I'm deploying some code to a website and when I do the JavaScript does not run. I get the error:
SCRIPT5007: The value of the property '$' is null or undefined, not a Function object.
The code it is using is
#model MVCMasterDetail.DataAccess.cwwoLoadCurrentWorkOrderActualsResult[]
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".grid-toggle").click(function () {
$(this).closest("table").find("tbody").show();
});
$(".hide-rows").click(function () {
$(this).closest("table").find("tbody").hide();
});
});
</script>
#Html.Partial("MasterDetailMasterPartial")
And what calls uses it is:
<td colspan="4"> Details<br/>Show- Hide</td>
Any help is appreciated.
Based off your comment in Ashley Ross's answer, it looks like your trying to add jQuery using a relative path. it also looks like you're using MVC. In MVC, the way you want to reference a file in html is:
<script src="#Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.js")"></script>
Also, it doesn't matter if your script tag goes in the head tag or not. The only difference it makes is loading. By putting it in the head tag, you're telling the browser to download the js file before it begins to load the body, which can be nice, but can also increase page load times. For faster page download, you actually want to put your script tags towards the bottom of your body tag, which defers downloading the js file until after the rest of the page has loaded. This results in faster page load times, but can cause some funky behaviors if you aren't anticipating it.
You need to include jQuery before any other scripts. It sounds like you have something like
<script type="text/javascript" src="customScriptThatUsesjQuery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-x.y.z.min.js"></script>
instead of
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-x.y.z.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="customScriptThatUsesjQuery.js"></script>
Check that it appears in your HTML source before any other scripts that use it.
you have to add reference to jquery lib in <head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
I have my variable in an aspx.cs , such as :
protected string myVar="Hello";
Now, if I go to my scripts.js file added as :
<head>
<script src="/scripts/scripts.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
and I try this :
var myVarJs="<%=myVar&>";
it doesnt get the .NET myVar value.
Is there a way to catch it or am I dreaming?
Insert the variable before the script:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript"> var myVarJs="<%=myVar%>"; </script>
<script src="/scripts/scripts.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
You can also register/render client script. So you can declare variables in the backend and then render the javascript variables.
I don't think it is possible to directly access C# variable in javascript code.
As C# is client side and Javscript is server side.
Unless on the Asp.net page you save the variable in a hidden field or label as text which is not visible.
Asp:
<asp:HiddenField ID="hidden" runat="server" value="<%=strvariable %>" />
Javascript:
function Button_Click()
{
alert(document.getElementById('hidden').value);
}
So this would get the hidden field with the ID of "hidden".
This could work I think.
Can someone provide good examples of calling a JavaScript function From CodeBehind and Vice-versa?
You may try this :
Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(),"CallMyFunction","MyFunction()",true);
Calling a JavaScript function from code behind
Step 1 Add your Javascript code
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function Func() {
alert("hello!")
}
</script>
Step 2 Add 1 Script Manager in your webForm and Add 1 button too
Step 3 Add this code in your button click event
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page, Page.GetType(), "text", "Func()", true);
C# to JavaScript: you can register script block to run on page like following:
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(),"hwa","alert('Hello World');",true);
replace alert() part with your function name.
For calling C# method from JavaScript you can use ScriptManager or jQuery. I personally use jQuery. You need to decorate the method that you want to call from JavaScript with WebMethod attribute. For more information regarding calling C# method (called PageMethod) from jQuery you can refer to Dave Ward's post.
If you need to send a value as a parameter.
string jsFunc = "myFunc(" + MyBackValue + ")";
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page, Page.GetType(), "myJsFn", jsFunc, true);
You can not do this directly. In standard WebForms JavaScript is interpreted by browser and C# by server. What you can do to call a method from server using JavaScript is.
Use WebMethod as attribute in target methods.
Add ScriptManager setting EnablePageMethods as true.
Add JavaScript code to call the methods through the object PageMethods.
Like this:
Step 1
public partial class Products : System.Web.UI.Page
{
[System.Web.Services.WebMethod()]
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptMethod()]
public static List<Product> GetProducts(int cateogryID)
{
// Put your logic here to get the Product list
}
Step 2: Adding a ScriptManager on the Page
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" EnablePageMethods="true" />
Step 3: Calling the method using JavaScript
function GetProductsByCategoryID(categoryID)
{
PageMethods.GetProducts(categoryID, OnGetProductsComplete);
}
Take a look at this link.
