asp.net mvc javascript postback

Question

I'm mixing asp.net webforms and asp.net-mvc. To use webforms I've included

routes.IgnoreRoute("Reports/{*pathInfo}");

in the public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) method.

It seems to work just fine. But javascript postbacks on the asp.net webform pages don't work. Specifically

<script type="text/javascript">
function callMethod(methodName, methodArgument)

{

        alert('test1');

        document.getElementById("methodname").value=methodName;

        document.getElementById("methodargument").value=methodArgument;         

alert('test2');

document.forms[0].submit();

    }

</script>

doesn't work. Everything is fine until the document.forms[0].submit(); call which appears to do nothing. If I completely disable the asp.net MVC route mapping then the above Javascript works just fine.

What's the value of the action attribute on the first form tag? — ZippyV
– ZippyV, Commented Aug 12, 2009 at 21:16
<form method="post" action="Billing.aspx?tenantId=0003-0140&rentNum=0" id="ctl00_ctl00_basemasterform"> Billing.aspx is the current page — bjwbell
– bjwbell, Commented Aug 12, 2009 at 21:22

RSolberg · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-12 22:57:33Z

2

I just completed a brand new sample project and was able to get this to work... I created a folder in the root of my project called Reports and added the Billing.aspx page there. I then added the code below to the default Index view within the Home folder as shown below.

Global.asax

routes.IgnoreRoute("Reports/{*pathInfo}");

MVC Page Views\Home\Index.aspx

<form method="post" action="../../Reports/Billing.aspx?tenantId=0003-0140&rentNum=0" id="myForm"> 
    <input type="text" id="sample" /><br />
    <input type="button" onclick="callMethod();" value="send" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function callMethod()
    {
        alert('test1');
        alert(document.getElementById("sample").value);
        alert('test2');
        document.forms[0].submit();
    }
</script>

My guess is that even though your form's action is set to Billing.aspx, it is not looking for it in the correct folder. Try adding "../../Reports/" in front of Billing.aspx to your form's action. Since the Billing page is not in the same root as the MVC page, that is likely to not go anywhere on a post action...

edited Aug 12, 2009 at 22:57

answered Aug 12, 2009 at 21:26

RSolberg

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bjwbell Over a year ago

I've included //ignore webforms files routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.aspx/{*pathInfo}"); and routes.IgnoreRoute("Billing.aspx/{*pathInfo}"); and it didn't fix the issue

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