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How to Send Data to KendoWindow Close Event

I'm trying to open a Kendo UI kendoWindow from within an MVC View. I also use a Partial View as the content of the kendoWindow. Moreover, I use the Kendo UI MVVM pattern to bind my elements.
First let me to show you my main View and my pop-up Partial View (kendoWindow).
The important part of my main View (Parent) is as follows:
#{
ViewBag.Title = "My Main View";
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
<script src="~/Scripts/ViewModel/main.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/InitView/main.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var viewModel;
$(function () {
viewModel = initVm({
GetPartialContent_Url: '#Url.Action("GetPartialContent")'
});
initView(viewModel);
kendo.bind($("#container"), viewModel);
viewModel.Onread();
});
</script>
<div id="container">
<div id="Window-box"></div>
// Some other elements like the button which opens the kendoWindow are defined here.
</div>
My initVm is as follows:
function initVm(arg) {
var vm = kendo.observable({
onOpenKendoWindow: function () {
$("#Window-box").kendoWindow({
iframe: true,
content: arg.GetPartialContent_Url,
title: 'Some Title',
width: 500,
height: 'auto',
close: function (e) {
//Is it possible to get some data from kendoWindow (Partial View) here?
}
});
var dialog = $("#Window-box").data("kendoWindow");
dialog.maximize();
}
});
return vm;
}
Until now, I showed you the important parts of my main View. Now I want to show you the important parts of my kendoWindow (Partial View).
My Partial View which is used as the content of the kendoWindow is as follows:
#{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_PartialLayout.cshtml";
}
<script src="~/Scripts/ViewModel/partial.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/InitView/partial.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var partialVM;
$(function () {
partialVM = initPartialVm({
GetTransactions_Url: '#Url.Action("GetTransactions", "Account")'
});
initPartialView(partialVM);
kendo.bind($("#container"), partialVM);
});
</script>
<div id="container">
<div id="gridTransactions"></div>
</div>
And my initPartialVm is as follows:
function initPartialVm(arg) {
var vm = kendo.observable({
onSelectTransaction: function () {
// KendoWindow should be closed here and passing some data from here to main View (close event of kendowWindow);
}
});
return vm;
}
Note: The 'gridTransactions' is a Kendo UI GridView (inside of kendoWindow - Partial View). Each rows of this grid has a select button and the 'onSelectTransaction' function is fired when each of these select buttons is clicked.
And finally, the main question is that, how can I close the kendowWindow by clicking each select button of the GridView and pass some data to the close event of the kendowWindow?

