Question

Is it possible to add a new ServiceReference instance to the ScriptManager on the Page during an asynchronous postback so that subsequently I can use the referenced web service through client side script?

I’m trying to do this inside a UserControl that sits inside a Repeater, that’s why adding the ScriptReference programmatically during Page_Load does not work here.

EDIT 2: This is the code I call from my UserControl which does not do what I expect (adding the ServiceReference to the ScriptManager during the async postback):

private void RegisterWebservice(Type webserviceType)
{
    var scm = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(Page);
    if (scm == null)
        throw new InvalidOperationException("ScriptManager needed on the Page!");

    scm.Services.Add(new ServiceReference("~/" + webserviceType.Name + ".asmx"));
}

My goal is for my my UserControl to be as unobtrusive to the surrounding application as possible; otherwise I would have to statically define the ServiceReference in a ScriptManagerProxy on the containing Page, which is not what I want.

EDIT:

I must have been tired when I wrote this post… because I meant to write ServiceReference not ScriptReference. Updated the text above accordingly.

Now I have:

<asp:ScriptManagerProxy runat="server" ID="scmProxy">
    <Services>
        <asp:ServiceReference Path="~/UsefulnessWebService.asmx" />
    </Services>
</asp:ScriptManagerProxy>

but I want to register the webservice in the CodeBehind.

Answer 1

Edit:

After checking your issue, Here is the reason why it is not working:
When you add ServiceReference to ScriptManager > Services section manually in page. It adds 1 client script include directive.

e.g:

<script src="TestService.asmx/jsdebug" type="text/javascript"></script>

or

<script src="TestService.asmx/js" type="text/javascript"></script>

which provide you to accessibility to your Frontend.Web.YourScriptMethods,

Now when you add ServiceReference in async postback – It is not adding this client script inclue. So you get client script error – method is undefined.

But i figured out a workaround for this; (do not know it is right way to do it)

    if (ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this).IsInAsyncPostBack)
    {
        ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptInclude(this, this.GetType(), "testservice", "TestService.asmx/js");
    }

You can replace the “TestService.asmx” path according to your project/web service.

This way you can achieve what you want.

Hope this helps,

Krunal Mevada

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Old Ans:

Use following:

    if (ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this).IsInAsyncPostBack)
    {
        ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this).Services.Add(new ServiceReference("~/Service.asmx"));
    }