To call a JavaScript function from server you can use RegisterStartupScript:
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(),"id","callMyJSFunction()",true);
Another thing you could do is to create a session variable that gets set in the code behind and then check the state of that variable and then run your javascript. The good thing is this will allow you to run your script right where you want to instead of having to figure out if you want it to run in the DOM or globally.
Something like this:
Code behind:
Session["newuser"] = "false"
In javascript
var newuser = '<%=Session["newuser"]%>';
if (newuser == "yes")
startTutorial();
You cannot. Codebehind is running on the server while JavaScript is running on the client.
However, you can add <script type="text/javascript">someFunction();</script> to your output and thus cause the JS function to be called when the browser is parsing your markup.
You can use literal:
this.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<script type='text/javascript'>myFunction();</script>"));
Working Example :_
<%# Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage2.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="History.aspx.cs" Inherits="NAMESPACE_Web.History1" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="Server">
<%# Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="ajax" %>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function helloFromCodeBehind() {
alert("hello!")
}
</script>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="Server">
<div id="container" ></div>
</asp:Content>
Code Behind
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace NAMESPACE_Web
{
public partial class History1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, GetType(), "displayalertmessage", "helloFromCodeBehind()", true);
}
}
}
Possible pitfalls:-
Code and HTML might not be in same namespace
CodeBehind="History.aspx.cs" is pointing to wrong page
JS function is having some error
IIRC Code Behind is compiled serverside and javascript is interpreted client side. This means there is no direct link between the two.
What you can do on the other hand is have the client and server communicate through a nifty tool called AJAX. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_JavaScript_and_XML
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, this.Page.GetType(),"updatePanel1Script", "javascript:ConfirmExecute()",true/>
I've been noticing a lot of the answers here are using ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript and if you are going to do that, that isn't the right way to do it. The right way is to use ScriptManager.RegisterScriptBlock([my list of args here]). The reason being is you should only be using RegisterStartupScript when your page loads (hence the name RegisterStartupScript).
In VB.NET:
ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Page, GetType(String), "myScriptName" + key, $"myFunctionName({someJavascriptObject})", True)
in C#:
ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Page, typeof(string), "myScriptName" + key, $"myFunctionName({someJavascriptObject})", true);
Of course, I hope it goes without saying that you need to replace key with your key identifier and should probably move all of this into a sub/function/method and pass in key and someJavascriptObject (if your javascript method requires that your arg is a javascript object).
MSDN docs:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb338357(v=vs.110).aspx
This is how I've done it.
HTML markup showing a label and button control is as follows.
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label ID="lblJavaScript" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label>
<asp:Button ID="btnShowDialogue" runat="server" Text="Show Dialogue" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
JavaScript function is here.
<head runat="server">
<title>Calling javascript function from code behind example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showDialogue() {
alert("this dialogue has been invoked through codebehind.");
}
</script>
</head>
Code behind to trigger the JavaScript function is here.
lblJavaScript.Text = "<script type='text/javascript'>showDialogue();</script>";
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Page, GetType(), "JavaFunction", "AlertError();", true);
using your function is enough
Try This in Code Behind and it will worked 100%
Write this line of code in you Code Behind file
string script = "window.onload = function() { YourJavaScriptFunctionName(); };";
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "YourJavaScriptFunctionName", script, true);
And this is the web form page
<script type="text/javascript">
function YourJavaScriptFunctionName() {
alert("Test!")
}
</script>
this works for me
object Json_Object=maintainerService.Convert_To_JSON(Jobitem);
ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this,GetType(), "Javascript", "SelectedJobsMaintainer("+Json_Object+"); ",true);
Since I couldn't find a solution that was code behind, which includes trying the ClientScript and ScriptManager like mutanic and Orlando Herrera said in this question (they both somehow failed), I'll offer a front-end solution that utilizes button clicks to others if they're in the same position as me. This worked for me:
HTML Markup:
<asp:button ID="myButton" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClientClick="return myFunction();"></asp:button>
JavaScript:
function myFunction() {
// Your JavaScript code
return false;
}
I am simply using an ASP.NET button which utilizes the OnClientClick property, which fires client-side scripting functions, that being JavaScript. The key things to note here are the uses of the return keyword in the function call and in the function itself. I've read docs that don't use return but still get the button click to work - somehow it didn't work for me. The return false; statement in the function specifies a postback should NOT happen. You could also use that statement in the OnClientClick property: OnClientClick="myFunction() return false;"
I used ScriptManager in Code Behind and it worked fine.
