FilteredTextboxExtenderContol in AJAX


Introduction

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new web development technique for interactive websites. With AJAX help we can develop web applications and retrieve small amounts of data from a web server. AJAX consists of a different type of technology.

  • JavaScript
  • XML
  • Asynchronous Call to the server

FilteredTextboxExtenderContol

FilteredTextBox is an extender which prevents a user from entering invalid characters into a text box. FilteredTextBox is an extender that lets users enter only characters that you define into a text box or that prevents users from entering characters that you specify. The control that is extended is the ASP.Net TextBox. The ASP.Net Textbox does not have any Ajax functionality by itself. The FilteredTextBox extender adds Ajax functionality to the textbox by injecting JavaScript in the client side.

Property

  • TargeControlID
  • FilterType
  • FilterMode
  • ValidChars
  • InvalidChars
  • FilterInterval

Step 1 : Open Visual Studio 2010.

  • Go to File->New->WebSite
  • Select ASP.NET Empty WebSite

Step 2 : Go to Solution Explorer and right-click.

  • Select Add->New Item
  • Select WebForm
  • Default.aspx page open

Step 3 :  Go to the Default.aspx page and click on the [Design] option and drag the control from the Toolbox.

  • Drag a ScriptManager, TextBox, Label and Button

Step 4 : Go to the Toolbox option and drag an UpdatePanel and set the property UpdateMode="Conditional".

fil.gif

Step 5 : Now define the ContentTemplate for the application.

Code

<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
       <ContentTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Value" ForeColor="#FF6600"></asp:Label>
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" ForeColor="#A5BA12"></asp:TextBox>
        &nbsp; Write any text inside Texbox<br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" onclick="Button1_Click"
/>

Step 6 : Go to the Default.aspx[Design] option and drag a FilteredTextBoxExtender control from the Toolbox.

fil1.gif

Step 7 : Go to the Default.aspx[Source] option and define the all property for the FilteredTextBoxExtender control.

Code

  <asp:FilteredTextBoxExtender ID="FilteredTextBoxExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="TextBox1" FilterMode="InvalidChars" InvalidChars="*~!./;;,\[]{}">
  </asp:FilteredTextBoxExtender
>

Step 8 : Go to the Default.aspx[Source] option and write some code:

Code

<title></title>
</
head>
<
body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
    </asp:ScriptManager>
    <div style="background-color: #E8E4B0">
        <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
       <ContentTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:
Label
>
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Value" ForeColor="#FF6600"></asp:Label>
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" ForeColor="#A5BA12"></asp:TextBox>
        &nbsp; Write any text inside Texbox<br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" onclick="Button1_Click" />
        <asp:FilteredTextBoxExtender ID="FilteredTextBoxExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="TextBox1" FilterMode="InvalidChars" InvalidChars="*~!./;;,\[]{}">
        </asp:FilteredTextBoxExtender>
        </ContentTemplate>
        </asp:UpdatePanel>
    </div>
    </form
>
</body>
</
html>

Step 9 :  Go to the Default.aspx[Design] option write some code:

Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using AjaxControlToolkit;
using System.Drawing;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            Label1.ForeColor = Color.DeepPink;
            Label1.BackColor = Color.Snow;
            Label1.Font.Name = "Comic Sans MS";
            Label1.Height = 85;
            Label1.Width = 550;
            Label1.Font.Size = FontUnit.XLarge;
            Label1.Font.Italic = true;

            Label2.ForeColor = Color.Aqua;
            Label2.Font.Bold = true;
            Label2.Font.Underline = true;
            Label2.Font.Italic = true;
            Label2.Font.Size = FontUnit.Large;
        }      
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Label1.Text = "AJAX : " + TextBox1.Text + "!"
    }
}

Step 10 : Now run the application by Pressing F5.

fil2.gif

Step 11 : Now we write any text inside the TextBox and click on the Button control.

fil3.gif

Step 12 : We can change our text inside the TextBox and again click on the Text Button control and then the following output be shown:

fil4.gif 

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