There are a couple things that require correction in the original sample:
- By default, Ext.NET Button Components do not AutoPostBack (ie, reload the entire page). It is encouraged to use DirectEvents (Ajax call) if you want to communicate with the server and avoid a complete page reload.
- Ext.NET Components should be added to the parent .Items Collection, instead of the .Controls Collection.
Here s a complete demo with both these corrections.
Example
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register assembly="Ext.Net" namespace="Ext.Net" tagprefix="ext" %>
<script runat="server">
protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
Ext.Net.Button btn = new Ext.Net.Button();
btn.Text = "Submit (AutoPostBack)";
btn.Click += Button1_Click;
// 1. Set to AutoPostBack, default is "false"
btn.AutoPostBack = true;
// 2. Add Button to .Items Collection
this.ViewPort1.Items.Add(btn);
base.OnInit(e);
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
X.Msg.Notify("Server Time", DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()).Show();
}
</script>
<!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>Ext.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form runat="server">
<ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
<ext:Viewport ID="ViewPort1" runat="server" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Now, I d recommend changing your AutoPostBack Button Click event to a DirectEvent Click. That would require making the following three revisions to the code-behind.
Example
<script runat="server">
protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
Ext.Net.Button btn = new Ext.Net.Button();
btn.Text = "Submit (DirectEvent)";
// 2. CHANGE to .DirectClick
btn.DirectClick += Button1_Click;
// 3. REMOVE btn.AutoPostBack = true;
this.ViewPort1.Items.Add(btn);
base.OnInit(e);
}
// 3. CHANGE "EventArgs" to "DirectEventArgs"
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, DirectEventArgs e)
{
X.Msg.Notify("Server Time", DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()).Show();
}
</script>
Hope this helps.