Question

when trying to translate the confirmation message to Norwegian i get the following error:

Cannot have more than one binding on property ‘OnClientClick’ on ‘System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton’. Ensure that this property is not bound through an implicit expression, for example, using meta:resourcekey.

i use Explicit localization in the following manner:

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkMarkInvoiced" runat="server" OnClick="lnkMarkInvoiced_OnClick"
            OnClientClick="<%# Resources: lnkMarkInvoicedResource.OnClientClick%>"
            Visible="False" CssClass="stdtext" meta:resourcekey="lnkMarkInvoicedResource" ></asp:LinkButton>

here’s the local resource file entry:

  <data name="lnkMarkInvoicedResource.OnClientClick" xml:space="preserve">
<value>return confirm('Er du sikker?');</value>

if i remove the meta attribute i get the English text(default).
how do i get the Norwegian text appearing without resorting to using the code behind?

Update:

removing the meta attribute prevents the exception from occurring but the original problem still exists. I can’t get the Norwegian text to show.

only the default English text shows.

Another Update:

I know this question is getting old but i still can’t get the Norwegian text to display.
If anyone has some tips please post a response.

Answer 1

Looks like you’re making the problem harder by inlining the onclick. Why not split it out to a separate line?

<script>
  function markInvoiced()
  {
    return confirm('<%= Resources.SomehowGet.lnkMarkInvoicedResource.OnClientClick%>');
  }
</script>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkMarkInvoiced" runat="server" OnClick="lnkMarkInvoiced_OnClick"
        OnClientClick="return markInvoiced();"
        Visible="False" CssClass="stdtext" meta:resourcekey="lnkMarkInvoicedResource" ></asp:LinkButton>

And while we’re looking at your code, you realize that you’re essentially building an <a> tag, right? As such, why not just build an <a> and save yourself some grief?

And finally, next project why not ditch the built-in ASP.NET localization nighmare in favor of something sane like FairlyLocal, in which case you’d write this:

<a href="#" onclick="return confirm(<%=_"really?"%>) onserverclick="lnkMarkInvoiced_OnClick" runat="server">
  <%=_("Mark Invoice")%>
</a>