DNN ASP.NET Child window

[gbaughma]

I'm attempting to write a simple DNN module to generate simple table-based reports (using Gridview).

Coming from an ASP (not .NET) background, I'm having some problems wrapping my brain around this. It's simple, really.

1) I have a form in ASP.NET, where people are asked what type of report they want, etc.
2) I want to open a new browser window (it would be *REALLY* cool if I could open that window as an object???) with my GridView control.
3) I want to populate the gridview based on the information the user chose.

In regular ASP, I would have done a:

<form method="post" action="report.asp">
form stuff
</form>

... and included some javascript for the target to open a new window, then gotten the parameters from the form, and built the report in report.asp

However, I just can't figure this out in ASP.NET (and DNN).

It shouldn't be *THAT* hard... I'm just having problems with the browser controls and so forth.

Because of the skin I'm using in DNN, I can't just do the report as a DIV in the area where I'm asking for the information, and do a Postback.... because this will end up being a huge table. So I'd like to just pop open another window with the table/gridview inside of it.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!


Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

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[jmeckley]

it would be *REALLY* cool if I could open that window as an object???

research modal pop ups. jquery's thickbox is very slick. MS AJAX also has one.

as for creating DNN modules. Doesn't DNN have a support forum? that would be the place to ask.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[gbaughma]

Well, it looks like what I need to do is called a "Cross-Page Postback".

I wish there was something I could read that would tell me a little more about "Imports" and "Inherits" and all of that... kind of a .NET 101....



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[jbenson001]

There are plenty of books and articles, blogs etc on line to find out what you want.