Question

This is a very simple question, yes, but I’m not used to web development yet (I do mostly win apps).

I have a button that does a wide variety of things. The first thing I want it to do is this:

lblStatus.Text = "In progress, please wait...";

Problem is, this is not updating the label’s default text “Ready” to “In progress, please wait…” when the button is pressed.

My question is, should I do this like this or should I use something else like AJAX?

Answer 1

Details: You could just use jQuery to Show the label when the button is pressed and hide it when page loads

Example:

Jquery

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script  type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function ()
        {
           // Hide the Label to start with
                $('#<%=lblStatus.ClientID %>').hide();

            $('#<%=btnSave.ClientID %>').click(function ()
            {
                // Show the Label when save button is clicked
                $('#<%=lblStatus.ClientID %>').show();
            });
        });

</script>

ASP.NET Controls

<asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" Text="Button" />
<asp:Label ID="lblStatus" CssClass="lblStatus" runat="server" Text="In progress, please wait..."></asp:Label>