ClientScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock Method (Type, String, String, Boolean)
Registers the client script with the Page object using a type, key, script literal, and Boolean value indicating whether to add script tags.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Public Sub RegisterClientScriptBlock ( type As Type, key As String, script As String, addScriptTags As Boolean )
Parameters
- type
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Type:
System.Type
The type of the client script to register.
- key
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Type:
System.String
The key of the client script to register.
- script
-
Type:
System.String
The client script literal to register.
- addScriptTags
-
Type:
System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating whether to add script tags.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | The client script block type is null. |
A client script is uniquely identified by its key and its type. Scripts with the same key and type are considered duplicates. Only one script with a given type and key pair can be registered with the page. Attempting to register a script that is already registered does not create a duplicate of the script.
Call the IsClientScriptBlockRegistered method to determine whether a client script with a given key and type pair is already registered. This lets you avoid unnecessarily attempting to add the script.
In this overload of the RegisterClientScriptBlock method, you can indicate whether the script provided in the script parameter is wrapped with a <script> element block by using the addScriptTags parameter. Setting addScriptTags to true indicates that script tags will be added automatically.
The RegisterClientScriptBlock method adds a script block to the top of the rendered page. The script blocks are not guaranteed to be output in the order they are registered. If the order of the script blocks is important, use a StringBuilder object to gather the scripts together in a single string, and then register them all in a single client script block.
The following code example demonstrates the use of the RegisterClientScriptBlock method. Note that the addScriptTags parameter is set to true so the beginning and closing script tags are not included with the script parameter.
<%@ Page Language="VB" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Define the name and type of the client scripts on the page. Dim csname1 As String = "PopupScript" Dim csname2 As String = "ButtonClickScript" Dim cstype As Type = Me.GetType() ' Get a ClientScriptManager reference from the Page class. Dim cs As ClientScriptManager = Page.ClientScript ' Check to see if the startup script is already registered. If (Not cs.IsStartupScriptRegistered(cstype, csname1)) Then Dim cstext1 As String = "alert('Hello World');" cs.RegisterStartupScript(cstype, csname1, cstext1, True) End If ' Check to see if the client script is already registered. If (Not cs.IsClientScriptBlockRegistered(cstype, csname2)) Then Dim cstext2 As New StringBuilder() cstext2.Append("<script type=""text/javascript""> function DoClick() {") cstext2.Append("Form1.Message.value='Text from client script.'} </") cstext2.Append("script>") cs.RegisterClientScriptBlock(cstype, csname2, cstext2.ToString(), False) End If End Sub </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>ClientScriptManager Example</title> </head> <body> <form id="Form1" runat="server"> <input type="text" id="Message" /> <input type="button" value="ClickMe" onclick="DoClick()" /> </form> </body> </html>
Available since 2.0