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    Calls back to the ASPX page with the specified command.

    Syntax

    [JavaScript]

    FpSpread1.CallBack(cmd, asyncCallBack);

    Parameters

    cmd
    String, the command to post back
    There are two types of commands, "Reserved" and "Custom". For more details, see the Reserved Commands and Custom Commands section below.
    asyncCallBack
    Boolean, whether to allow an asynchronous callback

    Reserved Commands

    The following pre-defined commands are built into Spread. These are reserved command names; do not use these names for any custom commands that you create, as Spread ignores the custom definition and uses the built-in definition. Not all the commands have corresponding events.

    Reserved Command Name Corresponding FpSpread Event Description

    ActiveSpread

    - -

    reserved for internal use for down-level browsers; makes a specified Spread component the active component

    Add

    InsertCommand

    adds a row and raises the event

    Cancel

    CancelCommand

    cancels the operation and raises the event

    CellClick

    CellClick

    clicks a cell using the left mouse button

    Chart

    - -

    used with Chart control

    ChildView

    ChildViewCreated

    displays a specified child view when the HierarchicalView property is set to False and raises the event

    Color

    AutoFilteredColumn 

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    ColumnHeaderClick

    ColumnHeaderClick

    same as click in column header and raises the event

    Date

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Delete

    DeleteCommand

    deletes a row and raises the event

    Edit

    EditCommand

    same as Edit button and raises the event

    ExpandView

    ChildViewCreated

    expands or collapses a specified row; raises the event; when row is expanded to display a child view, raises the ChildViewCreated event

    Filter$reset

    - -

    clears the filter in the specified column

    First

    TopRowChanged

    moves to the first page on the sheet

    Group

    Grouped

    Grouping

    groups the rows

    GroupBar

    Grouped

    used for the group bar

    Icon

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Insert

    InsertCommand

    adds a row at a particular place and raises the event

    Last

    TopRowChanged

    moves to the last page on the sheet

    LoadOnDemand

    - -

    loads rows as needed

    Menu

    MenuItemClicked

    used with context menu

    MoveCol

    - -

    moves the column

    MultiValues

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Next

    TopRowChanged

    moves to the next page on the sheet

    Number

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Page

    TopRowChanged

    moves to a specified page on the sheet

    Prev

    TopRowChanged

    moves to the previous page on the sheet

    Print

    PrintSheet

    prints the sheet

    PrintPDF

    PrintPDF

    prints the sheet to a PDF document

    RefreshChart

    - -

    used with Chart control

    Regroup

    Grouped

    Grouping

    groups the rows again

    RetrieveFilterBarMenus - - used in dynamic mode for the filter bar

    RowHeaderClick

    RowHeaderClick

    clicks a cell in the row header

    ScrollDownToPage

    TopRowChanged

    moves down a page

    ScrollUpToPage

    TopRowChanged

    moves up a page

    Select

    ActiveRowChanged

    reserved for internal use for down-level browsers; selects a specified row

    SelectView

    ActiveSheetChanged

    moves to a specified sheet

    SortAZ

    - -

    sorts the column in ascending order

    SortColumn

    SortColumnCommand

    sorts a column

    SortZA

    - -

    sorts the column in descending order

    TabLeft

    - -

    displays the previous sheet tabs to the left

    TabRight

    - -

    displays the next sheet tabs to the right

    Text

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Top10

    AutoFilteredColumn

    AutoFilteringColumn

    used in filter feature

    Ungroup

    Ungrouped

    removes the group

    Update

    UpdateCommand

    saves the changes

    UpdateValues

    - -

    used when FpSpread.ClientAutoCalculation is True; Spread updates its calculated value immediately after the user enters a formula

    GC$InsertRow InsertRowCommand inserts rows above the selected row when using the touch insert row menu button, the number of additional rows is equal to the selected rows
    GC$DeleteRow DeleteRowCommand deletes selected rows when using the touch delete menu button
    GC$HideRow HideRowCommand hides the selected rows when using the touch hide menu button
    GC$UnhideRow UnhideRowCommand makes invisible rows visible in the selection range
    GC$InsertColumn InsertColumnCommand inserts columns above the first selected column when using the touch insert column menu button
    GC$DeleteColumn DeleteColumnCommand deletes selected columns when using the touch delete column menu button
    GC$HideColumn HideColumnCommand hides the selected columns when using the touch hide column menu button
    GC$UnhideColumn UnhideColumnCommand makes invisible columns visible in the selection range

    For those commands that correspond with command events in FpSpread, using these commands with the CallBack function basically behaves the same as if you had clicked the appropriate command bar button.

    The ChildView command looks like this:

         FpSpread1.CallBack("ChildView,relationname")

    where relationname is the name of the relation you are trying to view.

    The ExpandView command looks like this:

         FpSpread1.CallBack("ExpandView,rownum")

    where rownum is the zero-indexed row number to expand. For example, a rownum of 2 expands the third row of the parent sheet (since row indexes are zero-indexed). If you want to expand a row below the parent sheet level, you have to know the name of the sheet at that level. This code expands the fourth row at the particular level in the hierarchy:

         function DoCallBack() {           var ss = event.spread;           ss.CallBack("ExpandView,3");      }

    The Page command looks like this:

         FpSpread1.CallBack("Page,pagenum")

    where pagenum is the zero-indexed page number on the active sheet. For example, a pagenum of 2 scrolls to the third page on the active sheet, since the sheets are zero-indexed.

    Note: Using the CallBack method when the Spread control fires an event can cause an incorrect state. Try code similar to the following to prevent this:

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    function SelectionChanged(e) {
     setTimeout(function() {
      spread.Callback("Update");
     }, 0);
    }

    Custom Commands

    If you use a string to define a CallBack with a command that is not a one of the built-in commands, Spread raises the ButtonCommand event for the Spread component and passes in the name of the custom CallBack command as e.CommandName, as shown in this example code.

    In JavaScript:

    FpSpread1.CallBack("MyCommand", false)

    In corresponding server-side code (Visual Basic .NET):

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    Private Sub FpSpread1_ButtonCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FarPoint.Web.Spread.SpreadCommandEventArgs) Handles FpSpread1.ButtonCommand
    If e.CommandName = "MyCommand" Then
    FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 0).Text = "My Command Worked"
    End If
    End Sub
    

    Also, if the format is "text,num1,num2", Spread will work on the active cell as per the following request :

    + "text" is the custom command name.

    +"num1" is the active row model index.

    +"num2" is the active column model index.

    Return Type

    None

    Examples

    This is a sample that contains the method with one of the built-in commands. On the client side, the script that contains the method would look like this:

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    <script type="text/javascript">
       function SortIt() {
           FpSpread1.CallBack(SortColumn, false);
       }
    </script>
    

    This is a sample showing a simple way of programmatically doing an AJAX postback that raises the UpdateCommand event:

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    <script language="javascript">
      function window.onload() {
        FpSpread1.onDataChanged = DoCallBack;
      }
      function DoCallBack() {
        FpSpread1.UpdatePostbackData();
        FpSpread1.CallBack("Update", true);
      }
    </script>
    
    See Also