Please help, i'm a bit of a newcomer to .net and i'm having problems passing my variables around in my code-behind pages.

Can anyone tell me why my variable 'strFullNameLCase' is not carrying through to my final sub 'Button2_Click'?

I thought that 'strFullNameLCase' would be available to all subs/functions thereafter.


Partial Class StaffDetails

Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

         Public strFullNameLCase As String

         Public Function funDisplayPhotoImage(ByVal varEmailAddress As String)

                    strFullNameLCase = varEmailAddress

                    MsgBox(strFullNameLCase) 'works!

         End Function

         Public Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

                    MsgBox(strFullNameLCase) 'doesnt work!

         End Sub

End Class


Thanks in advance

You need to assign a value to the string before you call the msgbox(). Otherwise you will not get a messagebox.

Jim

The whole idea of MsgBox is conceptually wrong in a Web Application. You may get the box, but you'll get it on the server. You may not notice it when you develop on your webserver, but your clients will never see the message box as it runs on your server.

Here's what happens:

1. The page loads, HTML is sent to the clent
2. You click Button2.
3. The page *posts back* to the server where the message box is displayed.

Not sure when you call funDisplayPhotoImage, but if it's called from a button too, the same process is repeated. The page posts back, assigns the variable a value and shows a *server side* message box. Then you click the second button, and the page posts to the server again. The Page instance (StaffDetails) is recreated again, and the value if strFullNameLCase doesn't exist.

You seem to be missing some fundamental knowledge in ASP.NET. You may want to read a couple of books about .NET that show you how the page architecture with post backs works....

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Imar is correct for the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the framework. In 2.0 the msgbox actually does work. Just assign a value to the string first.

I never said it doesn't work. I said it runs at the server. So, if you have 1 web server and 100 clients, none of the clients will see the message box; it's displayed at the server.

So, it works, but it's useless unless you want to click away everyone's messages boxes.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Imar, I guess I was seeing the msgbox because I am running my app localy which is the server. I guess if I create a project on another server, and run it from my pc i will not see it. Is this what you are saying? Thanks.

Exactly.

MsgBox runs in the context of the page executing at the *server*. It has nothing to do with the HTML being sent to the browser.

If you want a client side message box, that all users can see, you'll need to emit some JavaScript that uses the alert method to display a client side box. E.g.:

myLiteral.Text = "<script>alert('Hello World');</script>"

This code is sent to the browser where it will trigger a client side alert.

HtH,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

I have always done my pop ups wtih JavaScript. When I saw the msgbox funciton in 2.0 and it worked, I just assumed that got that fuctionalilty working server side. But then again how could that be? I just jumped to conclusions because I saw it on my pc (server).. Stuipd me.. Thanks again.