In my MVC application I am using an ajax dropdownlist and an ajax Cascading dropdownlist I want to write the onChange event of the cascading dropdownlist please tell me what shall I do.
I am posting the view page that I am using and the js file that creates the cascading dropdownlist.Please tell me where all the places I need to do the changes.
The view Page is as follows
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Index1</title>
<script src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftMvcAjax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/CascadingDropDownList.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<label for="Makes">Car Make:</label>
<%= Html.DropDownList("Makes")%>
<label for="Makes">Car Model:</label>
<%= Html.CascadingDropDownList("Models", "Makes")%>
<br />
<%=Html.TextBox ("id",ViewData ["id"]) %>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The javascript where the cascading dropdown list is being formed:
public static class JavaScriptExtensions
{
public static string CascadingDropDownList(this HtmlHelper helper, string name, string associatedDropDownList)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
// render select tag
sb.AppendFormat("<select name= {0} id= {0} ></select>", name);
sb.AppendLine();
// render data array
sb.AppendLine("<script type= text/javascript >");
var data = (CascadingSelectList)helper.ViewDataContainer.ViewData[name];
var listItems = data.GetListItems();
var colArray = new List<string>();
foreach (var item in listItems)
colArray.Add(String.Format("{{key: {0} ,value: {1} ,text: {2} }}", item.Key, item.Value, item.Text));
var jsArray = String.Join(",", colArray.ToArray());
sb.AppendFormat("$get( {0} ).allOptions=[{1}];", name, jsArray);
sb.AppendLine();
sb.AppendFormat("$addHandler($get( {0} ), change , Function.createCallback(bindDropDownList, $get( {1} )));", associatedDropDownList, name);
sb.AppendLine();
sb.AppendLine("</script>");
return sb.ToString();
}
}
public class CascadingSelectList
{
private IEnumerable _items;
private string _dataKeyField;
private string _dataValueField;
private string _dataTextField;
public CascadingSelectList(IEnumerable items, string dataKeyField, string dataValueField, string dataTextField)
{
_items = items;
_dataKeyField = dataKeyField;
_dataValueField = dataValueField;
_dataTextField = dataTextField;
}
public List<CascadingListItem> GetListItems()
{
var listItems = new List<CascadingListItem>();
foreach (var item in _items)
{
var key = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(item, _dataKeyField).ToString();
var value = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(item, _dataValueField).ToString();
var text = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue(item, _dataTextField).ToString();
listItems.Add(new CascadingListItem(key, value, text));
}
return listItems;
}
}
public class CascadingListItem
{
public CascadingListItem(string key, string value, string text)
{
this.Key = key;
this.Value = value;
this.Text = text;
}
public string Key { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
}