In a ASP.NET C# website I have an input that uploads a file to my server. To overcome the issue of not being able to style an input of the type=file I have created a styled div that looks like the input but actually just relays the message to the actual input which has display: none to be invisible.
My Problem: Relaying the message isn't working, ie, when I relay the click message to the actual input the file is never uploaded(nothing happens). I know the button works because if I click the actual input it uploads the file sucessfully.
Is there some ASP.NET security stopping me from being able to do this? Whats going wrong? How can I acheive what I am trying to do:
Have a style input where type=file(not a boring browse button) & relay the click to the actual input?
My actual input which works:
<input id="fileUpload" type="file" Runat="server" NAME="fileUpload"/>
<asp:button id="btnSave" OnClick="bt1Clicked"
runat="server" Text="Upload File"></asp:button>
<asp:label id="lblMessage" runat="server"></asp:label>
My styled button:
<a onclick="$(\'btnSave\').click(); return false;" href="#">test</a>
Not sure what your aiming at but this should work
<a onclick="$('<%= btnSave.ClientID %>').click(); return false;"
href="#">test</a>
Why? Because by default, asp.net gives controls its own id, which is defined by ClientIdMode. See also System.Web.UI.Control.ClientID
In my humble opinion, this would be a neater solution:
<a id="btnRelay" href="#">test</a>
Hook it up with JQuery separately, so your code isn't mangled with your html.
$('btnRelay').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$('<%= btnSave.ClientID %>').click()
}
Related
Is it possible to add HTML input buttons to asp.net triggers, as I have a message box it works perfectly for a gridview which is in update panel,
but when I go to a different page of gridview, message box displays but buttons stops working, I don't know how to debug it, please help.
this is the button,
<input type="button" id="Button2" value="Cancel" cssclass="rightButton" />
and can I add it to,
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Button2" EventName="Click" />
OR should I not ?
with runat server tag you use html controls in c# script.
i.e
<input type="button" id="Button2" value="Cancel" cssclass="rightButton" />
should be
<input type="button" id="Button2" value="Cancel" cssclass="rightButton" runat="server" />
and the when you double click on it(assuming VS as IDE), it will make a new click event in c# snippet. Besides its good practice to use direct html tags when complex functions are not needed, it saves time to display the page, as an asp component first translates itself in the html and then goes to browser; while this approach saves time of translation.
Regards
Yes you can! to see errors ,first remove UpdatePanel from your code and then test elements without it,in this status if any error occurs will be shown, after test you can add it again.
I have an anchor tag, an AsyncFileUpload control, and a span. The anchor tag's InnerText is set when a file exists in the database, if not, it is hidden. It also has a ServerClick event which downloads the file.
The span tag's InnerText displays the filename of the file uploaded using the AsyncFileUpload OnUploadedComplete.
When I click on the anchor, the file downloads (which is good.) But when I change the file (using the AsyncFileUpload) it posts back and the ServerClick method of the anchor tag is fired again therefore downloading the file again.
<a id="lnkDownloadFile" runat="server"></a>
<span id="spnFilename" runat="server"></span>
<input type="button" id="btnReplaceFile" value="Replace File" runat="server" />
<div>
<ajaxToolkit:AsyncFileUpload ID="fuFile" runat="server" OnUploadedComplete="UploadComplete" OnClientUploadError="UploadError" />
</div>
Is there any way around this?
Thank you.
I am not sure why this is happening but one of the work-around could be to use hidden field to confirm if post-back has happened due to click on download link. For example,
<input type="hidden" id="downloadFile" runat="server" />
<asp:LinkButton id="lnkDownloadFile" runat="server" OnClientClick="return setDownloadFile();" />
<script type="text/java-script" >
function setDownloadFile() {
document.getElementById('<%= downloadFile.ClientID>').value = 'true';
return true;
}
</script>
You can check downloadFile value in the link button click to decide whether to download file or not. Note that I have used LinkButton because I am sure about its client click attribute - you can try use click attribute with html anchor (what I am not 100% sure if it would interfare with ServerClick event handler).
I am placing some ASP.NET html elements(that upload a file) inside a JQuery Dialog.
My Problem: When I click the button to upload the file, nothing happens. I create the query dialog dynamically AFTER the page has loaded. My solution is to place the HTML/ASP elements(for uploading a file) in a div at the bottom of the body of the page & set its display to none.
