Question

Iam a beginner with Webmethods and Services an I have landed in a situation here.

I have a webmethod that returns an instance of StatusViewModel class..

    [WebMethod()]
    public static StatusViewModel GetTime1()
    {
        Debug.Write("Timer");

        StatusViewModel statusViewModel = new StatusViewModel();
        statusViewModel.Label1 = "aaa";
        statusViewModel.Label1 = "bbb";

        statusViewModel.ListBox.Add("1", "ccc");
        statusViewModel.ListBox.Add("2", "ccc");

        return DateTime.Now.ToString();

    }

StatusViewModel class looks like this one

public class StatusViewModel
    {
        public string Label1 { get; set; }
        public string Label2 { get; set; }
        public IDictionary<string, string> ListBox { get; set; }
    }

How should I consume this method and set 2 labels and list-box with the data received from the method ?

Usually this is how I call webmethod

 $(document).ready(function() {
            call1();
        });


        function OnSuccess1(result, ctrl) { $('#<%=Label2.ClientID %>').html(result); }
        function OnError1() { alert("error!"); }
        function call1() { PageMethods.GetTime1(OnSuccess1, OnError1); }

This works if the return type is String.

Can any one suggest any simple articles regarding this topic ?

Answer 1

That one, could be nice for start.

http://encosia.com/using-jquery-to-consume-aspnet-json-web-services/

It gives you information, rest – just google and try something by your self. It is easy and very common task.