How do I update ASP.NET UpdatePanel of module B from module A?

Or same problem rephrased: how do i find control of another module from my module? i have moduleid.

(calling UpdatePanel.Update  will refresh updatepanel.)

 

I need this for this scenario:

 module A is search module.

module B is products module.

i postback search values (search term, filters etc). i want to save search into session, not url . and i want to only update module B's updatepanel (show new list of products based on search) when search is submitted, not refresh whole page (for speed).

But for what its worth - you could do the sort of thing you are talking about entirely on the client site using jquery and some ajax calls without the overhead of using the updatepanel system at all. Then you would not really even need to use session storage - which in itself adds another layer of overhead.

In Module 1 - collect your search parameters - then have the search button make an ajax call to a webservice - and use the results of that webservice call to directly update a placeholder from Module 2

As Javascript is global by default if you declare a javascript block in module 2 like:

var globalModule2 = null;
globalModule2 = $find('<%= Module2TargetPlaceholder.ClientID %>');

you should then be able to reference it later in the page cycle from Javascript code in Module1 and inject in the results of the ajax call to populate the module2 result area.

 

Westa

I ended up using DNN's IModuleCommunicator, help: http://www.ecanarys.com/blog-entry/ho...
it's very simple:
when listener module received message from communicator module i rebind listener module's user contorls and update updatepanel of listener module.

I tried refreshing uipdatepanel from javascruipt but was having problems with asp. net complainign about invalid postback parameters.