Question

So I’ve been struggling with this for a couple days now. I have a login page, that checks if the user is logging in for the first time, and if so, it shows a jqueryui Dialog box asking the user to pick their security questions. The Dialog is simple, three dropdowns, three text boxes, and a continue and cancel button. The dialog is displaying find, and when you click continue, the data is saved to the database, but it only saves the default values of the dropdownlists, and it doesnt save the text from the text boxes. It seems to me like the form is posting back before the data saves, and then saves the blank/default content. I’ve tried everything I can find on the internet to fix this. As of right now, I’m launching the dialog box on page load for testing purposes. Code Below:

Javascript:

function validateQuestions() {

            var q1Index = $('#<%= ddlQuest1.ClientID%>').get(0).selectedIndex;
            var q2Index = $('#<%= ddlQuest2.ClientID%>').get(0).selectedIndex;
            var q3Index = $('#<%= ddlQuest3.ClientID%>').get(0).selectedIndex;
            "<%=Q3Index%>" = q3Index;
            var label = document.getElementById('<%= _lblQuestError.ClientID%>');
            label.style.display = 'none';

            if (q1Index == q2Index || q1Index == q3Index || q2Index == q3Index) {label.style.display = 'block';}
            else {label.style.display = 'none'}
            return false;
        }

        function validateAnswers() {

            var ans1Text = $('#<%= txtAnswer1.ClientID%>').val();
            var ans2Text = $('#<%= txtAnswer2.ClientID%>').val();
            var ans3Text = $('#<%= txtAnswer3.ClientID%>').val();
            var ans1error = document.getElementById('<%= _lblAns1Error.ClientID%>');
            var ans2error = document.getElementById('<%= _lblAns2Error.ClientID%>');
            var ans3error = document.getElementById('<%= _lblAns3Error.ClientID%>');
            ans1error.style.display = 'none';
            ans2error.style.display = 'none';
            ans3error.style.display = 'none';

            if(ans1Text=""){ans1error.style.display = 'block';}                
            else if(ans2Text=""){ans2error.style.display = 'block';}
            else if(ans3Text=""){ans3error.style.display = 'block';}
            else { ans1error.style.display = 'none'; ans2error.style.display = 'none'; ans3error.style.display = 'none'}

            return false;
        }
function cancel() {
            $("#_dlgQuest").dialog('close');
            return false;
        }
function showDialog() {
            var secQuestDlg = $('#_dlgQuest').dialog({
                bgiframe: true,
                height: 350,
                width: 900,
                modal: true,
                overlay: {
                    backgroundColor: '#000',
                    opacity: ".8"
                }
            });
            secQuestDlg.parent().appendTo('/html/body/form[0]');
        }

Button aspx: <asp:Button ID="_dlgbtnContinue" ToolTip="Continue" runat="server" Text="Continue"
UseSubmitBehavior="false" OnClick="_dlgbtnContinue_Click" CausesValidation="false" />

PageLoad:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            ddlQuest3.Attributes.Add("onchange", "javascript:validateQuestions();");
            ddlQuest1.Attributes.Add("onchange", "javascript:validateQuestions();");
            ddlQuest2.Attributes.Add("onchange", "javascript:validateQuestions();");
            txtAnswer1.Attributes.Add("onblur", "javascript:validateAnswers();");
            txtAnswer2.Attributes.Add("onblur", "javascript:validateAnswers();");
            txtAnswer3.Attributes.Add("onblur", "javascript:validateAnswers();");  
            List<String> lstQuestions = QuikDrawServiceHelper._QuikDrawClient.GetQuestions();               
            ddlCountry.Focus();
            FillQuestions();
            ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(), "hwa", "showDialog()", true);
            }
    }

Fillquestions:

try
            {
                foreach (string s in lstQuestions)
                {
                    if (s.Equals(Customer.Quest1Code))
                    {
                        q1 = s;
                    }
                    if (s.Equals(Customer.Quest2Code))
                    {
                        q2 = s;
                    }
                    if (s.Equals(Customer.Quest3Code))
                    {
                        q3 = s;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }

Complete Click Event:

protected void _dlgbtnContinue_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {  
            Customer = CompanyServiceHelper._CompanyClient.GetCustomerByID(Convert.ToInt32(Session["CustomerID"].ToString()));   
            if (Session["FirstLogin"] == "Yes")
            {
                Customer.Quest1Code = ddlQuest1.SelectedValue;
                Customer.Quest1Ans = txtAnswer1.Text;
                Customer.Quest2Code = ddlQuest2.SelectedValue;
                Customer.Quest2Ans = txtAnswer2.Text;
                Customer.Quest3Code = ddlQuest3.SelectedValue;
                Customer.Quest3Ans = txtAnswer3.Text;
                CompanyServiceHelper._CompanyClient.AddQuestionsForCustomer(Customer);
                Session["FirstLogin"] = "Yes";
                Session["CustID"] = Customer.CustID;                
    }

I’ve tried linkbuttons as well, and i get the same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Seems like when you click the dlgbtnContinue button it is still not doing a postback, therefore you get the !isPostBack all over, and then resets the values. After this, the _dlgbtnContinue_Click event is getting triggered, saving the blank values. Maybe try to check in !isPostBack if also the values in the DropDown are not the default, meaning that if they are not the default values you do not want to get inside that if again. Just an idea… It would be good to have the _dlgbtnContinue_Click code. Good luck.