Hi Handy,

This is related to the export problem I am experiencing.  Since I can't get the ServerSide Export to work, what I am doing is creating a new dataTable and setting that to the WebGrid DataSource and then executing the WriteXML method of the DataTable.  This work fine, but I want to remove certain columns and change some column names, but since the DataTable I created is based upon the WebGrid DataSource by Reference, if I change anything it changes it in the orginal data source.  What I would like to do is to get atemporary copy of either the datasource of grid so I can make changes to the data table before exporting without affecting the original data source.

"fn" is the report path.  I don't the TempReports directory, we use a path that is not on the Web and is a virtual directory with all the correct permissions for reading and writing.  "fname" is the name of the file, again I don't use the default filename but one that is based upon the logged in users name.  I have dropped this variable and used the default name but it also fails.  Below is the exact code I use in a Button Event.

Dim fn As String = "/cfxtemp/"
Dim fname As String = Page.User.Identity.Name & "_Maps"

 Dim file As String = WebGrid1.ExportGrid(New ISNet.WebUI.WebGrid.DynARInfo("xml", Server.MapPath(fn), fname)) 

I agree it may be my programming but why would the exact same code work when exporting to HTML,Text,PDF, Excel, TIFF but only fail for XML?

The only thing that is different between the 2 cases where I use this code, is the one that fails doesn't use anytype of DataSource control, but rather sets the grid datasource in the InitializeDataSource event to a Custom Data Class method and the one that does work uses the ISDataSource server control.

None of your samples bind the grid this way so I can't test to see if it's my coding or the control.

As as workaround (not the best) is just to use the WriteXML method of a DataTable to create my own XML file.  As I said this is not the preferred way!

Yudi,

Your first example of changing a column name works, although you can't add a space, like "Carrier State" the export replaces the space with "_0020_".

In the second example in changing the Text value doesn't work.   You can change the Value but not the Text that gets exported. 

thanks

HI Handy,

It's not that I want to disable the scripts, it's how to handle the control if the user turned javascript off in their browser.

The sites that I am writing are for the Government and many of their users have javascript turned off.  The sites must also allow any one to be able to access these sites no matter what.  They may have limited functionality if the user turns off javascript but they still must be able to access the sites and be allowed to enter data.

Using the webUI controls, specifically webInput controls, if the user turns off javascript in their browser and I include the webCombo control, the user can not manually enter any data in the textbox.  Of course the list wouldn't popup, that's ok, but they should be able to manually enter the data in the textbox.  Now what happens the user enters the data and then clicks a button to submit the data the data is ignored.

All I am asking is to consider allowing the simple webUI controls, used for data entry, convert to a simple html control if the user has turned javascript off.  For example, the webInput controls would convert to a text box and the webCombo would convert to a simple html select list.

Hi James,

I was just about to also try that.  Don't know whay I didnt think of that before!  Thanks for the link for HttpWatch and great tool.

I'll let you know the results

John

UPDATE:  Your solution works, thank you.  Still have some problems but should be able to solve them.  The webnotification fails with _iswnf_pb error, but I suspect it the same issue with the web servvice.

Again James, Thank you for your very helpful help.