Csharp Asp.Net Articles C# VB Tutorials Code Examples Samples: Cross Page Posting PostBack In ASP.NET

In this example i am showing how to use Cross Page Posting or Postback In ASP.NET 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 Using C# And VB.NET. Cross Page posting is used to submit a form on one page (say default.aspx) and retrieve values of controls of this page on another page (say Default2.aspx)

There are two ways we can use cross page postsbacks in ASP.NET

1st method
In this i've created a Default.aspx page with two textbox and one button , button click will post back to Default2.aspx and there we will retrieve and show values of both textboxes

Html source of Default.aspx page is like

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"  
CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

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

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
First Name:
<asp:TextBox ID="txtFirstName" runat="server">
</asp:TextBox><br /><br />
Last Name:
<asp:TextBox ID="txtLastName" runat="server">
</asp:TextBox><br /><br /><br />
        
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" 
            OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" 
            PostBackUrl="~/Default2.aspx"
            Text="Submit to Second Page" /><br />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Don't forget to set PostBackUrl Property of Button
PostBackUrl="~/Default2.aspx"

Now to retrieve values of textBoxes on Default2.aspx page, write below mentioned code in Page_Load event of second page (Default2.aspx)
C# code behind

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //Check whether previous page is cross page post back or not
    if (PreviousPage != null && PreviousPage.IsCrossPagePostBack)
    {
        TextBox txtPbFirstName = (TextBox)PreviousPage.FindControl("txtFirstName");
        TextBox txtPbLastName = (TextBox)PreviousPage.FindControl("txtLastName");
        Label1.Text = "Welcome " + txtPbFirstName.Text + " " + txtPbLastName.Text;
    }
    else
    {
        Response.Redirect("Default.aspx");
    }
}

VB.NET Code behind

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    'Check whether previous page is cross page post back or not
    If PreviousPage IsNot Nothing AndAlso PreviousPage.IsCrossPagePostBack Then
        Dim txtPbFirstName As TextBox = DirectCast(PreviousPage.FindControl("txtFirstName"), TextBox)
        Dim txtPbLastName As TextBox = DirectCast(PreviousPage.FindControl("txtLastName"), TextBox)
        Label1.Text = ("Welcome " & txtPbFirstName.Text & " ") + txtPbLastName.Text
    Else
        Response.Redirect("Default.aspx")
    End If
End Sub

If you are using masterpages then you need to write code to FindControl as mentioned below

ContentPlaceHolder exampleHolder =(ContentPlaceHolder)Page.PreviousPage.Form.FindControl ("Content1"));
TextBox txtExample = exampleHolder.FindControl("txtFirstName");

2nd Method
Using Property to expose and Consume values of TextBox
If we are using this method then we don't need to use FindControl method at all
For this we need to create property in code behind of the page to be cross page post back (Default.aspx)
Html of the page needs no changes ,
C# code behind for Default.aspx

public TextBox pbTxtFirstName
    {
        get
        {
            return txtFirstName;
        }
    }

    public TextBox pbTxtLastName
    {
        get
        {
            return txtLastName;
        }
    }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property pbTxtFirstName() As TextBox
    Get
        Return txtFirstName
    End Get
End Property

Public ReadOnly Property pbTxtLastName() As TextBox
    Get
        Return txtLastName
    End Get
End Property

Now to retrieve or consume exposed properties on Second page we need to add below mentioned page directive in html source of Default2.aspx page(usually at the top of page)

<%@ PreviousPageType VirtualPath="~/Default.aspx" %>

Now write this code in page_Load event of second page to retrieve values of controls
C# code

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (PreviousPage != null && PreviousPage.IsCrossPagePostBack)
    {
        Label1.Text = "Welcome " + PreviousPage.pbTxtFirstName.Text + " " + PreviousPage.pbTxtLastName.Text;
    }
    else
    {
        Response.Redirect("Default.aspx");
    }
}

VB Code

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    If PreviousPage IsNot Nothing AndAlso PreviousPage.IsCrossPagePostBack Then
        Label1.Text = ("Welcome " & PreviousPage.pbTxtFirstName.Text & " ") + PreviousPage.pbTxtLastName.Text
    Else
        Response.Redirect("Default.aspx")
        
    End If
End Sub

Hope this helps

29 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 6:27 AM
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AnonymousNovember 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM
dear sir,
Getting error to following code.
error is OBJECT REFERENCE IS NOT SET TO ANINSTANCE OF AN OBJECT

if (PreviousPage != null && PreviousPage.IsCrossPagePostBack)
{
ContentPlaceHolder exampleHolder = ((ContentPlaceHolder)Page.PreviousPage.Form.FindControl("Content123"));

TextBox txtExample = (TextBox)exampleHolder.FindControl("txtFirstName");
TextBox txtExample1 = (TextBox)exampleHolder.FindControl("txtLastName");
Label1.Text = "Welcome " + txtExample.Text + " " + txtExample1.Text + "";
}
}
}

KINDLY HELP ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
UnknownNovember 11, 2009 at 3:35 PM
by calling data via IsCrossPagePostBack from one page how to bind data on gridview which is located to another page
UnknownDecember 6, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Wow of all the articles about crosspage posting and master pages, this is the best. Very well written. The first approach did not work, but the second one worked very well
SmartFebruary 27, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Getting error to following code.
error is OBJECT REFERENCE IS NOT SET TO ANINSTANCE OF AN OBJECT
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AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Everything is ok. But tell me what I need to do when I want to set e.g. Session Value on OnClick event? PostBackUrl fires first and omit OnClick event... How to resolve this and still having possibility to use PreviousPage?
AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 1:33 AM
hi,

how to update data from one page to another without invoking that page. for example I click a button and the action to be reflected in another page without invoking it. it should be visible to any user who is currently using the other page.
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AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:32 AM
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AnonymousJune 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM
hi sir i ma getting NullReferenceExeption at below line

V= Label1.Text = "Welcome " + txtPbFirstName.Text + " " + txtPbLastName.Text;

Plz help me
UnknownJune 18, 2012 at 7:37 PM
@Above: Use PreviousPage.pbTxtFirstName.Text
AnonymousJuly 1, 2012 at 8:15 PM
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AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 3:37 PM
You could have done this

public string pbTxtFirstName
{ get {return txtName.Text;}}

Instead of getting whole TextBox
AnonymousSeptember 1, 2012 at 1:16 AM
Thanks for sharing this information.
AnonymousOctober 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM
help me on use of repeater controle
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