David Dorward 2009-05-01 21:05:07

I tried that, the form submits no matter what - so I had to force the return false earlier on.

Dhana 2009-05-01 21:09:56

Answer 3

A:

form.submit() works fine with ASP.NET - you have some other issue. Post more code and we'll see what it is....

<script runat="server">
    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) {
        base.OnLoad(e);
        if (IsPostBack) {
            ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "alert", "alert('PostBack!');", true);
        }      
    }
</script>

<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function OnClick() {
            window.setTimeout(function() { form1.submit(); }, 5000);
            return false;
        }
    </script>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <input type="submit" onclick="return OnClick();" />      
    </form>
</body>

Mark Brackett 2009-05-01 21:11:57

Answer 4

A:

I do this kind of thing all the time. Especially if I have some complicated validation that I don't want to screw around with the validator controls. document.forms[0].submit();

That works every time for me. Is this not working for you?

Matt Dawdy 2009-05-01 21:17:24

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