Javascript alert message problem

[Tony Girgenti]

Hello.

I'm developing and testing a web application using VS.NET 2003, VB, .NET
Framework 1.1.4322, ASP.NET 1.1.4322 and IIS5.1 on a WIN XP Pro, SP2
computer. I'm using a web form.

Using this line of code works great. It displays a little message box with
the alert message in it.

Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse over')")

But how do i get it to display the alert message without doing a mouse over,
just trying to put it into an if statement ?

If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
alert('mouse over')")
End If

Thanks,
Tony

[Mark Rae]

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com> wrote in message
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> Using this line of code works great. It displays a little message box
> with the alert message in it.
>
> Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
> over')")
>
> But how do i get it to display the alert message without doing a mouse
> over, just trying to put it into an if statement ?
>
> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
> alert('mouse over')")
> End If

Er...have you tried

If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
over')")
End If

[Tony Girgenti]

Hello Mark.

I guess i didn't explain my problem correctly. Within the if statement, i
just want the alert part. In other words if the startdate/enddate compare
is true, i want a little message to pop up that indicates the problem. Like
"Dates are incorrect".

Thanks for your reply.

Tony

"Mark Rae" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.com> wrote in message
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> "Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com> wrote in message
> news:uky2U0$5GHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>

>> Using this line of code works great. It displays a little message box
>> with the alert message in it.
>>
>> Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
>> over')")
>>
>> But how do i get it to display the alert message without doing a mouse
>> over, just trying to put it into an if statement ?
>>
>> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
>> alert('mouse over')")
>> End If

>
> Er...have you tried
>
> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
> Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
> over')")
> End If
>
>

[bruce barker \(sqlwork.com\)]

if i know vb well enough:

If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(me.Get Type(),"alert","alert('mouse
over');",true)
End If

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com> wrote in message
news:uky2U0$5GHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hello.
>
> I'm developing and testing a web application using VS.NET 2003, VB, .NET
> Framework 1.1.4322, ASP.NET 1.1.4322 and IIS5.1 on a WIN XP Pro, SP2
> computer. I'm using a web form.
>
> Using this line of code works great. It displays a little message box
> with the alert message in it.
>
> Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
> over')")
>
> But how do i get it to display the alert message without doing a mouse
> over, just trying to put it into an if statement ?
>
> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
> alert('mouse over')")
> End If
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>

[Tony Girgenti]

Hello Bruce.

This is not working because the IDE is saying "ClientScript is not a member
of System.Web.UI.Page". I can't figure out how to code it so that it is
accepted by the coding syntax.

Thanks,
Tony

"bruce barker (sqlwork.com)" <b_r_u_c_e_removeunderscores@sqlwork.com> wrote
in message news:udtCPqA6GHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> if i know vb well enough:
>
> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
>
> Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(me.Get Type(),"alert","alert('mouse
> over');",true)
> End If
>
> -- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
> "Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@lakesideos.com> wrote in message
> news:uky2U0$5GHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Hello.
>>
>> I'm developing and testing a web application using VS.NET 2003, VB, .NET
>> Framework 1.1.4322, ASP.NET 1.1.4322 and IIS5.1 on a WIN XP Pro, SP2
>> computer. I'm using a web form.
>>
>> Using this line of code works great. It displays a little message box
>> with the alert message in it.
>>
>> Me.btnGetArchivedTrips.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver ", "alert('mouse
>> over')")
>>
>> But how do i get it to display the alert message without doing a mouse
>> over, just trying to put it into an if statement ?
>>
>> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
>> alert('mouse over')")
>> End If
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>>

>
>

[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

> Hello Bruce.

>
> This is not working because the IDE is saying "ClientScript is not a
> member of System.Web.UI.Page". I can't figure out how to code it so that
> it is accepted by the coding syntax.

I think you are using ASP.Net 1.1

Coming to your original problem:

> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
> alert('mouse over')")
> End If

Solution suggested by Mark is correct way to go about it...

What you are expecting above is:

1. Manipulation of the Data on the server side
2. Alert on the client side

=> Two things happening together is not possible.


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[Tony Girgenti]

Hello Gaurav.

I think i understand what you are saying. Correct me if i am wrong. Are
you saying that this part of the statement "If Calendar1.SelectedDate >
Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate Then"
is occurring on the server side, but this part "alert('mouse over')")" is
happening on the client side ?

If that's the case, then how do i go about doing this ? I tried putting it
into the HTML, but i can't get it to execute the function.

