Question

I have a page called

EditProject.aspx?id=xxx

I would like to invoke it wherever I want in a modal dialog. The modal dialog is simple with bootstrap.

I would just like to know if there is a control to invoke the page somehow in a div or modal dialog.

I know about IFrame, but is there a nicer more modern way with asp .net?

Thanks

Answer 1

You’d be better off moving EditProject.aspx to a user control, EditPorject.ascx.

Userconrols work much the same as aspx pages, supporting the same events, but you can embed them within ASPX pages like so:

<div id="edit-project-popup">
    <namespace:EditProject ID="editProject" runat="server" />
</div>

You can still access the query string parameters from the usercontrol. You can also pass values to the usercontrol by adding a property:

    public partial class EditProject : UserControl
    {
        public int ID
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           // Your Code   
        }
    }

You can then set this property in the ASPX pages markup:

<uc:EditProject ID="editProject" runat="server" ID="xxx" />

or in the ASPX pages code behind:

editProject.ID = "xxx";

Hope this helps.

For more information on user controls see this overview on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fb3w5b53(v=vs.100).aspx