using create user wizard

sophia · October 29th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Hello Imar sir,
Well everything is going well till now. But the other thing that I am trying to look for is that Is there any way to determine that a user already exist or not, without full post back of the page?
That is as soon as we enter the user name it warns immediately if it exists already. I am using VB.NET . One solution that I think of is using web service, if I am right. So can you please tell the exact way or give some suggestion regarding this. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you..............

Imar · October 29th, 2009, 07:03 PM

Hi there,

Take a look here: http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocId.aspx?quickdoc=494

Imar

sophia · October 30th, 2009, 01:48 PM

First of all thank you sir for such a great post.
But I am still having some problem. As I am using VB.NET so accordingly I changed the web service in vb.net and used in code behind file
The web service that I used looks like

Code:

Partial Class sign_up
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
   
 <WebMethod()> _
   Public Function UserNameExists(ByVal yourName As String) As Boolean
        Return Membership.GetUser(yourName) IsNot Nothing
    End Function

   Emailing function goes here.............
End Class

And used the code in sign_up.aspx file as mentioned in post.

Code:

create user wizard here....................
  
     <script type="text/javascript">
    
      var userNameTextBox = $get('<%= CreateUserWizard1.ClientID %>_CreateUserStepContainer_UserName')
      var userNameRequiredMessage = $get('<%= CreateUserWizard1.ClientID %>_CreateUserStepContainer_UserNameRequired')

      var errorMessage = document.createElement('span')
      errorMessage.style.visibility = 'hidden'
      errorMessage.style.color = 'red'
      errorMessage.innerText = 'User name already taken'
      userNameRequiredMessage.insertBefore(errorMessage)

      function UserNameExists()
      {
        var userName = userNameTextBox.value
        PageMethods.UserNameExists(userName, UserNameExistsCallback)
      }

      function UserNameExistsCallback(result)
      {
        errorMessage.style.visibility = result ? 'visible' : 'hidden'
      }

      $addHandler(userNameTextBox, 'blur', UserNameExists)
      
    </script>

I have used script manager in master page and necessary namespace in code behind file sign_up.aspx.vb
But on running the code it reports an error as PageMethod is not declared. Is there any thing wrong with webservice that I have changed to vb.net or in calling it?
How it can be fixed.....
Thank you once again for such post.

Imar · October 30th, 2009, 02:03 PM

Hi there,

Page methods need to be marked static (Shared in VB) so you need to add the Shared keyword to the function header:

Code:

 
Public Shared Function UserNameExists(ByVal yourName As String) As Boolean

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 30th, 2009, 02:34 PM

Thank you sir, You are really amazing. Problem got solved at one shot.
I was missing shared keyword. You are really very nice
Thank you once again and for a quick reply...

sophia · November 2nd, 2009, 02:57 AM

Hello Sir,
I used web service for getting info. that a user already exists or not. It is working fine but while signing up it pops up an error window showing message

Code:

'userNameRequiredMessage' is null or not an object

But the signning up process is successful and creates a new account.
After while a debugging window opens showing message like

Code:

Breaking on JScript run time error-'userNameRequiredMessage' is null or not an object

And in the debugging editor it highlightes the code

Code:

userNameRequiredMessage.insertBefore(errorMessage)

So what should be done with it and how to get rid of it, althogh account is created successfully.

Imar · November 3rd, 2009, 01:34 PM

Hi there,

Looks the final HTML of your CreateUserWizard doesn't match the code. Take a look at the final HTML in the browser and see what is assigned to userNameRequiredMessage is really pointing to a valid object in the HTML.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · November 9th, 2009, 03:04 PM

Hello Sir,
First of all sorry I am here after a great time. And Thank you to answer me.
You suggested to look at html code in browser.
That is really massive.
Well The code that is generated is like

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"> 
//<![CDATA[
var PageMethods = function() {
PageMethods.initializeBase(this);
this._timeout = 0;
this._userContext = null;
this._succeeded = null;
this._failed = null;
}
PageMethods.prototype = {
_get_path:function() {
 var p = this.get_path();
 if (p) return p;
 else return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_path();},
UserNameExists:function(yourName,succeededCallback, failedCallback, userContext) {
/// <param name="yourName" type="String">System.String</param>
/// <param name="succeededCallback" type="Function" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <param name="failedCallback" type="Function" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <param name="userContext" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
return this._invoke(this._get_path(), 'UserNameExists',false,{yourName:yourName},succeededCallback,failedCallback,userContext); }}
PageMethods.registerClass('PageMethods',Sys.Net.WebServiceProxy);
PageMethods._staticInstance = new PageMethods();
PageMethods.set_path = function(value) {
PageMethods._staticInstance.set_path(value); }
PageMethods.get_path = function() { 
/// <value type="String" mayBeNull="true">The service url.</value>
return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_path();}
PageMethods.set_timeout = function(value) {
PageMethods._staticInstance.set_timeout(value); }
PageMethods.get_timeout = function() { 
/// <value type="Number">The service timeout.</value>
return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_timeout(); }
PageMethods.set_defaultUserContext = function(value) { 
PageMethods._staticInstance.set_defaultUserContext(value); }
PageMethods.get_defaultUserContext = function() { 
/// <value mayBeNull="true">The service default user context.</value>
return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_defaultUserContext(); }
PageMethods.set_defaultSucceededCallback = function(value) { 
 PageMethods._staticInstance.set_defaultSucceededCallback(value); }
PageMethods.get_defaultSucceededCallback = function() { 
/// <value type="Function" mayBeNull="true">The service default succeeded callback.</value>
return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_defaultSucceededCallback(); }
PageMethods.set_defaultFailedCallback = function(value) { 
PageMethods._staticInstance.set_defaultFailedCallback(value); }
PageMethods.get_defaultFailedCallback = function() { 
/// <value type="Function" mayBeNull="true">The service default failed callback.</value>
return PageMethods._staticInstance.get_defaultFailedCallback(); }
PageMethods.set_path("/sign_up.aspx");
PageMethods.UserNameExists= function(yourName,onSuccess,onFailed,userContext) {
/// <param name="yourName" type="String">System.String</param>
/// <param name="succeededCallback" type="Function" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <param name="failedCallback" type="Function" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
/// <param name="userContext" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>
PageMethods._staticInstance.UserNameExists(yourName,onSuccess,onFailed,userContext); }
//]]>
</script>

Can you now please tell me where is the problem.
Hope next time this problem be shoted out.

sophia · November 9th, 2009, 03:09 PM

Sir, when I asked you about web service then the link you provided was of your site . There I noticed one thing that you used captcha. Is it another kind of web service or something else. Can you give just a little bit idea how to implement it.
Thank you........

Imar · November 10th, 2009, 03:59 AM

You need to look in the HTML (not JavaScript) for an element called userNameRequiredMessage

For the Captcha: check out the text above the comment block / Captcha on my site.

Cheers,

Imar