Question

So I have a Javascript function on my master page. It works fine when I call it from pages that derive from this master page, however, on pages that don’t, it obviously doesn’t work. I am not able to put it in another .js file either because it uses some embedded c# code in it, so it has to be within a <script> tag.

This is the function:

function GridExport(viewUrl, fileName)
    {
        var actionUrl = "<%= System.Web.VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/mvc/Indications.cfc/ExportToExcel")%>";
        var guid = GetGUIDValue();
        window.open((actionUrl + "?id=" + guid + "&viewName=" + viewUrl + "&fileName="  + fileName), null, null, null);
    }

is there a way I can just include the Javascript definitions from my master page in another view without deriving from the master page?

Answer 1

You could create a UserControl containing this <script> or abstract out the actionUrl to a parameter of the GridExport function

function GridExport(viewUrl, fileName, actionUrl)
{
    var guid = GetGUIDValue();
    window.open((actionUrl + "?id=" + guid + "&viewName=" + viewUrl + "&fileName="  + fileName), null, null, null);
}

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Another handy way to avoid this path problem would be to have a global variable to define the root of the site:

var root = "<%= System.Web.VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/") %>";

then your function could always use this variable and append what it needs:

function GridExport(viewUrl, fileName)
{
    var actionUrl = root + "mvc/Indications.cfc/ExportToExcel";
    var guid = GetGUIDValue();
    window.open((actionUrl + "?id=" + guid + "&viewName=" + viewUrl + "&fileName="  + fileName), null, null, null);
}