Friday, July 10, 2009

Client Callback sample

This post is a simple example related to client callback functionality, which lets reader to understand how to implement client callback functionality in their application.

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ASPX
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Client_Callback.aspx.cs" Inherits="Client_Callback" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML
1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript">
function LookUpStock()
{
var lb = document.forms[0].ListBox1;
var product = lb.options[lb.selectedIndex].text
CallServer(product, "");

}


function ReceiveServerData(rValue)
{
Results.innerText = rValue;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox1" Runat="server"></asp:ListBox>
<br />
<br />
<button onclick="LookUpStock()">Look Up Stock</button>
<br />
<br />
Items in stock: <span ID="Results"></span>
<br />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>



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ASPX.CS
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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class Client_Callback : System.Web.UI.Page,
System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler
{
String returnValue = string.Empty;
protected System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary catalog;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
String cbReference =
Page.ClientScript.GetCallbackEventReference(this,
"arg", "ReceiveServerData", "context");
String callbackScript;
callbackScript = "function CallServer(arg, context)" +
"{ " + cbReference + "} ;";
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(),
"CallServer", callbackScript, true);

catalog = new System.Collections.Specialized.ListDictionary();
catalog.Add("monitor", 12);
catalog.Add("laptop", 10);
catalog.Add("keyboard", 23);
catalog.Add("mouse", 17);
ListBox1.DataSource = catalog;
ListBox1.DataTextField = "key";
ListBox1.DataBind();
}
public void RaiseCallbackEvent(String eventArgument)
{
if (catalog[eventArgument] == null)
{
returnValue = "-1";
}
else
{
returnValue = catalog[eventArgument].ToString();
}
}
public string GetCallbackResult()
{
return returnValue;
}
}

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