ASP.net C# can't read posted form element

Question

On my master page I have:

<form id="ReportForm" action="HelpAsk.aspx" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" id="HiddenReport" type="text" />
</form>

This is outside any server tags, just before the tag.

Jquery submits this form when a button on the page is clicked somewhere:

function SendReport() {
    $("#HiddenReport").val("<html>" + $("html").html() + "</html>");
    $('#ReportForm').submit();    
}

But whatever I try, I can't get my receiving page to read that data:

NameValueCollection nvc = Request.Form;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(nvc["HiddenReport"]))
{
    Response.Write("LOL:" + Request.Form["HiddenReport"]);
}

Steve · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-13 09:01:57Z

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You need to give the input element a name attribute to have it posted with the form submit, e.g.

<input type="hidden" id="HiddenReport" name="HiddenReport" />

Also you have two type attributes, remove one of these.

answered Apr 13, 2011 at 9:01

Steve

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Tom Gullen Over a year ago

Doh! Thanks, it's early in the morning!

Andrei Andrushkevich · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-13 09:02:33Z

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you need to add name attribute

<input type="hidden" id="HiddenReport" name="HidenReport" type="text" />

name use as key in posted form

answered Apr 13, 2011 at 9:02

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