Yes it is possible. I found it much easier and a bit cleaner to wrap all the dialog functionality up into a dialog controller and extend it a bit in javascript.
Once the .js part is done it makes for a cleaner use. If you don't prefer to do this then look for the findDialog function below (it shows how get a handle to a dialog and call the close method on it).
As far as sending data on close, It would be easy to add a callback in the dialog to be called when the dialog is closed, supplied on invocation, then add a property in the widget to set the custom data to pass through in the dialogs close() back to the consumers event handler.
Also, please note I am no javascript expert, it took me longer than I would like to admit to work the bugs out of this but it has held up solidly for about 6 years. Feel free to offer suggestions.
In Bundle Config:
bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/myCustom").Include(
...
"~/Scripts/MyCustom/MyCustomDialogs.js",
...
));
Where you register scripts:
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/MyCustom")
In your index view or parent view :
<div id="_applicationDialogs"></div>
<div id="_mainAppContentLoadsHere"></div>
var _mainDialogController;
$(document).ready(function () {
...
_mainDialogController = $("#_applicationDialogs").kendoMyCustomDialogController().data("kendoMyCustomDialogController");
...
}
Where you want to invoke the dialog: SomePartial
function lnkDetailsOnClick(someID) {
_mainDialogController.createDialog({
dialogId: "frmUserDetail_" + someID,
modal: false,
title:"Daily Details",
pin: true,
height: 575,
width: 1025,
actions: ["Refresh", "Maximize", "Minimize", "Pin", "Close"],
url: '#Url.Action("SomePartialView", "SomeController")',
data:{
someID: someID,
dialogName:'frmUserDetail_'+ someID //NOTE : This will come back in the invoked partial as Model.DialogName so it can be dismissed with ease.
}
});
}
Dismissing the Dialog Inside of SomePartial :
#model MyModelThatHasTheDialogHandle
function btnClose_Click() {
var dialog = _mainDialogController.findDialog('#Model.DialogName');
dialog.close();
}
Now for the long .js file :
(function ($) {
var kendo = window.kendo,
ui = kendo.ui,
Widget = ui.Widget;
var MyCustomDialogController = Widget.extend({
init: function (element, options) {
var that = this;
Widget.fn.init.call(this, element, options);
that._create();
},
onResize: function () { },
options: {
modal: true,
dialogId: "dlgController1",
url: "",
data: null,
pin: false,
width: 300,
height: 300,
actions:["Close"],
title: "Information",
disableMaximize:false,
name: "MyCustomDialogController",
autosize: false,
onDialogClosed: null,
hideOnClose: false
},
_create: function () {
var that = this;
},
createDialog: function (options) {
var that = this;
var wrapperName = options.dialogId + "_wrapper";
that.element.append("<div id='" + wrapperName + "'></div>");
var wrapperElement = that.element.find("#" + wrapperName);
wrapperElement.kendo_MyCustomDialog(options);
},
findDialog: function (dialogId) {
that = this;
var wrapperName = dialogId+"_wrapper";
var dialog = $("#" + wrapperName);
//var dialog = wrapper.find("#" + dialogId);
return dialog.data("kendo_MyCustomDialog");
},
forceCloseAllDialogs: function ()
{
that = this;
$('.MyCustom-window').each(function () {
$(this).data("kendoWindow").close();
});
},
isModalWindowActive: function ()
{
that = this;
return $('.MyCustom-window-modal').length > 0;
},
currentModalWindow: function () {
that = this;
return that.findDialog($('.MyCustom-window-modal')[0].id);
}
});
ui.plugin(MyCustomDialogController);
})(jQuery);
(function ($) {
var kendo = window.kendo,
ui = kendo.ui,
Widget = ui.Widget;
var _MyCustomDialog = Widget.extend({
init: function (element, options) {
var that = this;
Widget.fn.init.call(this, element, options);
that._create();
},
onResize: function () { },
options: {
modal: true,
dialogId: "frmMain",
url: "",
data: null,
pin: false,
width: 300,
height: 300,
actions: ["Close"],
title: "Information",
name: "_MyCustomDialog",
disableMaximize:false,
autosize: false,
onDialogClosed: null,
hideOnClose:false
},
_create: function () {
var that = this;
that.isModalWindowActive = true;
that.modifiedData = false;
that.frmElement = $("#" + that.options.dialogId).data("kendoWindow");
if (that.frmElement == null) {
var template ;
if(that.options.modal)
template = kendo.template(that._templates.divModalFormWrapper);
else
template = kendo.template(that._templates.divFormWrapper);
that.wrapper = $(template(that.options));
that.element.append(that.wrapper);
if (that.options.autosize)
{
that.options.height =null;
that.options.width = null;
}
that.frmElement = that.wrapper.kendoWindow({
title: "Loading...",
modal: that.options.modal,
visible: that.options.autosize,
draggable: true,
resizeable:!that.options.disableMaximize,
width: that.options.width,
height: that.options.height,
resizeable: true,
pinned:that.options.pin,
resize: function () {
that.onResize();
},
content: {
url: that.options.url,
data: that.options.data,
type: "POST",
datatype: "json",
traditional: true
},
refresh: function () {
that.frmElement.title(that.options.title);
if (that.options.autosize) {
that.frmElement.center();
}
},
actions: that.options.actions,
close: function (e) {
that.IsModalWindowActive = false;
if (that.options.hideOnClose == false) {
if (that.frmElement != null)
that.frmElement.destroy();
this.destroy();
that.wrapper.remove("#" + that.options.dialogId);
that.wrapper.empty();
}
if (that.options.onDialogClosed) {
that.options.onDialogClosed(that.modifiedData);
}
}
}).data("kendoWindow");
}
if (that.options.autosize)
that.frmElement.center().open();
else if (that.options.hideOnClose == true)
that.frmElement.open();
else
that.frmElement.center().open();
if (that.options.pin)
that.frmElement.pin();
},
setModifiedFlag:function(modified)
{
var that = this;
that.modifiedData = modified;
},
close: function () {
var that = this;
that.frmElement.close();
},
show: function () {
var that = this;
that.wrapper.show();
that.frmElement.open();
},
setTitle: function (title) {
var that = this;
that.frmElement.title(title);
},
height: function () {
var that = this;
var wtfHeight = that.frmElement.options.height;
if (isNaN(wtfHeight)) {
if (wtfHeight.indexOf("px") >= 0)
wtfHeight = wtfHeight.replace("px", "");
}
return wtfHeight;
},
_templates: {
divModalFormWrapper: "<div id='#=dialogId#' class='MyCustom-window MyCustom-window-modal'></div>",
divFormWrapper: "<div id='#=dialogId#' class='MyCustom-window'></div>"
}
});
// add the widget to the ui namespace so it's available
ui.plugin(_MyCustomDialog);
})(jQuery);

