Question

i bascially want to get the value of a variable from the codebehind to use in a javascript function for autocomplete….here is the function:

     $(document).ready(function() {
$('.PONumbers').autocomplete(
    {
        source: function(request, response) {
            $.ajax({                        
                url: "../GenericHandlers/PONumber.ashx",
                dataType: "json",
                data: {
                    q: request.term,
                    userid:'622'
                },                        
                success: function(data) {
                    response(data);
                }
            });
        },
        minLength: 3
    })

  }).unbind("blur.autocomplete"); 

 $("body:not(.ui-autocomplete)").live('click', function(){
        $('.PONumbers').autocomplete("close");
    });    

Where i have the value ‘622’ is where i want the value from the codebehind….any suggstions?

Answer 1

Try exposing a property in the code-behind, and you should be able to access the value like this:

userid:'<%= this.UserID %>'

And in the code-behind:

public int UserID
{
    get
    {
        return (int)Session["UserID"];
    }
}

Using Page Methods

You could probably leverage PageMethods for this too:

[ScriptMethod, WebMethod]
public static string GetLabelText()
{
    return "Hello";
}

And on the client:

<script type="text/javascript">
    insertLabelData = function() {
        PageMethods.GetLabelText(onSuccess, onFailure);
    } 
    onSuccess = function(result) {
        var lbl = document.getElementById('lbl');
        lbl.innerHTML = result; //your code-behind value
    } 
    onFailure = function(error) {
        alert(error);
    } 
</script>

Here’s the article I took the above code from:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/gilf/archive/2008/10/04/asp-net-ajax-pagemethods.aspx

And here is another tutorial on PageMethods:
http://aspalliance.com/1922_PageMethods_In_ASPNET_AJAX