Question

Is there a way to click a link programatically, so that it has the same effects as if the user clicked on it?

Example:

I have an ASP.NET LinkButton:

<asp:LinkButton id='lnkExport' runat='server' CssClass='navclass'>Export</asp:LinkButton> 

I have a link on a sidebar directing to the .aspx page that has this linkbutton on it. For various reasons I can’t have the code for the LinkButton executed until the page has refreshed — so I am looking for a way to force-click this LinkButton in my code once the page is completely loaded. Is there a simple/doable way to accomplish this? If it involves triggering an event, please provide a code sample if you can. Thanks.

Answer 1

Rashack’s post show’s how to do it. You can just do it in javascript.

 function ClickLink() {   document.getElementById('').click(); } 

If you want this to fire after some other event, you can add code in c# to add a call to that function on the client side when the page loads.

 Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(   this.getType(),    'clickLink',    'ClickLink();',   true);