Calling Javascript from a Class Library

Question

I have created a class library DLL to be referenced from any third-party application and it contains only one function that calls a JavaScript to read a local file and returns some values from the file to referencing application.

I used:
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write

but it writes the JavaScript function at the beginning of the referencing page so it can never be executed.

Then, to write the JavaScript at the end of the referencing page I used:

Dim CSM As UI.ClientScriptManager = System.Web.UI.Page.ClientScript

and I used also:

Me.Page.ClientScript CSM.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Me.GetType(), "SCRIPTNAME", JavaScriptSuntax.ToString)

And it shows an error message: Reference to a non-shared member requires a shared reference.

I tried:
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript("", Me.GetType(), "SCRIPTNAME", JavaScriptSuntax.ToString)

but it gave me an error message: Name "ScriptManager" is not declared.

I add references to the following:

System.Web, System.Web.UI, System.Web.UI.ClientScriptManager, System.Web.UI.Page, System.Text

How can I call a JavaScript from a class library DLL to be performed correctly from any referencing asp.net application??

Thanks for the help in advance.

Code Sample:

** Correction now it writes the JavaScript in the body tag but for some reason it doesn't work!!!  



'Function in Class Library DLL  

Function ReadClientFile() As Boolean  

Try  

Dim JavaScriptSuntax As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var FSO = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject');")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var nForReading=1;")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var fileLines;")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var OldKeyLine;")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var NewKeyLine;")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var oFileObj = FSO.OpenTextFile('D:\TestJScript.txt',nForReading, false);")

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var sFileContents=oFileObj.ReadAll();")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" fileLines = sFileContents.split('\n');")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" for(var intMissed = 0; intMissed < fileLines.length; intMissed++)")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" {")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var myRegExp = /Doc_|_New/;")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var string1 = fileLines[intMissed];")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" var matchPos1 = string1.search(myRegExp);")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" if(matchPos1 != -1)")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" {")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" NewKeyLine = sFileContents.split(' = ');")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" if(NewKeyLine[1].trim == '')")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" {")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" alert('Doc Key has not been updated!');")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" }")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" Else")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" {")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" alert('Doc Key has been updated and the NewKey= ' + NewKeyLine[1]);")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" }")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append("}")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" else")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" {")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" }")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" }")  

JavaScriptSuntax.Append(" oFileObj.Close();")  



Dim page As Page = HttpContext.Current.Handler  

page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(page.GetType(), "SCRIPTNAME", JavaScriptSuntax.ToString, True)  

Return True  

Catch ex As Exception  

   gstrErrorMsg = ex.Message  

   Return False  

End Try  

End Function  





' Button Click Function in referencing ASP.NET Page

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim IsDone As Boolean = DispCaller. ReadClientFile()

End Sub

Answer 1

You can get the page instance from within the HttpContext like this:

Page page = (Page)(HttpContext.Current.Handler);
page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(...);

This is C# but should be easy to convert to VB.NET as well.

Edit: here is the VB syntax:

Dim page As Page = HttpContext.Current.Handler
page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(...)

Calling Javascript from a Class Library

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