HTML Reset Button Doesn't work after postback with Submit button

11-17-03, 06:39 PM

Chris Lane

Hi,

I have an HTML RESET button and Web Control Button that
posts back to the server. Problem is the reset button
doesn't work after the postback occurs. Any ideas or
suggestions as to why this happens or how I can work
around this?

Thanks

11-17-03, 06:45 PM

Chris Bower

It doesn't work because HTML Reset buttons reset the controls in a form back
to the value they were when the page first loaded. When you post back, the
ASP.NET engine sets the values of the controls again, so the Reset would do
nothing more than change the controls back to what they were when you loaded
the page after the postback.

The only solution to this is to either do it client-side with javascript or
server-side on a postback. Just iterate through all of your controls and set
their properties appropriately.

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11-17-03, 06:53 PM

Chris Lane

Thank You.
>-----Original Message-----
>It doesn't work because HTML Reset buttons reset the
controls in a form back
>to the value they were when the page first loaded. When
you post back, the
>ASP.NET engine sets the values of the controls again, so
the Reset would do
>nothing more than change the controls back to what they
were when you loaded
>the page after the postback.
>
>The only solution to this is to either do it client-side
with javascript or
>server-side on a postback. Just iterate through all of
your controls and set
[..]

11-17-03, 07:51 PM

Chris Lane

OK I made the HTML RESET Button an HTML Server Control.
I then added the following code:
Private Sub btnReset_ServerClick(ByVal sender As
System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
btnReset.ServerClick
txtStoreName.Value = ""
txtCity.Value = ""
txtPostalCode.Value = ""
txtStreet.Value = ""
txtPhone.Value = ""
txtAreaCode.Value = ""
End Sub
I stepped thru this in debug mode and the
btnReset.ServerClick method does not fire.
I will try it with a web control button and see if that
works.
Any suggestions or ideas?

>-----Original Message-----
>It doesn't work because HTML Reset buttons reset the
controls in a form back
>to the value they were when the page first loaded. When
you post back, the
>ASP.NET engine sets the values of the controls again, so
the Reset would do
>nothing more than change the controls back to what they
were when you loaded
>the page after the postback.
>
>The only solution to this is to either do it client-side
with javascript or
>server-side on a postback. Just iterate through all of
your controls and set
[..]

11-17-03, 11:52 PM

Chris Lane

Ok I figured out what I did wrong.
I forgot to change the HTML Property Type = reset to
Type = button.
Now the serverside click event occurs for the HTML Server
Control.
Again Thank You for your help.
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