Thanks,
Tony

"Gaurav Vaish (www.EdujiniOnline.com)"
<gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello Bruce.
>>
>> This is not working because the IDE is saying "ClientScript is not a
>> member of System.Web.UI.Page". I can't figure out how to code it so that
>> it is accepted by the coding syntax.

>
> I think you are using ASP.Net 1.1
>
> Coming to your original problem:
>

>> If Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate) Then
>> alert('mouse over')")
>> End If

>
> Solution suggested by Mark is correct way to go about it...
>
> What you are expecting above is:
>
> 1. Manipulation of the Data on the server side
> 2. Alert on the client side
>
> => Two things happening together is not possible.
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | [url]www.mastergaurav.com[/url]
> [url]www.edujinionline.com[/url]
> [url]http://articles.edujinionline.com/webservices[/url]
> -----------------------------------------
>
>

[Damien]

Tony Girgenti (nospam) wrote:

> Hello Bruce.
>
> This is not working because the IDE is saying "ClientScript is not a member
> of System.Web.UI.Page". I can't figure out how to code it so that it is
> accepted by the coding syntax.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>

In 1.1, it would be


Me.RegisterClientScriptBlock("warning","<script>al ert('hello');</script>")

Damien

[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

> I think i understand what you are saying. Correct me if i am wrong. Are

> you saying that this part of the statement "If Calendar1.SelectedDate >
> Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate Then"
> is occurring on the server side, but this part "alert('mouse over')")" is
> happening on the client side ?
>
> If that's the case, then how do i go about doing this ? I tried putting
> it into the HTML, but i can't get it to execute the function.

Bingo!
You got it right...

You need to do something like this:

if Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate Then
Me.Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock("Unique_Name_Lik e_Calendar1_Error",_
"<script type='text/javascript'
language='javascript'>alert('Error in selected date');</script>")
End if

What this will do is emit this script just before the end of "form"
element... ie, near the end of the page. And will give an alert almost
immediately as the page gets completely loaded.


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[Tony Girgenti]

Wow. That's great. Thanks to you and Damien for your code.

I need to learn more about scripting, but i'm confused about all the
scripting terminology. When i do searches for javascript, i always seem to
get returns that involve VBscript, Jscript, javascript, client-side scripts,
HTML etc.

What is it that i should be looking for ? and should i be looking for a
particular version ? Is what you did for me called "javascript" ?

Also, the second line of the HTML code for my web page is "<!DOCTYPE HTML
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">". Does that mean the HTML
version is 4.0 ?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks again,
Tony

"Gaurav Vaish (www.EdujiniOnline.com)"
<gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I think i understand what you are saying. Correct me if i am wrong. Are
>> you saying that this part of the statement "If Calendar1.SelectedDate >
>> Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate Then"
>> is occurring on the server side, but this part "alert('mouse over')")" is
>> happening on the client side ?
>>
>> If that's the case, then how do i go about doing this ? I tried putting
>> it into the HTML, but i can't get it to execute the function.

>
> Bingo!
> You got it right...
>
> You need to do something like this:
>
> if Calendar1.SelectedDate > Me.Calendar2.SelectedDate Then
> Me.Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock("Unique_Name_Lik e_Calendar1_Error",_
> "<script type='text/javascript'
> language='javascript'>alert('Error in selected date');</script>")
> End if
>
> What this will do is emit this script just before the end of "form"
> element... ie, near the end of the page. And will give an alert almost
> immediately as the page gets completely loaded.
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | [url]www.mastergaurav.com[/url]
> [url]www.edujinionline.com[/url]
> [url]http://articles.edujinionline.com/webservices[/url]
> -----------------------------------------
>
>

[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

Hi Tony,

> I need to learn more about scripting, but i'm confused about all the
> scripting terminology. When i do searches for javascript, i always seem
> to get returns that involve VBscript, Jscript, javascript, client-side
> scripts, HTML etc.

Forget all about VBScript, JScript... if you are looking to work with
them on client side -- you are tied to IE. Firefox is the recipe-of-the-day.

> What is it that i should be looking for ? and should i be looking for a
> particular version ? Is what you did for me called "javascript" ?

If I recall correctly, Javascript 1.6 is the latest... albeit 1.2+
should be good enough for quite a few practical purposes.

> Also, the second line of the HTML code for my web page is "<!DOCTYPE HTML
> PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">". Does that mean the HTML
> version is 4.0 ?

HTML 4.0 "Transitional" meaning that somethings like "<br>", "<img>" etc
will go without warnings where in XHTML mode it has to be "<br />", "<img
.... />".

