Nathan Sokalski wrote:
> I am a beginner with AJAX, and have managed to learn how to use it when
> passing single parameters, but I want to return more than one value to the
> client-side JavaScript function that displays it. My client-side JavaScript
> function takes 4 parameters (which are expected to be integers). The idea of
> passing a single parameter and parsing it on the client has occurred to me,
> but since I am sure I am not the only person who has situations that require
> more than one parameter, I was hoping there would be an easier way. Any
> ideas? Thanks.

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am a beginner with AJAX, and have managed to learn how to use it when
>passing single parameters, but I want to return more than one value to the
>client-side JavaScript function that displays it. My client-side JavaScript
>function takes 4 parameters (which are expected to be integers). The idea
>of passing a single parameter and parsing it on the client has occurred to
>me, but since I am sure I am not the only person who has situations that
>require more than one parameter, I was hoping there would be an easier way.
>Any ideas? Thanks.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokalski@hotmail.com
> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>

"Laurent Bugnion" <galasoft-lb@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Nathan Sokalski wrote:
>> I am a beginner with AJAX, and have managed to learn how to use it when
>> passing single parameters, but I want to return more than one value to
>> the client-side JavaScript function that displays it. My client-side
>> JavaScript function takes 4 parameters (which are expected to be
>> integers). The idea of passing a single parameter and parsing it on the
>> client has occurred to me, but since I am sure I am not the only person
>> who has situations that require more than one parameter, I was hoping
>> there would be an easier way. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> AJAX doesn't mean much. Do you use SOAP, or a simple ASHX custom handler,
> or something else?
>
> With SOAP, you can pass an object back to the JavaScript client. Note that
> unless you use a library doing that for you (for example ASP.NET AJAX
> formerly known as ATLAS), you must parse the result yourself.
>
> If you use a custom handler, you can return XML in the response, and then
> parse the received XML. Nothing prevents you then to define your own XML
> format to pass any number of parameters to the script.
>
> HTH,
> Laurent
> --
> Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
> Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
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> Sorry, I probably should have included more details. I am writing a custom
> control for ASP.NET using VB.NET and want to include AJAX. I am using the
> following for the AJAX:
>
> I am using the ICallbackEventHandler interface by including the following
> line:
> Implements ICallbackEventHandler
>
> This interface includes implementing the following method and function:
> Public Sub RaiseCallbackEvent(ByVal eventArgument As String) Implements
> ICallbackEventHandler.RaiseCallbackEvent
> Public Function GetCallbackResult() As String Implements
> ICallbackEventHandler.GetCallbackResult
>
>
> Because ATLAS is still in Beta (at least the last time I checked), I did
> not want to start using it yet. If I understand you correct, there is no
> simple way to pass multiple parameters using only VB.NET and JavaScript?
> Thank you for the information.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokalski@hotmail.com
> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> "Laurent Bugnion" <galasoft-lb@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
> news:%23RhOuAHDHHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Nathan Sokalski wrote:
>>> I am a beginner with AJAX, and have managed to learn how to use it when
>>> passing single parameters, but I want to return more than one value to
>>> the client-side JavaScript function that displays it. My client-side
>>> JavaScript function takes 4 parameters (which are expected to be
>>> integers). The idea of passing a single parameter and parsing it on the
>>> client has occurred to me, but since I am sure I am not the only person
>>> who has situations that require more than one parameter, I was hoping
>>> there would be an easier way. Any ideas? Thanks.
>>
>> AJAX doesn't mean much. Do you use SOAP, or a simple ASHX custom handler,
>> or something else?
>>
>> With SOAP, you can pass an object back to the JavaScript client. Note
>> that unless you use a library doing that for you (for example ASP.NET
>> AJAX formerly known as ATLAS), you must parse the result yourself.
>>
>> If you use a custom handler, you can return XML in the response, and then
>> parse the received XML. Nothing prevents you then to define your own XML
>> format to pass any number of parameters to the script.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Laurent
>> --
>> Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
>> Software engineering: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch
>> PhotoAlbum: http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/pictures
>> Support children in Calcutta: http://www.calcutta-espoir.ch
>
>