Heloo everybody

I am having a problem in a web application that i am developing. My web application comprises of several form each having a few buttons at the top of the form e.g ADD, EDIT, SAVE, CANCEL etc. for form operations. I also have a textbox on my form in which user may type RECODE_ID directly and press ENTER to fetch information about that record. Pressing enter causes a post back to the server where in PAGE_LOAD event has been coded as below:

End Sub

Now the problem is that when I enter the RECOR_ID and press ENTER a post back to the server happens which loads RECORD DATA but right after loading the record my ADD BUTTONS click event btnAdd_Click() is also gets called which i don't want as pressing ADD button cause screen control values to re-initialize and hence all the data that was loaded disappears.

NOTE: Upon closer observation I realized that whenever my textbox txtRecordID is in focus, a box is also visible around ADD BUTTON. Moreover, if I generate a post back through a way that doesn't require me to press ENTER in txtRecordID, it works fine.

on the client side for the textbox restrict the keystrokes for  txtRecordID by javascript.use the following code on the keydown event of txtRecordID.

function RC(e)
 {
        var IK;
        var RK = new Array();
        RK[0] = 13
        if(window.Event)
            IK = e.which;
        else
            IK = e.KeyCode;
        for(var i; i < RK.length; i++)
        {
            if(IK == RK[i])
                e.returnValue = false;
            else
            {
                if(IK > 47 && IK < 58) 
                {
                    e.returnValue = false;
                }
            }
        }
 }

Thank you Imran for your reply and ur solution. But I would prefer some formal way of resolving this problem not necessarily a javascript code as I have been avoiding javascript in my web application unless necessary.

Please keep me posted about any other solution that you may have.

Regards,

Zulfiqar Dhuka

what is your defination of formal way??

hitting the "ENTER" is more of a client side event ,hence i decided on javascript.....however if u findsomething else let me know.

Hey there 

Well by formal i meant of any solution that microsoft itself offers or has proposed like any function or anything that could prevent the problem from happening.

You proposed me javascript solution but like i said i am kinda hesitant in going for a javascript solution.

By the way have you faced similar problem that I am facing in any of your projects????? 

yes i have but i use the above solution........there is an MS-AJAX component that would restirct the keystrokes. but again thats AJAX .....another form of javascript function.

if microsoft offers javascript on IE......y r u so hesitant on using javascript?.....does it give u nightmares?

well it's not about having nightmare or anythin but about taking a wise decision...if I know some language then it doesn't mean i go on creating new and new piece of code whenever i need any without even investigating if there is any way or code already available already to resolve the issue from any authenticated body and i believe Microsoft is way too better than you and me atleast so any solution that may come from them must be better than wat u and I can think of.

anywayz...thanks for you help

may be your right........ making the right decision is very important.

also pls post the solution here if u find it.