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One feature in my app is the "export to excel" option. Upon clicking this button, a confirmation message appears for user validation. When the user clicks OK, a JavaScript click event is triggered.

<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="PagePlaceholder" runat="Server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="smMainpage" runat="server">
</asp:ScriptManager>
<table style="width: 100%">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2">
            <asp:UpdatePanel runat="server" ID="up">
                <ContentTemplate>
                    <div style="text-align: left; font-size: 8pt" id="div5" runat="server">
                        <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                            <tr>
                                <td align="right" style="width: 50%">
                                    <table>
                                        <tr>
                                            <td style="display: none">
                                                <asp:Button ID="btnblkupdate" runat="server" Text="None" OnClick="btnblkupdate_click" />
                                                <div>
                                                    <asp:Button ID="btnhdnExport" runat="server" OnClick="btnhdnExport_click" /></div>
                                            </td>
                                            <td>
                                                &nbsp;
                                                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkExport" OnClick="lnkExport_Click" CssClass="customFont" runat="server"
                                                    Text="Export to Excel"></asp:LinkButton>
                                                &nbsp;
                                            </td>
                                            <td>
                                                &nbsp;
                                                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkbtnFilter" OnClick="lnkbtnFilter_Click" CssClass="customFont"
                                                    runat="server" Text="Filter Data"></asp:LinkButton>
                                                &nbsp;
                                            </td>
                                            <td>
                                                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkReset" OnClick="lnkReset_Click" Visible="false" CssClass="customFont"
                                                    runat="server" Text="Reset Filter"></asp:LinkButton>
                                                &nbsp;
                                            </td>
                                            <td>
                                                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkbtnViewAll" OnClick="lnkbtnViewAll_Click" runat="server" Text="View All"></asp:LinkButton>
                                                &nbsp; Selected Records:<asp:Label ID="lblselTsks" Width="20px" Font-Size="10pt"
                                                    Font-Bold="true" runat="server" Text="0"></asp:Label>
                                                &nbsp;
                                            </td>
                                            <td>
                                                Total Records found:&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="lblTotRecCount" Font-Bold="true" runat="server"
                                                    ForeColor="Black" Font-Size="10pt" Text="0"></asp:Label>
                                            </td>
                                        </tr>
                                    </table>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </ContentTemplate>
                <Triggers>
                    <asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="lnkExport" />
                    <asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="btnhdnExport" />
                </Triggers>
            </asp:UpdatePanel>
            <asp:UpdateProgress ID="UpdateProgress5" EnableViewState="false" AssociatedUpdatePanelID="up"
                DisplayAfter="10" runat="server">
                <ProgressTemplate>
                </ProgressTemplate>
            </asp:UpdateProgress>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

protected void lnkExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataSet dsResult = new DataSet();
    try
    {
        string strName = string.Empty;
        clsSearch_BL clsObj = new clsSearch_BL();
        //dsResult = (DataSet)Session["SearchRes"];

        if (Session["detObj"] != null)
        {
            DetState detObj = (DetState)Session["detObj"];
            dsResult = clsObj.getSearchResults_BL(detObj);
            HashSet<string> orderIdclmtest = new HashSet<string>();
            int j = dsResult.Tables[0].Rows.Count;
            for (int k = 0; k < j; k++)
            {
               orderIdclmtest.Add( dsResult.Tables[0].Rows[k][1].ToString());
            }
             Session["orderIdclmtest"] = orderIdclmtest.ToString();

            HashSet<string> strtest = new HashSet<string>();
            strtest =(HashSet<string>)Session["orderIdclm"];

            var testttt=strtest.Except(orderIdclmtest).ToList();
            int cnt = testttt.Count;
            StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
            {
                if (str.Length == 0)
                    str.Append(testttt[i]);
                else
                    str.Append(", " + testttt[i]);
            }
            ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.up, this.GetType(), "export", "hdnExportExcel()", true);
            //if (testttt != null && testttt.Any())
            //{
            //    ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.up, this.GetType(), "export", "hdnExportExcel('"+str+"')", true);
            //}
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
        log.Warn("Logging:" + ex);

    }
    finally {
        if(dsResult != null)
        dsResult.Dispose();
    }
}

function hdnExportExcel() {
if (confirm('You are about to miss the tasks do you want to continue?')) {
    document.getElementById('ctl00_PagePlaceholder_btnhdnExport').click();
}
else {
    return false;
}}

I am encountering an issue where

document.getElementById('ctl00_PagePlaceholder_btnhdnExport')
is returning null. Strangely, the element with ID
ctl00_PagePlaceholder_btnhdnExport
does exist in the page source.

I suspect that the problem may be related to the postbacktrigger within the updatepanel. I attempted moving the btnhdnExport outside of the update panel and removed it from triggers, but this did not resolve the issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Answer №1

According to Ankur, the ID of your element cannot be accessed when the JavaScript is being loaded because the page is created dynamically.

It would be advisable to modify

document.getElementById('ctl00_PagePlaceholder_btnhdnExport')

to

document.getElementById('btnhdnExport')

Answer №2

After the UpdatePanel completes its update, it replaces all content within the designated container <div>. At that moment, the button does not physically exist when your JavaScript code is executed. One workaround is to utilize .NET's PageRequestManager to trigger your JavaScript function after the UpdatePanel finishes its task. Consider implementing something similar to the following:

function hdnExportExcel() {

  var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
  prm.add_pageLoaded(function() {

      if (confirm('Are you sure you want to skip these tasks?')) {
          document.getElementById('<%= btnhdnExport.ClientID %>').click();
      }
      else {
          return false;
      }
  }

}

Additionally, it is worth noting that I have avoided hard-coding the ID of the button. It is advisable to refrain from hard-coding any dynamically generated ID values by .NET as they may change when the structure of your page evolves in the future. It can be frustrating to make an unrelated change elsewhere on the page only to discover during testing or later on that previously functional features are now dysfunctional.

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