[RESOLVED] Ajax TabContainer problem

Hi,

(this is actually MOSS 2007 question. I don't know where to post it exactly)
I am developing a webpart with Ajax TabContainer within an UpdatePanel. I developed an web application and tried my code there first everything works fine. Then I added the same to a webpart, deployed it and tested. The tabcontainer displays well. The control is supposed to load data dynamically on tabchange with a postback. But it is not doing so in my sharepoint site where as it works in web application. I am using C# 2.0

Then I went to view source of both the pages and detected the problem. It is all about the client ID of the tabcontainer. I am registering some script to the page as follows:


StringBuilder sbScript = new StringBuilder();
sbScript.Append("<script type=\"text/javascript\">");
sbScript.Append("function ActiveTabChanged(sender, e) {");
sbScript.Append("__doPostBack("+tabcontainer.ClientID +", sender.get_activeTab().get_headerText()) }");
sbScript.Append("</script>");

System.Web.UI.ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this.Page, this.Page.GetType(), "ScriptToRSSTabChange", sbScript.ToString(), false);

When I view source:

the script is registered as:

sbScript.Append("__doPostBack('tabcontainer', sender.get_activeTab().get_headerText()) }");

In my web application tabcontainer.ClientID is "tabcontaner" so the script works fine and the control postsback and gets the data. But in my sharepoint site the tabcontainer.ClientID is something like "someGUID_tabcontainer" which is not the same as the one registered in the script. so the tabcontainer is making complete page postback instead of partial postback and therefore looses it's viewstate.

I tried with tabcontainer.UniqueID and also <%=tabcontainer.ClientID%> in the script. but of no use.

While using <%=tabcontainer.ClientID%>, if I use '<%=tabcontainer.ClientID%>' the script gets registered as

sbScript.Append("__doPostBack('<%=tabcontainer.ClientID%>', sender.get_activeTab().get_headerText()) }");

if I don't give single quote or double quote, the tabcontainer is not getting diplayed at all

Any suggestions please.....

This is why I discourage the use of inline code.

Your latest attempt is close.

Code:

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sbScript.Append("__doPostBack('" + tabcontainer.ClientID%> + "', sender.get_activeTab().get_headerText());");

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Thanks for the response. Which attempt do you mean?

I used this and it worked.

Code:

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sbScript.Append("__doPostBack('" + this.UniqueID +"_tabcontainer', sender.get_activeTab().get_headerText()) }");

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The last green line in your first post. I tried to amend it but I forgot to remove a %> at the end of the ClientID.

I tried that even. But when I view source, in the javascript function I see it the ID as tabcontainer where as the actual client ID of the control in view source is "someguid_tabcontainer" i think "someguid" is the guid of the sharepoint webpart. that's why I gave this.UniqueID + "_tabcontainer" and it worked...

I just wonder why tabcontainer.ClientID is not returning the clientID. Problem is resolved yet I am curious to know this. I am including this code in createchildcontrols event of the webpart control and. The control is being added to UpdatePanel and the UpdatePanel to the webpart...