ASP.NET Webforms – Calling a C# method with AJAX

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I’ve an asp button on an aspx :

<asp:Button id="btnReport2" name="btnReport2"  runat="server"  class="gradientBlueBtn" Text="Show Report" OnClientClick="Alert();" ToolTip="Report"/>

As you can see, I’m calling a javascript function which uses AJAX to call a C# method. I’m doing this way : 

<script>
    function Alert()
            {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "Selection.aspx/GetReport",
                    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                    dataType: 'json',
                    success: function()
                    {
                        alert('success');
                    },
                    error: function()
                    {
                        alert('error');
                    }
                });

            }
</script>

The thing is, I’m always getting the error message when I’m clicking on the button. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

EDIT : The C# method. I’ve put a breakpoint to see if the method is called but apparently it isn’t.

public void GetReport()
{
    AddFilters();
    decimal localCurrencyRate;            
    App_Data.BulkImportDSTableAdapters.ClientsTableAdapter tadptClients = new  App_Data.BulkImportDSTableAdapters.ClientsTableAdapter();
    string legalEntityID = string.Empty;           
    if (txtSrcSys.Text != null)
    {
        DataTable dtSSYS = tadptClients.GetLegalEntityID(txtSrcSys.Text);
        if (dtSSYS.Rows.Count > 0)
        {
            legalEntityID = Convert.ToString(dtSSYS.Rows[0][0]);
        }
    }
    DateTime dtInvoiceFrom = DateTime.ParseExact(txtInvoiceFrom.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    DateTime dtInvoiceTo = DateTime.ParseExact(txtInvoiceTo.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    string strInvoiceFrom = String.Format("{0:yyyyMMdd}", dtInvoiceFrom);
    string strInvoiceTo = String.Format("{0:yyyyMMdd}", dtInvoiceTo);
    string localCurrency = dbcon.getLocalCurrency(legalEntityID);
    DataSet localCurrencyDs = dbcon.getCurrencyRate(localCurrency, strInvoiceFrom);
    if (Convert.ToDecimal(localCurrencyDs.Tables[0].Rows[0]["rate"]) == 0)
        localCurrencyRate = Convert.ToDecimal(localCurrencyDs.Tables[0].Rows[1]["rate"]);
    else
        localCurrencyRate = Convert.ToDecimal(localCurrencyDs.Tables[0].Rows[0]["rate"]);
    string fileQuery = string.Empty;
    if (cbxExpYes.Checked == true && cbxExpNo.Checked == false)
    {                
        fileQuery = File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/temp/Query.txt")).Replace("{1}", "XFORM_AREA.IMPORT_GE_MAIN_V15BIS m");
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace(":param1", localCurrencyRate.ToString());
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{0}", qb.getFilters().Replace("P.", "m."));
    }
    if (cbxExpYes.Checked == false && cbxExpNo.Checked == true)
    {               
        fileQuery = File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/temp/Query.txt")).Replace("{1}", "PREIMPORT_GE_MAIN m");
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace(":param1", localCurrencyRate.ToString());
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{0}", qb.getFilters().Replace("P.", "m."));
    }
    if (cbxExpYes.Checked == true && cbxExpNo.Checked == true)
    {               
        fileQuery = File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/temp/QueryUnion.txt"));
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{ParamValues}", "pg.DEFVAL ");
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{ParamTab}", "ref_var_def pg");
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{ParamCond}", "pg.NM = 'WL_REPORTING_CUR'");
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{0}", qb.getFilters().Replace("P.", "m."));
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace("{1}", qb.getFilters().Replace("P.", "i."));
    }
    ASPxPivotGrid1.OptionsFilter.ShowOnlyAvailableItems = true;
    int indexTravFullName = 0;
    int indexEndTravFullName = 0;
    string paramToRemove = string.Empty;

    indexTravFullName = fileQuery.IndexOf("AND PR.ST_TRAVELLER_FULL_NAME LIKE");
    if (indexTravFullName > 0)
    {
        indexEndTravFullName = fileQuery.Substring(indexTravFullName).IndexOf("AND", 3);
        paramToRemove = fileQuery.Substring(indexTravFullName, indexEndTravFullName);
        fileQuery = fileQuery.Replace(paramToRemove, string.Empty);
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileQuery))
    {