I would suggest you to have a look into the topic of "XML", "DTD" and
"XSD" and then also look into "HTML" and "its DTD".

For advanced processing on client-side, additional topics would be
Javascript, DOM Level 3 API.

All of this is available on [url]www.w3.org[/url]. This spectrum will give you a
complete understanding of the "web applications", how they function, what
all things you should take care of / note of etc when designing the "server
side" and the "client side" of your application.

> Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Hope that helps!

> Thanks again,

Most welcome!


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[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Gaurav Vaish ([url]www.EdujiniOnline.com[/url]) wrote:

> Hi Tony,

> Forget all about VBScript, JScript... if you are looking to work with
> them on client side -- you are tied to IE. Firefox is the recipe-of-the-day.

Firefox still represents a minority of the browsers, and with the
release of IE7, I think it will worsen Firefox's ratings. I personally
like Firefox (mostly for tabbed browsing), but that will be available in
IE too.

Anyway, I will always recommend writing standard JavaScript, so that it
works reasonably in all newer browsers. This is possible without major
efforts, once you mastered the learning curve. JavaScript and the DOM
are now standard enough that this shouldn't cause big problems. In that
sense, I find reasonable to recommend JavaScript (i.e. Netscape's
implementation) and JScript (i.e Microsoft's implementation), which are
anyway almost the same.

Also, using feature detection instead of browser detection is alwaysa
good idea to increase compatibility, and degrade gracefully when a
feature is not available.

if ( document.getElementById )
{
document.getElementById( "myId" ).value = "...";
}
else
{
// Inform user or use another way.
}

HTH,
Laurent
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[Tony Girgenti]

Thanks to Gaurav and Laurent for their replies. I have a lot of learning to
do.

Tony

"Laurent Bugnion" <galasoft-lb@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Gaurav Vaish ([url]www.EdujiniOnline.com[/url]) wrote:

>> Hi Tony,

>

>> Forget all about VBScript, JScript... if you are looking to work with
>> them on client side -- you are tied to IE. Firefox is the
>> recipe-of-the-day.

>
> Firefox still represents a minority of the browsers, and with the release
> of IE7, I think it will worsen Firefox's ratings. I personally like
> Firefox (mostly for tabbed browsing), but that will be available in IE
> too.
>
> Anyway, I will always recommend writing standard JavaScript, so that it
> works reasonably in all newer browsers. This is possible without major
> efforts, once you mastered the learning curve. JavaScript and the DOM are
> now standard enough that this shouldn't cause big problems. In that sense,
> I find reasonable to recommend JavaScript (i.e. Netscape's implementation)
> and JScript (i.e Microsoft's implementation), which are anyway almost the
> same.
>
> Also, using feature detection instead of browser detection is alwaysa good
> idea to increase compatibility, and degrade gracefully when a feature is
> not available.
>
> if ( document.getElementById )
> {
> document.getElementById( "myId" ).value = "...";
> }
> else
> {
> // Inform user or use another way.
> }
>
> HTH,
> Laurent
> --
> Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
> Software engineering: [url]http://www.galasoft-LB.ch[/url]
> PhotoAlbum: [url]http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures[/url]
> Support children in Calcutta: [url]http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch[/url]

[Tony Girgenti]

Gaurav.

One thing i don't understand is "Forget all about VBScript, JScript". If
JScript is Microsoft's implementation of JavaScript and i am using VS.NET
2003, then why not use JScript ?

I'm sure you have a good reason, but i am puzzled by that.

Thanks,
Tony

"Gaurav Vaish (www.EdujiniOnline.com)"
<gaurav.vaish.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Tony,
>

>> I need to learn more about scripting, but i'm confused about all the
>> scripting terminology. When i do searches for javascript, i always seem
>> to get returns that involve VBscript, Jscript, javascript, client-side
>> scripts, HTML etc.

>
> Forget all about VBScript, JScript... if you are looking to work with
> them on client side -- you are tied to IE. Firefox is the
> recipe-of-the-day.
>

>> What is it that i should be looking for ? and should i be looking for a
>> particular version ? Is what you did for me called "javascript" ?

>
> If I recall correctly, Javascript 1.6 is the latest... albeit 1.2+
> should be good enough for quite a few practical purposes.
>

>> Also, the second line of the HTML code for my web page is "<!DOCTYPE HTML
>> PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">". Does that mean the
>> HTML version is 4.0 ?

