Client side dilemma
I'm trying to ensure that I can run a piece of client script when the user presses a button to submit a form, but I only want to run it *if* the Form has been validated and only if a specific button has been pressed. In other words there could be fifty controls that would cause postbacks, I only want my client side script to run for a particular control... how do I do that again?
<%@ Page Language="vb" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions" %> <script language="vb" runat="server"> Sub Page_Load() If Not IsPostBack Then enterButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", "SpeakBeforeSubmit() ;") End If End Sub Sub enterButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) If Regex.IsMatch("dddddddddddddddddddd9", "^(d+ ?)+$") Then ' dunno? :-) End If End Sub </script> <HTML> <HEAD> <title>DoExpensiveStuff</title> <script language="javascript"> <!-- function SpeakBeforeSubmit() { alert("Submitting Now!") ; } --> </script> </HEAD> <body> <form id="Form1" runat="server"> <asp:Textbox id="ntr" runat="server" /> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="reqntr" controltovalidate="ntr" ErrorMessage="enter a value" runat="server" /> <asp:Button id="enterButton" onclick="enterButton_Click" runat="server" Text="Do lotsa Stuff!" /> </form> </body> </HTML>