Then upon opening the dialog, I move the HTML/ASP elements into the JQuery dialog. But my problem is that when I click my ASP.NET button to upload the file from within the dialog, nothing happens?
Note if I click the button whilst its outside the JQuery dialog is sucessfully uploads the file.
Whats going wrong & how do I fix this? Is there an easier way to add ASP.NET code to a JQuery dialog AFTER the page has loaded?
This sits in the body
<div id="test">
<input class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all
ui-button-text-only"
style="display: inline-block;" id="fileUpload" type="file" Runat="server"
NAME="fileUpload"/>
<asp:button id="btnSave" OnClick="bt1Clicked" style="display: inline;"
class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all
ui-button-text-only"
runat="server" Text="Upload File" ></asp:button>
<asp:label id="lblMessage" runat="server" style="height:20px;width:390px;"
</asp:label>
</div>
Then on dialog open I grab the above HTML & move it into the dialog:
$(this.dialog).dialog('open' function()
{
var e = $("#test");
$(body).remove(e);
$(this).append(e);
});
jQuery UI dialog creates the dialog elements at the very end of the document, right before the closing </body> element. So when you open your dialog and move your content div#test into the dialog, it is outside the <form> and does not work anymore with asp.net which requires it.
Try to create your dialog and move it back inside the <form> element:
$("#myDialog").dialog({
...
}).parent().appendTo($("form"));
I have a file upload Control and I have made this invisible.
I want to enable a browse Button for that file upload control when I click another Button.
How can I do it?
First make a file up loader like this one
To upload a file you need to do 2 things
1) Select the file. (click browse button)
2) Send it to server. (click the upload button)
So first lets write a java-script to do these.`
<script type="text/javascript" >
function uploadImage() {
$('#MainContent_UploadButton').click()
}
function selectFile() {
$('#MainContent_FileUploadControl').click();
}
</script>
Now make the file upload controller upload itself as soon as a file is selected
<asp:FileUpload id="MainContent_FileUploadControl" runat="server"
onChange="uploadImage()" class="hidden"/>
Then make a new button and let it select the file as soon as it is clicked.
<asp:Button ID="MainContent_UploadButton" runat="server" Text="Upload File"
OnClientClick="selectFile(); return false;" />
The most important point is put "return false" in the onClientClick field. It will block the buttons post back and let you choose a file without refreshing the page.
Now hide the unwanted components using css and you are done !!
I think this is not possible. This would likely be a security issue if a script could upload (or at least trigger the upload process) invisible from any user interaction.
Update:
Seems that someone actually developed a solution to hide the upload control. From what I read it seems to take some effort to develop and uses JavaScript.
Personally, I wouldn't dare to guarantee that this works on all platforms (just imagine someone with a BlackBerry or Windows Phone visits your website...) and thus avoid it.
<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" style="display:none;"/>
<input id="btnFileUpload" type="button" value="Add" runat="server" />
btnFileUpload.Attributes.Add("onclick", "document.getElementById('" + FileUpload1.ClientID + "').click();");
There are other similar posts, but they all want a progress bar. I don't care.
I will probably end up buying Ajax Uploader, but I would like to know if there is a way to just let the user know if a file is in the process of being uploaded. I have tried an Ajax ProgressIndicator but it doesn't work...The file upload part works, but the progresscontent does not get displayed.
Here is what I have without the Ajax:
<asp:FileUpload onchange="clickTheButton();" ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" />
<asp:Button ForeColor="#ffffff" BackColor="#ffffff" BorderColor="#ffffff" BorderWidth="0"
ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Add Image" OnClick="AddImage_Click" />
Just a file upload control and a button that uploads the file.
All I need is a way to let the user know that it is busy sending the file.
Why not just create some hidden element on the page like this:
<div id="loadingDiv" style="display: none;">Please wait, uploading file...</div>
and then in the OnClientClick of your upload button, return a function like so:
function displayWaitingMessage(){
document.getElementById('loadingDiv').style.display = 'block';
return true;
}
Should display the message and then proceed with the postback to upload the file.
Just query your server at reasonable intervals with Ajax to see if the file you're trying to upload exists yet, and show an appropriate indication based on the response.