Javascript messagebox

[bassemG]

This program in asp.net 2.0 is a Spanish/English Dictionary.
It consists of two textboxes,one button and a datalist. The datalist is bound to an acces database consisting of two columns; One Spanish and one English. When a user enters a Spanish word in textbox1 and clicks the button, the meaning of the word appears in textbox2. Now sometimes a user enters a word that is not in the database. I want, in this case, to have a javascript messagebox to popup saying “Either the word is not listed or misspelled”.
I tried several javascripts to popup in code behind but that did not work. I know that a clientside should be included but I am not able to do that.
The sub below is the one I am using to fetch the words and it is working perfect as long as I enter a word that is already in access database. The words in the rows in database are separated by hyphens so I am using a “Split” fuction which is also working perfectly.

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Protected Sub DataList1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataListItemEventArgs) Handles DataList1.ItemDataBound
        If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Or _
     e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Then
            Dim ds As SqlDataSource
            ds = CType(e.Item.FindControl("Spanish"), _
            SqlDataSource)
            Dim Words() As String
            Dim arySpanish() As String
            Dim strSpanish As String
            Dim i As Integer
            Dim strScript As String = DataBinder.Eval(e.Item.DataItem, _
                "English").ToString()

‘The below 7 lines is where I am trying to get the js messagebox but it is not working
            TextBox1.Text = strScript
            If TextBox1.Text <> strScript Then
                ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType(), "ClientScript", "alert ('wrong')", True)
                Dim streng As String = "<script language='JavaScript'> alert('wrong') </script>"
            End If

            strSpanish = DataBinder.Eval(e.Item.DataItem, _
    "spanish").ToString()
            Words = strSpanish.Split("-")
            arySpanish = strSpanish.Split("-")
            strSpanish = ""
            For i = 0 To UBound(arySpanish)
                strSpanish = strSpanish & arySpanish(i) & Environment.NewLine
                TextBox2.Text = strSpanish
            Next
            End If
    End Sub

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[jhardman]

posted in the Classic ASP forum on accident. I will move it to the ASP.NET forum.

Jared

[Frinavale]

I think that I would probably include the JavaScript into the page (in the <head> section of the page) so that you can call it on the JavaScript's window onload event. Have the JavaScript function check a HiddenField on the page to determine whether or not the message should be displayed....se t the HiddenField in your C# or VB.NET server-side code.

-Frinny