You could call a javascript function that displays a message then submits the form. In the Page_Load you can then process the delete.

>well, what I'm trying to do is duplicate the msgbox windows form function. I have a delete button on the form and when it's pressed, I want a popup to ask if the person wants to delete the record. Yes, delete; no, don't delete.
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>this is turning out to be more difficult than I thought.
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>>The code is client-side and not server-side. You can't use the function in the code-behind. You can however call the function when you postback the page. See message #710745 for an explanation of how to call the function by using the RegisterClientScriptBlock method.
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>>>I wrote a small javascript program in the section of an asp.net page. I want to call the routine from a codebehind program. If I try to run the program, it can't find the method. Here's the code I expected to run:
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>>>Dim l_retval as string = dispDialog()
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>>>This works for calling another VB method, but not for a script routine.
>>>DispDialog is a script routine in the page header. How in the world do I call it?