UpdatePanel - Javascript Refresh

hi
I have a GridView inside a UpdatePanel

the case is: The user open a new window, select new items witch afect the data displayed in the DataGrid.

I want to update de GridView content via a Javascript method is there a way to do that?

thanks for any help

I think this is possible. I've got the initial idea fromhere.
So put a hidden div into the UpdatePanel, for example:

<div style="display:none;">
 <asp:Button id="btnHidden" runat="server" OnClick="btnHidden_Click" UseSubmitBehavior="false" /></div>

Then "trigger" this button in your popup window from javascript:

var refreshHelper = window.opener.document.getElementById( "btnHidden" );
refreshHelper.click( );

It works for me, but maybe there is smarter solutions than this.

hello.

well, currently you have 2 options: use the "dummy" button or use the postback action introduced by atlas.

Luis Abreu:

hello.

well, currently you have 2 options: use the "dummy" button or use the postback action introduced by atlas.

Luis (or anyone else), can you provide an example of using postback action? I'm trying to accomplish something very similar and the dummy button approach doesn't appeal to me.

-Lee

hello.

well, the dopostback action (or, if you want to use javascript, the __doPostBack method) will only work out correctly if there's a control placed inside the form which will be considered responsible for the postback.

Hi Luis,

I do have a a DropDownList that is inside the form so I that would work. I suppose I could just call the __doPostPack method, but I was hoping there would be something that was specific to ATLAS that would force the UpdatePanel to refresh.

hello again,

well, i guess that the answer is no, there isn't. and the reason is simple too: the update panel is just a delimiter that identifies a region which will be refreshed dinamically. all the partial postbacks are controlled by the pagerequestmanager object which uses the updatepanels defined on the page (normally divs or spans) to decide if it should perform a partial or a complete postback.

Ok, so what would you say would be the best way to accomplish this? It sounds as though the options are limited to the dummy button approach or explicitly calling __doPostBack.

hello again.

yep, that's it. i think that currently, there's no other option to perform that kind of operation.