Not exactly sure why but the onclientclick was never causing a postback. I googled and found an alternative way to write the onclientclick clause. I changed it to:

OnClientClick="if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to put on hold?')) return;"

... and this worked. Not sure why but it works.


>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I have a button on a web form that when clicked runs a method. The button code is as follows:
>>>
>>>

>>>mm:mmButton ID="btnPutOnHold" runat="server" onclick="btnPutOnHold_Click"  
>>>                    Text="Put on Hold" />
>>>

>>>
>>>I now want to add a confirm messagebox that will allow the user to go ahead and run the method or cancel. I changed the code to the following to accomplish this:
>>>
>>>

>>>mm:mmButton ID="btnPutOnHold" runat="server" onclick="btnPutOnHold_Click"  
>>>           OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to put on hold?')"  Text="Put on Hold" />
>>>

>>>
>>>This code successfully presents the confirm dialog box when clicked, however, the OnClick event does not fire when 'OK' is clicked.
>>>
>>>What am I missing here?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Bob