The server tag is not well formed. LinkButton inside repeater

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<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBtn" runat="server" CssClass="csstab" Text='<%#Eval("Name")%>'
OnClientClick="return ShowInEditMode('<%#Eval("ID") %>')"></asp:LinkButton>

I want to call the OnClientClick to call javascript method with passing a parameter. I am getting Server Tag is not well formed error. I tried changing double quotes to single quote etc, still the same issue.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '13 at 06:10

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Your OnClientClick event is having some wrong things.

use OnClientClick in the following way

OnClientClick='<%# string.Format("javascript:return ShowInEditMode({0})", Eval("ID"))%>'

answered Oct 23 '13 at 06:10

Kamran Ajmal

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it should call. just put a debugger in javascript function and while running the page, click that button which is calling this method and check that Debugger is called or Not ? – Kamran Ajmal Oct 23 '13 at 06:23
this solution is not gona work because the return ShowInEditMode({0}) needs an other single quote :) around {0} it should be like ' string.Format("javascript:return ShowInEditMode('{0}')", Eval("ID")) which will give you the same error – Kiarash Oct 23 '13 at 06:35
i am using this code in almost 25 pages on my application with single or multiple parameters and i am not getting any error. – Kamran Ajmal Oct 23 '13 at 06:47
@KamranAjmal , the output I am getting is the same as Kiarash: e.g. return ShowInEditMode(123). It should be ShowInEditMode('123'). How do we do that? – Ciaran Gallagher Feb 04 '14 at 14:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 06:28

Well use this in html bit

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBtn" runat="server" CssClass="csstab" Text='<%#Eval("Name")%>' OnClientClick='<%#CreateShowInEditModeMethod(Eval("ID")) %>'></asp:LinkButton>

Then define this in your code behind

 protected string CreateShowInEditModeMethod(string str)
 {
        return String.Format("return ShowInEditMode('{0}');", str);
 }

let me know if did not solved :)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 06:12

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Replace external double quotes with single and & Eval quotes to double will work.

change onClientClick to:

OnClientClick='return ShowInEditMode("<%#Eval("ID") %>")'

answered Oct 23 '13 at 06:12

Zaheer Ahmed

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The server tag is not well formed. LinkButton inside repeater

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