How do you get the ID of User Control in client script?

[Ken Varn]

I have created a User Control (ASCX) and I need to be able to do some
JavaScript on the HTML side on some controls that are in the User Control.
How do I get the ID of the Controls within a User Control? Asp.net appends
each control with the ID of the ASCX control. Some controls are in the
format of ParentID:ControlID, and others are in the format of
ParentID_ControlID. Is there some method in JavaScript to determine the
true ID of the control with the pre-pended ASCX ID?

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

You must determine this on the server side using MyControl.ClientID.
Then pass this ID to your client side code so it can use it.

 

[Ken Varn]

Thanks for your reply, but I actually found a solution that works well for
me.

I basically set a JavaScript variable to <%=ID%>. Then, I have the base ID
of the User Control and can then append that to any controls IDs that I
reference in Script. The only thing that I don't understand is why some
controls have a colon ) between the UserControl ID and the Child Control
ID, and other IDs use an underscore (_)? Is there any rhyme or reason to
this?

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

Emailed = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
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You must determine this on the server side using MyControl.ClientID.
Then pass this ID to your client side code so it can use it.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

That's why you need to get the ClientID, not just the ID.
The reason they get named such ways is all about naming containers.
Here's more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...l/vbtskreferencingcontrolsinwebformspages.asp

Thanks for your reply, but I actually found a solution that works well for
me.

I basically set a JavaScript variable to <%=ID%>. Then, I have the base
ID
of the User Control and can then append that to any controls IDs that I
reference in Script. The only thing that I don't understand is why some
controls have a colon ) between the UserControl ID and the Child Control
ID, and other IDs use an underscore (_)? Is there any rhyme or reason to
this?

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Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.

Emailed = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com