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(UpdatePanel1, UpdatePanel1.GetType(), "CallMyFunction", "confirm()", true);
If you are using UpdatePanel in ASP Frontend.
Then, enter UpdatePanel name and 'function name' defined with script tags.
Thank "Liko", just add a comment to his answer.
string jsFunc = "myFunc(" + MyBackValue + ")";
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page, Page.GetType(), "myJsFn", jsFunc, true);
Added single quotes (') to variable, otherwise it will give error message:
string jsFunc = "myFunc('" + MyBackValue + "')";
You can't call a Javascript function from the CodeBehind, because the CodeBehind file contains the code that executes server side on the web server. Javascript code executes in the web browser on the client side.
You can expose C# methods on codebehind pages to be callable via JavaScript by using the ScriptMethod attribute.
You cannot call JavaScript from a CodeBehind - that code exists solely on the client.
<head runat="server">
<title><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="TitleContent" runat="server" /></title>
<link href="../../Content/css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Areas/CMS/Content/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Areas/CMS/Content/js/jquery.jeditable.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Areas/CMS/Content/js/jeditable.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".naslov_vijesti").editable('<%=Url.Action("UpdateSettings","Article") %>', {
submit: 'ok',
submitdata: {field: "Title"},
cancel: 'cancel',
cssclass: 'editable',
width: '99%',
placeholder: 'emtpy',
indicator: "<img src='../../Content/img/indicator.gif'/>"
});
});
</script>
</head>
This is head tag of site.master file. I would like to remove this multiline part from head and place it in jeditable.js file, which is now empty. If I do copy/paste, then <% %> part won't be executed. In PHP I would save js file as jeditable.js.php and server would compile code that is in <?php ?> tag. Any ideas how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Ile
In PHP I would save js file as jeditable.js.php and server would compile code that is in tag.
One thing to keep in mind here is that php is now forced to process that entire javascript file on every request. This is generally a "Bad Thing"TM, and it uses up server resources that could be spend elsewhere.
As Raj Kimal's answer already mentioned, what we do in ASP.Net to handle this in the most efficient way possible is have a short script defined inline with the page that does nothing but assign result of server code to variables. Do this before declaring other scripts, and you can then use these variables in those scripts directly. That way, you don't have to do any extra server work for your external javascript files.
I'll make one addition to Mr Kimal's answer. It's often best to enclose these variables in an object, to help avoid naming collisions. Something like this:
<head runat="server">
<script language="javascript">
var ServerCreated = {
ArticleAction:'<%=Url.Action("UpdateSettings","Article") %>',
OtherVar:'some server data'
}
</script>
</head>
Then your jeditable.js file would look like this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".naslov_vijesti").editable(ServerCreated.ArticleAction, {
submit: 'ok',
submitdata: {field: "Title"},
cancel: 'cancel',
cssclass: 'editable',
width: '99%',
placeholder: 'emtpy',
indicator: "<img src='../../Content/img/indicator.gif'/>"
});
});
Define your variable part as a js variable.
var foo = '<%=Url.Action("UpdateSettings","Article") %>';
and place it before the js reference. Then use the varible in your js file.
You can put the script inside an .aspx file and set the content type to text/javascript in the #page directive. You will still be able to use the code tags.
The cost of processing the entire javascript file every request can easily be mitigated by applying server side caching so that shouldn't be a problem. This can be configured in the #page directive as well.
You have a few options, but the key here is that if you need to use the <% %> syntax to get information you need to be in the context of an ASP.NET page.
You "could" move the actual function to an external file, and reference the JS, then add a small inline script block that called the function with two parameters, but that defeats the purpose of what you want.
The real question here, why have the overhead of an additional HTTP request for a single method?