Response.Redirect doesnt work with AJAX Extensions Beta 1 (Atlas)

I was using the July Atlas CTP and I decided to give the new AJAX Extensions beta a try... now anytime I call Response.Redirect() when I handle an event for a control that is inside an UpdatePanel I get an error that says, "Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerParserErrorException: The message received from the server could not be parsed." This happens regardless of whether I'm doing a partial postback or a regular postback as long as the control that caused the event is inside an UpdatePanel.

I found it odd that ScriptManager.IsInAsyncPostBack == true when I clicked a button that wasn't assigned to an AsyncPostBackTrigger... I'm assuming that that probably has something to do with why the Response.Redirect() didn't work. (Yes, I did verify that UpdatePanel.UpdateMode was set to Conditional.)

This is all fine with me I guess as long as there's another way to redirect to another page in server side code. Anyone know what I need to do?

Thanks,
Jon

Calling Response.Redirect() during an async post is supported. Make sure you have the ScriptModule on web.config for this work:

- Federico

  
 <httpModules> <add name="ScriptModule" type="Microsoft.Web.UI.ScriptModule, Microsoft.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/> </httpModules>
 

Right after I posted the original message I noticed that I had put the <httpModules> stuff in the wrong place. :)

Returning a datatable

Based on trying to return a DataSet, I have decided to try and justreturn a DataTable (fyi. http://forums.asp.net/1077805/ShowPost.aspx).
The problem is that in my javascript callback, I need to get at thedata that is returned. What methods are available on the returneddata? I have a datatable with several datarows, but I don't knowwhat methods are available to actually get at the data. BTW, I amtrying to do this programmatically and am not interested in adeclarative solution to this. When I attempt to alert out to theUI, result.length is coming through a undefined.
Web Service:
[WebMethod]
public System.Data.DataTable ReturnDataSet()
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
DataRow dr;
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("tblStateId",System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("State",System.Type.GetType("System.String")));
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["tblStateId"] = 1;
dr["State"] = "Tennessee";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["tblStateId"] = 2;
dr["State"] = "Alabama";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
return (dt);
}
Client Side Javascript:
function LoadTest(){
Samples.AspNet.WebServiceTest.ReturnDataSet(ReturnDataTableCallBack);
}

function ReturnDataTableCallBack(result)
{
var i = 0;
var ddl = document.getElementById("sState");
var optionItem;
iLength = document.getElementById("sState").options.length;
document.getElementById("sState").visible = true;
document.getElementById("txtAreaResult").value = result.get_data();
for(i=0; i<iLength; i++)
{
document.getElementById("sState").options[0] = null;
}

for(i=0; i<result.length; i++)
{
document.getElementById("sState").options.add(newOption(result["State"],result["tblStateId"]))
}
}


I think you should be able to write code like:
for (var i = 0; i < results.get_length(); i++) {
alert(results.getItem(i).State);
}
As a side note: there are several ways that you can use to 'discover'the structure of an object. One way is to usedebug.dump(object,name[,recursive[,indentationPadding]]), which shouldadd information about an object to the trace. Another way is to loopthrough the members of an object, like "for (m in myObject) alert(m);".

Great information. It got me on the right track. I foundthat the following pseudo-javascript was what was necessary:
for(i=0; i<result.get_length(); i++)
{
var optAdd = newOption(result.getItem(i).getProperty("State"),result.getItem(i).getProperty("tblStateId"));
document.getElementById("sState").options.add(optAdd);
}
The .State and .tblStateId properties did not return a value, but thegetProperty("State") and getProperty("tblStateId") did what wasnecessary.
Do you have a complete example of the debug.dump() method?
Wally

You could use "get_State()" instead of "getProperty('State')" too (which I think is nicer).
To use debug.dump, try something like "debug.dump(results, "my results", true)".

How would you do this declaratively? For example, if I wanted to bind the first state returned to a label...I've tried this, and it doesn't work:
<binding id="binding1" dataContext="dataSource1" dataPath="data[0].State" property="text" automatic="false" />
I can't figure out what to put in the dataPath. Anyone have some guidance?