cannot call method get_selectedItem of null

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  1. Gotcha
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    64 posts
    Member since:
    Sep 2009

    Posted 17 Nov 2011 Link to this post

    Hi,

    I'm having a problem ... and it may be related to the ID of the combo was renamed dynamically due to a partial post back.
    I have a Page which has a Combo Box A showing my provinces, In this page I call a dynamic user control which is refreshed everytime Combo Box A is changed.

    In my UC, I have another Combo Box B ( the problematic Combo) and on this UC ( Page_Init) I inject a JS in which i have the following snippet

    string jsFunction =
    @"
    //Search TAB
    //cmbSearchType - shows relevant input fields
    function DefineView(sender, eventArgs) {
    var comboSearch = $find('%%cmbSearchType%%');
    //cmbSearch Section
    switch (comboSearch.get_selectedItem().get_value()) {
    [[MY CODE HERE]
    }
    }

    function onPageLoad(){
    $(document).ready(function(){
    DefineView();
    });
    }";

    ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this, this.GetType(), "SearchVisibilityPPSA",jsFunction.Replace("%%cmbSearchType%%", cmbSearchType.ClientID),true); 

    string onLoadScript = @"Sys.Application.add_load(function(){ onPageLoad();})     ";


    ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, this.GetType(), "onLoadScript", onLoadScript, true);

    As you can see, I replace the ClientID, and on first load of the page, this is resolved correctly like ctl00_PrincipalPlaceHolder_ctl00_cmbSearchType but when I change Combo A, it reload the user control, which in turn reload the script above. In the rendered HTML, The COmbo ID is renamed to ctl00_PrincipalPlaceHolder_ctl01_cmbSearchType (Note the subtle change in name from ct00 to ct01 ) In my debug, I saw this ClientID contain the new ID but somehow it is not replaced regenrated on the rendered html.

    I guess my question is how do i force the JS to be re-rendered every time this UC is called? For some reason, it is always using the original rendered JS ( which is why it is working the first time)

    Thanks
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  3. Kalina
    Admin
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    918 posts

    Posted 22 Nov 2011 Link to this post

    Hi Gotcha,

    Let me suggest you take a look at this MSDN article - particularly at the ClientID Property section that you might find useful.

    Regards,
    Kalina
    the Telerik team
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  5. Gotcha
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    64 posts
    Member since:
    Sep 2009

    Posted 23 Nov 2011 Link to this post

    The problem was related to a dynamic control i was generating at each post back without assiging an ID... by specifying an ID , it kept the name the same,
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