ScriptManager.OnAsyncPostBackError(AsyncPostBackErrorEventArgs) Method

Definition

Raises the AsyncPostBackError event.

protected internal virtual void OnAsyncPostBackError (System.Web.UI.AsyncPostBackErrorEventArgs e);

Parameters

e
AsyncPostBackErrorEventArgs

The error event data.

Examples

The following example shows how to handle the AsyncPostBackError event to set the AsyncPostBackErrorMessage property (which is sent to the client) to the server exception error message.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

    protected void ErrorProcessClick_Handler(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // This handler demonstrates an error condition. In this example
        // the server error gets intercepted on the client and an alert is shown. 
        throw new ArgumentException();
    }
    protected void SuccessProcessClick_Handler(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // This handler demonstrates no server side exception.
        UpdatePanelMessage.Text = "The asynchronous postback completed successfully.";
    }

    // <Snippet3>
    protected void ScriptManager1_AsyncPostBackError(object sender, AsyncPostBackErrorEventArgs e)
    {
        ScriptManager1.AsyncPostBackErrorMessage = e.Exception.Message;
    }
    // </Snippet3>

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>PageRequestManager endRequestEventArgs Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        font-family: Tahoma;
    }
    #AlertDiv{
    left: 40%; top: 40%;
    position: absolute; width: 200px;
    padding: 12px; 
    border: #000000 1px solid;
    background-color: white; 
    text-align: left;
    visibility: hidden;
    z-index: 99;
    }
    #AlertButtons{
    position: absolute;
    right: 5%;
    bottom: 5%;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body id="bodytag">
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" 
            OnAsyncPostBackError="ScriptManager1_AsyncPostBackError">
            </asp:ScriptManager>

            <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
                var divElem = 'AlertDiv';
                var messageElem = 'AlertMessage';
                var errorMessageAdditional = 'Please try again.';
                var bodyTag = 'bodytag';
                Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest(EndRequestHandler);
                function ToggleAlertDiv(visString)
                {
                     if (visString == 'hidden')
                     {
                         $get(bodyTag).style.backgroundColor = 'white';                         
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         $get(bodyTag).style.backgroundColor = 'gray';                         
                        
                     }
                     var adiv = $get(divElem);
                     adiv.style.visibility = visString;
                     
                }
                function ClearErrorState() {
                     $get(messageElem).innerHTML = '';
                     ToggleAlertDiv('hidden');                     
                }
                function EndRequestHandler(sender, args)
                {
                   if (args.get_error() != undefined && args.get_error().httpStatusCode == '500')
                   {
                       var errorMessage = args.get_error().message
                       args.set_errorHandled(true);
                       ToggleAlertDiv('visible');
                       $get(messageElem).innerHTML = '"' + 
                                errorMessage + '" ' + errorMessageAdditional;
                   }
                   
                }
            </script>
            <asp:UpdatePanel runat="Server" UpdateMode="Conditional" ID="UpdatePanel1">
                <ContentTemplate>
                    <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" GroupingText="Update Panel">
                        <asp:Label ID="UpdatePanelMessage" runat="server" />
                        <br />
                        Last update:
                        <%= DateTime.Now.ToString() %>
                        .
                        <br />
                        <asp:Button runat="server" ID="Button1" Text="Submit Successful Async Postback"
                            OnClick="SuccessProcessClick_Handler" OnClientClick="ClearErrorState()" />
                        <asp:Button runat="server" ID="Button2" Text="Submit Async Postback With Error"
                            OnClick="ErrorProcessClick_Handler" OnClientClick="ClearErrorState()" />
                        <br />
                    </asp:Panel>
                </ContentTemplate>
            </asp:UpdatePanel>
            <div id="AlertDiv">
                <div id="AlertMessage">
                </div>
                <br />
                <div id="AlertButtons" >
                    <input id="OKButton" type="button" value="OK" 
                           runat="server" onclick="ClearErrorState()" />
                </div>
           </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

The AsyncPostBackError event is raised when there is a page error during asynchronous postbacks. How errors on the server are sent to the client depends on the AllowCustomErrorsRedirect property, the AsyncPostBackErrorMessage property, and the custom errors section of the Web.config file.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also