Wait for modal window to close and then execute the following lines in javascript

I have a modal Window which pops up and wait for 5 seconds and then closes.
The code is as follows
function callMe()
{
//alert("entering");
$("#dialog").dialog({
modal: true,
//title: "Confirm",
resizable: false,
width: 300,
height: 150,
open: function (event, ui)
{
setTimeout(function () { $("#dialog").dialog("close");}, 5000);
},
buttons: {
Ok: function () {
// $(this).dialog("close"); //closing on Ok
},
Cancel: function () {
// $(this).dialog("close"); //closing on Cancel
}
}
});
alert("Some Text");
}
callMe() function is called on load of the HTML file. Here I want to show the alert message "Some Text" after the modal window closes in 5 second. But every time when I run this it shows both the modal window and alert box together. I want the modal window to display first , wait for 5 sec and then show the alert box.I tried using sleep but its still coming the same way.

You have 2 options
function callMe()
{
//alert("entering");
$("#dialog").dialog({
modal: true,
//title: "Confirm",
resizable: false,
width: 300,
height: 150,
open: function (event, ui)
{
setTimeout(function () { $("#dialog").dialog("close");}, 5000);
},
buttons: {
Ok: function () {
// $(this).dialog("close"); //closing on Ok
},
Cancel: function () {
// $(this).dialog("close"); //closing on Cancel
}
},
close: function(){
alert("Some Text");
}
});
$('#dialog').on('dialogclose', function(event) {
alert('Some Text');
});
}
USE "close" method
use on dialogueClose event both examples are given in code above

It would be nicer if you can tell us what plugin you use for the dialog. I'm guessing the dialog has a close option that accepts a function. So try this:
...
open: function (event, ui)
{
setTimeout(function () { $("#dialog").dialog("close");}, 5000);
},
close: function() {
alert("Some Text");
},
...

You can put the alert inside the setTimeout, just after you close the window.
JAVASCRIPT
open: function (event, ui)
{
setTimeout(function () {
$("#dialog").dialog("close");
alert("Some Text");
}, 5000);
},

JQueryUI model not working as expected

First time I am using JqueryUI.
I am trying to pop a conditional modal to alert the user.
In my ajax call I have the following code:
.done(function (result) {
$('#reportData').append(result);
var totalColumns = '#(ViewBag.TotalColumns)';
if (totalColumns > 10) {
callDialog();
}
else {
print();
}
})
The callDialog function is:
function callDialog() {
$("#dialog-message").dialog({
modal: true,
draggable: false,
resizeable: false,
position: ['center', 'top'],
show: 'blind',
hide: 'blind',
width: 600,
dialogClass: 'ui-dialog-osx',
buttons: [{
text: "OK",
click: function () {
print();
}
}, {
text: "Cancel",
click: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}]
});
};
The HTML for the modal is:
<div style="margin-left: 23px;">
<p>
Some Text
</p>
</div>
The issue I am seeing is the the modal appears, but then quickly goes away and the print() is then called.
I would expect the modal to appear and if the user clicks the OK button the print() would fire off and if the user clicks the cancel it woudl just close the modal.