        DataSet dsTravels = new DataSet();

        oCmd.CommandText = fileQuery;
        oCmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
        oCmd.Connection = oConn;
        odpter.SelectCommand = oCmd;


        odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pSourceSystem", txtSrcSys.Text);
        odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pInvoiceFrom", strInvoiceFrom);
        odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pInvoiceTo", strInvoiceTo);

        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtCustomNr.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pCustomerNr", txtCustomNr.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtIATA.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":Iata", txtIATA.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtCurrCode.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":CurrCode", txtCurrCode.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtInvoiceNrFrom.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pInvoiceNrFrom", txtInvoiceNrFrom.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtInvoiceNrTo.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pInvoiceNrTo", txtInvoiceNrTo.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtDossierNrFrom.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pDossierNrFrom", txtInvoiceNrFrom.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtDossierNrFrom.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pDossierNrTo", txtInvoiceNrFrom.Text);
        }
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtTravellerName.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pTravellerName", txtTravellerName.Text);
        }
        if (chbxSale.Checked)
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pSale", "SA");
        }
        if (chbxRefund.Checked)
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pRefund", "RE");
        }
        if (hfTravelWith.Value.Contains("chbxairs"))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pProductAir", "7");
        }
        if (hfTravelWith.Value.Contains("chbxhotels"))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pProductHotel", "3");
        }
        if (hfTravelWith.Value.Contains("chbxcars"))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pProductCar", "1");
        }
        if (hfTravelWith.Value.Contains("chbxrails"))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pProductRail", "6");
        }
        if (hfTravelWith.Value.Contains("chbxmisc"))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pProductMisc", "9");
        }

        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(txtBatchNr.Text))
        {
            odpter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add(":pBatchNr", txtBatchNr.Text);
        }


        odpter.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey;
        odpter.Fill(dsTravels, "ReportTab");
        int count = dsTravels.Tables[0].Rows.Count;
        DataTable dt = dsTravels.Tables[0];


        if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
        {

            ASPxPivotGrid1.DataSource = dt;
            ASPxPivotGrid1.DataBind();
            Session["dtReport"] = dt;
            //ASPxPivotGrid1.Prefilter.CriteriaString = "[" + ""  + "]";
        }
    }
}
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Answers:
Method 1
Method 2
Method 3
Method 4

Answers:

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Method 1

Your method must be declared as static and decorated with [WebMethod]. So, your method should be:

[WebMethod]
public static void GetReport()
{
    // Your code here
}

For more information, please take a look at this post.

EDIT!!!

I see you use some controls in your code (like txtInvoiceFrom, txtInvoiceTo). After making your method static, you cannot access those controls anymore. To solve this problem, please follow these steps (take txtInvoiceTo as an example):

  1. Don’t get data by using txtInvoiceTo.Text or something similar. Pass it as a parameter.
  2. Get txtInvoiceTo data from client-side, using jQuery or something else (your choice), and pass it to the Ajax to post to server.
  3. To get txtInvoiceTo data by jQuery, you can do: $('#<%= txtInvoiceTo.ClientID %>').val()

Method 2

Your method must be static and decorated with [WebMethod] as below,
why should make it static and decorate with [WebMethod]?

[WebMethod]
public static void GetReport()
{
    // Your code here
}

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "Selection.aspx/GetReport",
    data: JSON.stringify({ parametername : "Parameter Value" }),
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function()
    {
        alert('success');
    },
    error: function()
    {
       alert('error');
    }
});

Method 3

Try with this type of format.

 [System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
 public static void GetReport()
 {
 }


 [System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
 public static void GetReport(string name)
 {
 }

Get more detail from

http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Call-ASPNet-Page-Method-using-jQuery-AJAX-Example.aspx

Method 4

There are 3 points that must be checked:

  1. async true in the ajax call. Example: 
    $.ajax({
                       type: "POST",
                       url: "<%=System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["URL"]%>ClassEadArquivos.aspx/deleteArquivo",
                       date: "{FileCode: '" +FileCode + "',CodigoAulaEad: '" + <%=CodigoAulaEad.Value%> + "'}",
                       async: true,
                       contentType: "application/json",
                       success: function (response) {
  2. static and async method in codebehind. Example: 
    [WebMethod()]
public static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<string> deleteFile(string fileCode, stringCode ClassEad)
     {
  3. if the codebehind initial method calls
    other asynchronous methods must all be
    marked as asynchronous and static.


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