Adding an asp.net custom user control from JQuery

Question

I am using following JQuery code from somewhere on the internet to load content on browser window scroll.

var pageIndex = 1;
    var pageCount;
    $(window).scroll(function () {
        if ($(window).scrollTop() == $(document).height() - $(window).height()) {
            GetRecords();
        }
    }); 
    function GetRecords() {
        pageIndex++;
        if (pageIndex == 2 || pageIndex <= pageCount) {
            $("#loader").show();
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "CS.aspx/GetCustomers",
                data: '{pageIndex: ' + pageIndex + '}',
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType: "json",
                success: OnSuccess,
                failure: function (response) {
                    alert(response.d);
                },
                error: function (response) {
                    alert(response.d);
                }
            });
        }
    }
    function OnSuccess(response) {
        var xmlDoc = $.parseXML(response.d);
        var xml = $(xmlDoc);
        pageCount = parseInt(xml.find("PageCount").eq(0).find("PageCount").text());
        var customers = xml.find("Customers");
        customers.each(function () {
            var customer = $(this);
            var table = $("#dvCustomers table").eq(0).clone(true);
            $(".name", table).html(customer.find("ContactName").text());
            $(".city", table).html(customer.find("City").text());
            $(".postal", table).html(customer.find("PostalCode").text());
            $(".country", table).html(customer.find("Country").text());
            $(".phone", table).html(customer.find("Phone").text());
            $(".fax", table).html(customer.find("Fax").text());
            $("#dvCustomers").append(table).append("<br />");
        });
        $("#loader").hide();
    }

As you can see its adding HTML table on response success. But I have an asp.net user-control that I want to add instead of this HTML table when content scrolls (In short I want to add a server side control from JQuery). I can't add user-control's HTML in place of this HTML table because its code is too lengthy and complex and I don't know much JQuery. I am the beginner of the beginner concept of JQuery. Moreover I am a specialist in back-end programming. So, I can't code that business logic in JQuery. So any one please help me in doing so.

Answer 1

Like kintaro alerady suggested; render you html on server side (in a user control) and then load that control inside web method to return results in HTML to client side.

Here'a an example:

JavaScript code:

var pageIndex = 0;
var data = { "pageIndex": pageIndex };
$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "CS.aspx/GetCustomers",
    data: JSON.stringify(data),
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8"
}).done(function (result) {
    $("#dvCustomers").append(result.d);
});

and the PageMethod on server side:

[WebMethod]
public static string GetCustomers(int pageIndex)
{
    Page pageHolder = new Page();
    UserControl viewControl = (UserControl)pageHolder.LoadControl("_path_to_customers_usercontrol");

    pageHolder.Controls.Add(viewControl);

    StringWriter output = new StringWriter();
    HttpContext.Current.Server.Execute(pageHolder, output, false);

    return output.ToString();
}

You will also have to pass a pageIndex value to Customers user controls, you can to that by casting the result of LoadControl method to a class that represnts your customer user control and then set PageIndex property.

If you are developing your project as ASP.NET Web Site you'll have to use reflection to set property value. Here's an example:

Type viewControlType = viewControl.GetType();            
PropertyInfo field = viewControlType.GetProperty("PageIndex");

if (field != null)
{
    field.SetValue(viewControl, pageIndex, null);
} 

Answer 2

You can switch the HTML of the control with url parameter:

     $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "CS.aspx/GetCustomers",
        data: '{pageIndex: ' + pageIndex + ', ajaxcall: true}',
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: "json"
    }).done(function (data) {
        $("#dvCustomers table").append(data);
    });

And in the ascx control:

<%if (Page.Request.QueryString.Get("ajaxcall") == "true")
  {%>
    normal html control render.
<%}
  else
  {%>
    <tr>
        <td>All data of table only tr an tds</td>
    </tr>
<%} %>

Answer 3

Create a div and put your user control in this div. then set the visibility:hidden and once it is success display it(set visibility to visible using jquery) :

<div style="visibility:hidden" id="dv1">
 <uc1:usercontrol Visible="true" runat="server">...
</div>

Jquery :

$("#dv1").css("visibility","visible");