From the API documentation: http://api.jqueryui.com/dialog/#option-buttons
The way you are using the button option is not correct.
Here is the working snippet:
buttons: [{
text: "OK",
click: function () {
print();
}
}, {
text: "Cancel",
click: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}]

javascript button stops working after close

I have a button that opens a dialog and when I close the dialog it stops working. When I save on the dialog screen it continues to work fine.
This is the button that opens the dialog:
<button class="actionbutton" type="button" onclick="addLitigant();">Add Litigant To Case(s)</button>
The code it calls:
function addLitigant(){
console.log("Calling addLitigant()");
editDialog.extendedDialog('loadUrl','CRFilingLitigantDialog.do?action=addLitigant', 'Add Litigant');
}
The close code on the dialog screen:
param['buttons'].push(
{
id: "closeButton",
text: "(C)lose",
accessKey: "c",
click: function () {
jQuery(this).extendedDialog('close');
jQuery(this).html('');
}
}
);
The save button code:
function () {
console.log("clicking Save");
jQuery('#toAssign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
jQuery('#toUnassign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
editDialog.extendedDialog('postUrl', {url: 'CRFilingLitigantDialog.do?action=updateLitigant', formId: '#crFilingLitigantDialogForm', success: function(){
litigantTabGet('CRFilingLitigantDetail.do', null);
editDialog.extendedDialog ('destroy');
}});
}
We are using jquery 1.6.2. I have tried adding console.log statements to the addLitigant() function but when I come back from the close it doesn't call anything in the console. If I refresh the page it does begin to work again until we close from the dialog.
This is the immediate function that is on the page that opens the dialog
jQuery(function(){
console.log("function");
verificationDialog = jQuery('<div id="verificationDialog"></div>').clerkReviewDialogTemplate({
height:600,
width:800,
title: "Compare Eflex and Icis"
});
compareDialog = jQuery('<div id="comparisonDialog"></div>').clerkReviewDialogTemplate({
height:400,
width:500,
title: "Imported Person"
});
editDialog = jQuery('<div id="editDialog"></div>').clerkReviewDialogTemplate({
height:600,
width:700,
title: "Edit Litigant",
buttons: [
{
id: "save",
text: "S(a)ve",
accessKey: "a",
click: function () {
console.log("clicking Save");
jQuery('#toAssign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
jQuery('#toUnassign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
editDialog.extendedDialog('postUrl', {url: 'CRFilingLitigantDialog.do?action=updateLitigant', formId: '#crFilingLitigantDialogForm', success: function(){
litigantTabGet('CRFilingLitigantDetail.do', null);
editDialog.extendedDialog ('destroy');
}});
}
}
]
});
jQuery('.saveOnChange').bind('change', function(){
updateLitigants();
});
jQuery('.pin').icisAutocomplete({
mustMatch: true,
source: function(request, response){
getQuickAccess(request, response);
},
change: function(event, ui){
updateLitigants();
}}).each(function(index){
var data = jQuery(this).data('staging-json');
jQuery(this).bind('keydown', function(event){
return f5_handler({
event: event,
onf5key: function(){
var popup = people_popup({elem: this, event: event, data: data, success: function(data){
if(data['pin'] != 'null'){
jQuery(event.currentTarget).val(data['pin']);
}
if(data['masterPin'] != 'null'){
jQuery('#'+jQuery(event.currentTarget).attr('masterPinField')).val(data['masterPin']);
}
compareDialog.extendedDialog('close');
updateLitigants();
}});
compareImportedLitigant(data['id'], popup);
}
});
});
});
});
Thanks,
Tom

looks like a post back issue that makes you lose you bind events - this is the only thing that could cause losing button event - try to replace your immediate function with
function pageLoad() {}
see this $(document).ready() and pageLoad() are not the same!
might help

I compared this code to an older version. I noticed that it worked in an older version and I compared the two. The older version had a change in the edit dialog code, I added the close code to it and it now works.
editDialog = jQuery('<div id="editDialog"></div>').clerkReviewDialogTemplate({
height:600,
width:700,
title: "Edit Litigant",
close: function(){
litigantTabGet('CRFilingLitigantDetail.do', null);
editDialog.extendedDialog ('destroy').remove();
},
buttons: [
{
id: "save",
text: "S(a)ve",
accessKey: "a",
click: function () {
jQuery('#toAssign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
jQuery('#toUnassign option').each(function(){
jQuery(this).attr('selected',true);
});
editDialog.extendedDialog('postUrl', {url: 'CRFilingLitigantDialog.do?action=updateLitigant', formId: '#crFilingLitigantDialogForm', success: function(){
litigantTabGet('CRFilingLitigantDetail.do', null);
editDialog.extendedDialog ('destroy');
}});
}
}
]
});

Why won't my jQuery-ui modal dialog display two custom buttons?

