adding script reference to aspx page.

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HI,

I have a application which is divided in to two asp:content and i need to add one jquery script reference to that application, the problem is we need to add the script reference in the head section but in this context where should i add the reference?
can anyone suggest?

Posted 14-Nov-11 21:11pm

gokulnath1

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Solution 1

Ideally you should add reference of of your JavaScript/JQuery file in Header section of Master Page. But you can also add reference in content page as below.

ASP.NET

<asp:content id="Content1" contentplaceholderid="Test" runat="server" >
    <script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/MyJavaScript.js"></script>

Posted 14-Nov-11 21:30pm

RaisKazi

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gokulnath1 15-Nov-11 5:49am

but it wont work it will take the script tag as a text and will print the entire line as title.

RaisKazi 15-Nov-11 8:35am

It should work, Have you tried that? I use it many times, when I want to include my script reference in particular content page.

gokulnath1 15-Nov-11 9:06am

ya i have tried that and that prints the entire tag as a text for the title.

Solution 3

Hi,

I would suggest that you add the script-file using the page's ClientScript Manager:

C#

ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude(typeof(TestPage), "jQuery-1.4.3", "/scripts/jquery-1.4.3.js");

This will place the script at the top of your content (after the Postback-Scripts from the ASP.NET). Also if you have many controls which requires the same script, you can register the script on each control with the same key and the ScriptManager will load it only once. So you don't have to mess around if a script is already loaded :)

If you insist of loading the script in the header, you could do it this way:

C#

Header.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<script src=\"/scripts/jquery-1.4.3.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script>"));

This requires that your <head> is runat="server", otherwise this would not work.

Hope this helps.

Best regards and happy coding,
Chris

Posted 14-Nov-11 23:03pm

Christoph Keller

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Morgs Morgan · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-14T22:27:00

Solution 2

It's always a good idea to add your page references in a central place, the Master Page in this case, in the header section where you can easily locate them.

e.g.

HTML

<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/js-file.js"></script>

Posted 14-Nov-11 22:27pm

Morgs Morgan