Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager initializeRequest Event

Raised during the initialization of the asynchronous postback.

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_initializeRequest(initializeRequestHandler)
Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().remove_initializeRequest(initializeRequestHandler)

Parameters

Term

Definition

initializeRequestHandler

The name of the handler method that will be called.

Remarks

The initializeRequest method is raised before processing of the asynchronous request starts. You can use this event to cancel a postback.

For more information about the PageRequestManager event model, see Working with Partial-Page Rendering Events.

Example

The following example shows how to use the initializeRequest event to cancel an asynchronous postback. Script in the initializeRequest event handler determines whether an asynchronous postback is currently in progress by using the isInAsyncPostBack property of the PageRequestManager class. If a postback is in progress, the postBackElement property of the Sys.WebForms.InitializeRequestEventArgs class is used to determine the ID of the element that caused the postback. If the ID matches the ID of a button that cancels the postback, the abortPostBack method is called. Otherwise, the current request is canceled by using the cancel property of the Sys.CancelEventArgs class.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
  "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

    Protected Sub ButtonClick_Handler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000)
    End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PageRequestManager initializeRequest Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        font-family: Tahoma;
    }
    a  {
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
    }
    div.UpdatePanelStyle{
       width: 300px;
       height: 300px;
    }
    div.AlertStyle {
      font-size: smaller;
      background-color: #FFC080;
      height: 20px;
      visibility: hidden;
    }
    div.Container {
      display: inline;
      float: left;
      width: 330px;
      height: 300px;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
            <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
                var divElem = 'AlertDiv';
                var messageElem = 'AlertMessage';
                Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_initializeRequest(CheckStatus);
                function CheckStatus(sender, args)
                {
                  var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
                  if (prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'CancelRefresh') {
                     prm.abortPostBack();
                  }
                  else if (prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'RefreshButton') {
                     args.set_cancel(true);
                     ActivateAlertDiv('visible', 'Still working on previous request.');
                 }
                  else if (!prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'RefreshButton') {
                     ActivateAlertDiv('visible', 'Processing....');
                  }
                }
                function ActivateAlertDiv(visString, msg)
                {
                     var adiv = $get(divElem);
                     var aspan = $get(messageElem);
                     adiv.style.visibility = visString;
                     aspan.innerHTML = msg;
                }
            </script>
            <div class="Container" >
            <asp:UpdatePanel  ID="UpdatePanel1" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="Server"  >
                <ContentTemplate>
                    <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" GroupingText="UpdatePanel" 
                    CssClass="UpdatePanelStyle">
                        Last update: 
                        <%=DateTime.Now.ToString() %>.
                        <asp:Button runat="server" ID="RefreshButton" Text="Refresh"
                            OnClick="ButtonClick_Handler" />
                        <div id="AlertDiv" class="AlertStyle">
                        <span id="AlertMessage"></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                        <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelRefresh" runat="server">cancel</asp:LinkButton>
                        </div>                        
                    </asp:Panel>
                </ContentTemplate>
            </asp:UpdatePanel>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
  "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

    protected void ButtonClick_Handler(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000);
    }
</script>

<html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PageRequestManager initializeRequest Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        font-family: Tahoma;
    }
    a  {
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
    }
    div.UpdatePanelStyle{
       width: 300px;
       height: 300px;
    }
    div.AlertStyle {
      font-size: smaller;
      background-color: #FFC080;
      height: 20px;
      visibility: hidden;
    }
    div.Container {
      display: inline;
      float: left;
      width: 330px;
      height: 300px;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
            <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
                var divElem = 'AlertDiv';
                var messageElem = 'AlertMessage';
                Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_initializeRequest(CheckStatus);
                function CheckStatus(sender, args)
                {
                  var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
                  if (prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'CancelRefresh') {
                     prm.abortPostBack();
                  }
                  else if (prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'RefreshButton') {
                     args.set_cancel(true);
                     ActivateAlertDiv('visible', 'Still working on previous request.');
                 }
                  else if (!prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack() & args.get_postBackElement().id == 'RefreshButton') {
                     ActivateAlertDiv('visible', 'Processing....');
                  }
                }
                function ActivateAlertDiv(visString, msg)
                {
                     var adiv = $get(divElem);
                     var aspan = $get(messageElem);
                     adiv.style.visibility = visString;
                     aspan.innerHTML = msg;
                }
            </script>
            <div class="Container" >
            <asp:UpdatePanel  ID="UpdatePanel1" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="Server"  >
                <ContentTemplate>
                    <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" GroupingText="UpdatePanel" 
                    CssClass="UpdatePanelStyle">
                        Last update: 
                        <%=DateTime.Now.ToString() %>.
                        <asp:Button runat="server" ID="RefreshButton" Text="Refresh"
                            OnClick="ButtonClick_Handler" />
                        <div id="AlertDiv" class="AlertStyle">
                        <span id="AlertMessage"></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                        <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelRefresh" runat="server">cancel</asp:LinkButton>
                        </div>                        
                    </asp:Panel>
                </ContentTemplate>
            </asp:UpdatePanel>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

See Also

Reference

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager Class

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager beginRequest Event