[SOLVED] How to call a ASP program form within javascript?

#1 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:13 PM

Have a button, and on onClick event, call a javascript function, inside javascript function, what to call a ASP program. Does anyone know how to do it? what is syntax?

Thanks
I already have reset and submit button defined for different actions, so I have added the third button, I want to redirect to a ASP page when this third button get clicked.

#2 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:13 PM

using Addattribute.

#3 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:13 PM

i assume you want to call an ASP page... i'd probably do something like openWindows("/mypage.asp"); as your on click event code.. you may want to check the exact synatx of that but it should work.

#4 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:14 PM

ASP is server-side scripting while JavaScript is client-side, so there really isn't a way exactly to call ASP on with an onclick trigger because the page has already been drawn and is static.

however, a work-around could be to have a form who's action is set to an ASP page and then using the following line from javascript you could submit the form that calls the ASP.

even if you did a post back to yourself you at least give the server-side scripting a chance to execute as it re-drew the page.

EXAMPLE:

<%
if request.servervariables( "request_method" ) = "POST" then
'the request_method is a great way to detect if you're
'being posted to or drawing the page for the first time
end if
%>
<html>
<head>
<script language=javascript>
function callASP()
{
document.myform.submit();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name=myform action=mypage.asp method=post>
<input type=text name=yourMiscTextFields>
<input type=button onclick=javascript:callASP();>
</form>
</body>
</html>

hope this helps! good luck!

***JUST SAW YOUR UPDATE***
you could program your third button as follows:
<input type=button value=Click-Me onclick= javascript:window.navigate( 'pagename.asp' );>

#5 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:14 PM

Not able to get u completely !! Let me try ...

On Button Click u r calling some JavaScript function ..in the fuction...u can call the asp page ..by setting the action to ur asp page !!

Add some more details to ur question ..??

#6 (**permalink**) 06-10-2007, 04:14 PM

This doesn't make any sense. You can have javascript on an asp page, but you can't call an asp program from javascript. You can redirect to an asp page. ASP - Active Server Pages - not programs! Come on now

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