>
> HTML 4.0 "Transitional" meaning that somethings like "<br>", "<img>"
> etc will go without warnings where in XHTML mode it has to be "<br />",
> "<img ... />".
>
> I would suggest you to have a look into the topic of "XML", "DTD" and
> "XSD" and then also look into "HTML" and "its DTD".
>
> For advanced processing on client-side, additional topics would be
> Javascript, DOM Level 3 API.
>
> All of this is available on [url]www.w3.org[/url]. This spectrum will give you a
> complete understanding of the "web applications", how they function, what
> all things you should take care of / note of etc when designing the
> "server side" and the "client side" of your application.
>

>> Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

>
> Hope that helps!
>

>> Thanks again,

>
> Most welcome!
>
>
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> Gaurav Vaish | [url]www.mastergaurav.com[/url]
> [url]www.edujinionline.com[/url]
> [url]http://eduzine.edujinionline.com[/url]
> -----------------------------------------
>
>

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Tony Girgenti wrote:

> Gaurav.
>
> One thing i don't understand is "Forget all about VBScript, JScript". If
> JScript is Microsoft's implementation of JavaScript and i am using VS.NET
> 2003, then why not use JScript ?
>
> I'm sure you have a good reason, but i am puzzled by that.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony

I agree. See my post in the same thread. Better learn and program
against standards, instead of concentrating on one browser only,
whichever that is.

HTH,
Laurent
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[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

> I agree. See my post in the same thread. Better learn and program against

> standards, instead of concentrating on one browser only, whichever that
> is.

Laurent said it all... reach out to as many people as you can.
"Why not bother" about millions of users that work with Firefox, or Safari
(kinda defacto on Mac from Tiger onwards). Note that MSIE does not work
identically on Windows and Mac.



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[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

> Firefox still represents a minority of the browsers, and with the release

> of IE7, I think it will worsen Firefox's ratings. I personally like
> Firefox (mostly for tabbed browsing), but that will be available in IE
> too.

Two things:
1. I still won't leave that "millions of users" audience
2. Firefox is anyway more secure as compared to IE. Well, at least I have
more faith in it :-)


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[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Gaurav Vaish ([url]www.EdujiniOnline.com[/url]) wrote:

>> Firefox still represents a minority of the browsers, and with the release
>> of IE7, I think it will worsen Firefox's ratings. I personally like
>> Firefox (mostly for tabbed browsing), but that will be available in IE
>> too.

>
> Two things:
> 1. I still won't leave that "millions of users" audience

I am not sure if you're stubborn on purpose, or if you really don't
understand what I say.

You advised the OP to abandon JScript and learn only JavaScript. In
other words, you recommended to stop developing for IE and develop only
for Mozilla-based browsers.

My recommendation is to not develop for one browser in particular, but
to use standard constructs and feature detection to make code compatible
with all major browsers.

Noone asks you to leave any audience. By using standards you can win
both worlds easily. Why would you want to do anything else?

> 2. Firefox is anyway more secure as compared to IE. Well, at least I have
> more faith in it :-)

Once again, noone asked you to leave anything aside. Besides, your
personal preference is totally irrelevant, as you don't develop websites
for yourself but for users, who may have other preferences.

If you were a cook and only baked chocolate pies because that's what you
prefer, you wouldn't have many customers.

HTH,
Laurent
--
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Software engineering: [url]http://www.galasoft-LB.ch[/url]
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[Gaurav Vaish \(www.EdujiniOnline.com\)]

> I am not sure if you're stubborn on purpose, or if you really don't

> understand what I say.

Should be the second part. :-)

btw, still wondering why go for JScript when JavaScript should be just
enough... Or again, I'm really not understanding something :D


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[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Gaurav Vaish ([url]www.EdujiniOnline.com[/url]) wrote:

>> I am not sure if you're stubborn on purpose, or if you really don't
>> understand what I say.

>
> Should be the second part. :-)

That's my guess too ;-)

> btw, still wondering why go for JScript when JavaScript should be just
> enough... Or again, I'm really not understanding something :D

JScript is Microsoft's implementation of ECMAScript. You use JScript
when you program a script which runs in Internet Explorer.

JavaScript is Microsoft's implementation of ECMAScript. You use
JavaScript when you program a script which runs in Mozilla-based
browsers (Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla...).

If you program only JavaScript, but no JScript, it's the same as saying
that you want to program only in Mozilla-based browsers, and
deliberately ignore IE.

What I am saying is that it's easy enough to have good script working in
both browsers. So I don't see the need to ignore IE.

HTH,
Laurent
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Software engineering: [url]http://www.galasoft-LB.ch[/url]
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