Sharing the same ModalPopupExtender

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Hi ,in a simple aspx page I have two buttons (Btn1 & Btn2) with two panels (Panel1 & Panel2) and a modalpopextender (mpe1).Each button is directly beneath each panel.
Then I have the mpe at the bottom. Question, Is it possible that the mpe is shared between these buttons and their panels (Y/N), If Yes how do i code the targetcontrolid and the popupcontrolid for the mpe instead of having 2 mpe's for each of the controls above.

Posted 26-Nov-12 8:56am

tee.ice

Updated 27-Nov-12 8:57am

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Richard C Bishop 26-Nov-12 15:33pm

Yes, it is possible. My idea would be to set the targetcontrolid and popupcontrolid to hidden fields in the markup and then on either button_click event set those same properties to the panel you want and call the .Show() method on each of the button clicks. Does that make sense?

tee.ice 26-Nov-12 17:35pm

Thank you very much richcb, yes that makes perfect sense i shall give it a try and will keep you posted.

tee.ice 26-Nov-12 20:32pm

It worked!!! Thanks alot richcb.

Default.aspx:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="asp" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
.modalBackground
{
background-color: #161616;
filter: alpha(opacity=80);
opacity: 0.8;
}
.modalPopup
{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border-width: 3px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: black;
padding-top: 10px;
padding-left: 10px;
width: 300px;
height: 170px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button 1" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" style="display:none">
This is Panel 1

<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Button 2" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
<asp:Panel ID="Panel2" runat="server" style="display:none">
This is Panel 2

<asp:HiddenField ID="HiddenField1" runat="server" />
<asp:HiddenField ID="HiddenField2" runat="server" />
<asp:ModalPopupExtender ID="ModalPopupExtender1" runat="server" PopupControlID="HiddenField1" TargetControlID="HiddenField2" BackgroundCssClass="modalBackground" >

</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.cs:

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ModalPopupExtender1.TargetControlID = Button1.ID;
ModalPopupExtender1.PopupControlID = Panel1.ID;
ModalPopupExtender1.Show();
}

protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ModalPopupExtender1.TargetControlID = Button2.ID;
ModalPopupExtender1.PopupControlID = Panel2.ID;
ModalPopupExtender1.Show();
}

Richard C Bishop 27-Nov-12 12:09pm

You are welcome. I had to do the same thing one time, so I knew exactly what you wanted.

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tee.ice · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-26T16:17:00

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It worked!!! Thanks alot richcb.

Default.aspx:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="asp" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head  runat="server">
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
    .modalBackground
    {
        background-color: #161616;
        filter: alpha(opacity=80);
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .modalPopup
    {
        background-color: #FFFFFF;
        border-width: 3px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-color: black;
        padding-top: 10px;
        padding-left: 10px;
        width: 300px;
        height: 170px;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1"  runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button 1" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" style="display:none">
        This is Panel 1

        <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Button 2" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel2" runat="server" style="display:none">
        This is Panel 2

        <asp:HiddenField ID="HiddenField1" runat="server" />
        <asp:HiddenField ID="HiddenField2" runat="server" />
        <asp:ModalPopupExtender ID="ModalPopupExtender1" runat="server" PopupControlID="HiddenField1" TargetControlID="HiddenField2" BackgroundCssClass="modalBackground" >

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Default.aspx.cs:

 protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ModalPopupExtender1.TargetControlID = Button1.ID;
        ModalPopupExtender1.PopupControlID = Panel1.ID;
        ModalPopupExtender1.Show();
    }

    protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ModalPopupExtender1.TargetControlID = Button2.ID;
        ModalPopupExtender1.PopupControlID = Panel2.ID;
        ModalPopupExtender1.Show();
    }