Howto aspnet Callbacks

This sample shows how to implement some asp.net callbacks methods and you to get data without to generate a visible postback.

You will need mono runtime, csharp compilers and the minimalistic web server xsp version 2.

Create two files to test this sample.

Default.aspx

<% @Page Language="C#" Inherits="Default" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" %>
<html>
<head id="headid" runat="server">
 <title>jacob ASP.NET WebForm_DoCallbacks</title>
</head>
<script type="text/javascript">
 
	function SendValuesToSumatoryOnServer() 
        {	 	
	 var foo_a = document.getElementById("txt_fooa").value;
	 var foo_b = document.getElementById("txt_foob").value;	 
         SumatoryOnServer(foo_a + ":" + foo_b,"");
	}
 
	function GetDataFromServer(tmpValue)
        {
	 var foo_result = document.getElementById("txt_fooresult");	 
         foo_result.value = tmpValue;   
	}
 
</script>
<body>
 <form id="frmMain" runat="server">
	Sumatory = <asp:TextBox id="txt_fooa" 
                                runat="server" 
                                style="font:status-bar;border:1px solid lightgray" />
	+
	<asp:TextBox id="txt_foob"
  		     runat="server"
		     style="font:status-bar;border:1px solid lightgray"	/>
 
	<input type="button" id="btn_sum" value="click here to exec sumatory on server"
	       onclick="SendValuesToSumatoryOnServer()" 
 	       style="font:status-bar;border:1px solid black" />
	<br><br><br>
	Result: <asp:TextBox id="txt_fooresult"
				runat="server"
				style="font:status-bar;border:1px solid lightblue" /> 
	<br>
 
 </form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
 
public partial class Default:Page,ICallbackEventHandler {
 
  protected string returnValue;
 
  protected void Page_Load(object o,EventArgs e) 
  {
    string callback_event_reference = this.ClientScript.GetCallbackEventReference(this,"arg","GetDataFromServer","context");
 
    string callback_implementation = "function SumatoryOnServer(arg,context)" + 
					  "{ " + callback_event_reference + ";}";
this.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(),"SumatoryOnServer",callback_implementation,true);
  }
 
  public void RaiseCallbackEvent(string eventArguments) 
  {
    char[] sep = {':'};
    string[] values = eventArguments.Split(sep[0]);
    double sum = double.Parse(values[0]) + double.Parse(values[1]);
    returnValue = sum.ToString();	
  }
 
  public string GetCallbackResult() 
  {
    return returnValue;
  }
}

Now only run xsp2 command on a directory where you are editing this sample source files and later open your firefox web browser and pick this url:

http://0.0.0.0:8080/Default.aspx

Mono

Howto aspnet Callbacks