Events in HTML throught webservices...

[Colt [MVP]]

Hi Nathan,

I think it's impossible to do so. Firstly, I'm not sure
how's your Web Service work but it would return some "HTML
code" of the remote web page, i.e. a "static" HTML code
with some <table> - that may be the result of
DataGrid.RenderControl() only.

In order to sort or further manipulate with a DataGrid, a
RoundTrip may require and 'another' static HTML code will
be rendered and returned to you.

If you can obtain the DataSource for the DataGrid into
client side, then you can sort the datagrid without re-
submit to the Web Services again, as client side sorting
without PostBack of datagrid is possible. Well, it may off
topic of this message and you'd better 'enhance' the Web
Service to return a DataTable instead. :)

Regards,
Colt

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a webservice that returns HTML. That HTML is a

rendered page that

>contains a DataGrid.
>This webservice is used by another company to integrate

with us. On load of

>their page, they pump our HTML into their Literal control.
>Is there any way for our rendered page to have events?

For example, is it

>possible for our rendered DataGrid to have sortable

columns?

>
>
>Nathan
>
>
>.
>

[Nathan Baulch]

> In order to sort or further manipulate with a DataGrid, a

> RoundTrip may require and 'another' static HTML code will
> be rendered and returned to you.

Yeah, just thought I'd check for sure.

Cheers

[David Waz...]

Sure, you can do this.
but not quite in the structure you described. Sort requests and other
events will post back to the originating server, in this case, your clients
computer - not yours.

You have a couple of options here.
1. Implement frames on the client's site, and have the frame reference
YOUR server so you handle events.
2. Implement your content as a user control, with events. Your client
can capture the events, make a request back to your server to get the newly
sequenced data. You then respond with the sorted content and they implement
that back to their site.
3. Implement the data into an XML store instead of raw HTML. The client
can manipulate the result any way they wish, including local sorting etc.
using user or custom controls or client-side manipulation.



"Nathan Baulch" <nathan.baulch@microsell.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have a webservice that returns HTML. That HTML is a rendered page that
> contains a DataGrid.
> This webservice is used by another company to integrate with us. On load

of

> their page, they pump our HTML into their Literal control.
> Is there any way for our rendered page to have events? For example, is it
> possible for our rendered DataGrid to have sortable columns?
>
>
> Nathan
>
>