Question

I just need to run a method when the page is finished loading.

Here’s the js i’m using:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: document.URL + "/LoadAssignees"
        });
    });
</script>

And here’s the method that i’m attempting to run:

[WebMethod()]
protected void LoadAssignees()
{
    //load assignees
    var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
    sw.Start();
    cboAssignees.DataSource = Uti.GetAssigneeList(_currentUser, 1, false);
    sw.Stop();
    cboAssignees.DataTextField = "Name";
    cboAssignees.DataValueField = "Guid";
    cboAssignees.DataBind();

    Response.Write(string.Format("Assignee load time: {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds));
}

I felt like i was doing this right. I’m not getting any errors, but nothing is happening. I set a breakpoint on the method and it isn’t getting hit, so I’m guessing my ajax call is incorrect. What am I missing?

On a side note, what I’m trying to do is run a method asynchronously as soon as the page is done rendering. If you can suggest a better way to accomplish that, that’ll work for me as well 🙂 thanks.

Answer 1

Yeah, looks like you’re access modifier is too restrictive:

Methods within a class that have this attribute set are called XML Web
service methods. The method and class must be public and running
inside an ASP.NET Web application.

That’s from the ‘Remarks’ section here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.services.webmethodattribute.aspx