I have a generic Javascript function for displaying a jQuery-ui modal dialog with two buttons -- essentially "Continue" and "Cancel", though the text varies. I'm calling it in three places in my application. What's happening is that only the second button, the "Cancel" button is being displayed. Here's the function: (String.Format is an external function I always use since Javascript doesn't have one built-in - I know it isn't the problem.)
function DisplayModalDialog(titleText, bodyText, continueText, cancelText) {
//add the dialog div to the page
$('body').append(String.Format("<div id='theDialog' title='{0}'><p>{1}</p></div>", titleText, bodyText));
//create the dialog
$('#theDialog').dialog({
width: 400,
height: "auto",
modal: true,
resizable: false,
draggable: false,
close: function (event, ui) {
$('body').find('#theDialog').remove();
$('body').find('#theDialog').destroy();
},
buttons: [
{
text: continueText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
return true;
},
text: cancelText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
return false;
}
}]
});
return false;
}
And here's a snippet showing how I'm calling it:
if(CheckFormDataChanged() {
var changeTitle = "Data has been changed";
var changeText = "You have updated information on this form. Are you sure you wish to continue without saving?";
var changeContinue = "Yes, continue without saving";
var changeCancel = "No, let me save";
if (DisplayModalDialog(changeTitle, changeText, changeContinue, changeCancel)) {
if (obj) obj.click();
return true;
}
}
What's wrong with my function (or the call)?
UPDATE: Here's what I'm working with now. I realized that on one of the modal dialogs I didn't need a cancel button, just an acknowledge button:
function DisplayModalDialog(titleText, bodyText, continueText, cancelText, suppressCancel) {
var def = new $.Deferred();
//add the dialog div to the page
$('body').append(String.Format("<div id='theDialog' title='{0}'><p>{1}</p></div>", titleText, bodyText));
//create the button array for the dialog
var buttonArray = [];
buttonArray.push({ text: continueText, click: function () { $(this).dialog('close'); def.resolve(); } });
if (!suppressCancel) {
buttonArray.push({ text: cancelText, click: function () { $(this).dialog('close'); def.reject(); } });
}
//create the dialog
$('#theDialog').dialog({
... dialog options ...
close: function (event, ui) { $('body').find('#theDialog').remove(); },
buttons: buttonArray
});
return def.promise();
}
And the usage:
DisplayModalDialog(changeTitle, changeText, changeContinue, changeCancel, false)
.done(function () { if (obj) obj.click(); return true; })
.fail(function () { return false; });
Just to give you some context, obj is an ASP.Net Button being passed to the client-side function; if the function returns true, the server-side OnClick event is triggered; if false, it isn't. In this case, the server-side OnClick advances to the next tab in a TabContainer (among other things). What's happening is that it's moving to the next tab anyway, even though I'm returning false in the fail() function.

Your curly braces are off:
[{
text: continueText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
return true;
}
}, {
text: cancelText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
return false;
}
}]
As you have it, you only have one object in your buttons array.

I can't tell yet why the button doesn't display EDIT, ah, yes I can, there's a missing curly brace.
What I can tell you that your return lines simply won't work.
The dialog box gets displayed, your function returns immediately, and processing continues, so the click callback return values are completely ignored.
What you can do instead is return a promise:
function DisplayModalDialog(titleText, bodyText, continueText, cancelText) {
var def = $.Deferred();
...
buttons: [
{
text: continueText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
def.resolve();
}
},
{ // ah - here's your button bug - a missing brace
text: cancelText,
click: function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
def.reject();
}
}
...
return def.promise();
}
with usage:
DisplayModalDialog(changeTitle, changeText, changeContinue, changeCancel)
.done(function() {
// continue was clicked
}).fail(function() {
// cancel was clicked
});