Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerParserErrorException: The message received from the server could not be parsed

Question

I have a grid view on my page and I want to export it to the Excel Sheet, Below is the code I had written to do this task, here I am already passing the dataset to the method to bind the grid and btnExcelExport is the button which will export the Grid Content in to Excel Sheet :-

private void BindGridView(DataSet ds)
{
    if (ds.Tables.Count > 0)
    {
        if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)
        {
            GVUserReport.DataSource = ds;
            GVUserReport.DataBind();
            btnExcelExport.Visible = true;
        }
    }
}

protected void btnExcelExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Clear();
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","attachment;filename=FileName.xls");
    Response.Charset = "";
    Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
    Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.xls";
    System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.StringWriter();
    System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);
    GVUserReport.RenderControl(htmlWrite);
    Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString());
    Response.End();
}

public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
    return;
}

Now when I am debugging I found that the grid is binded sucessfully but when trying to export it to Excel, I'm getting this error:

"Microsoft JScript runtime error: Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerParserErrorException: The message received from the server could not be parsed."

Answer 1

I fixed this issue. As I'm using UpdatePanel, I added below code in the Page_Load event of the page and it worked for me:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
  ScriptManager scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page);
  scriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(this.btnExcelExport);
  //Further code goes here....
}

Answer 2

In my case, the problem was caused by some Response.Write commands at Master Page of the website (code behind). They were there only for debugging purposes (that's not the best way, I know)...

Answer 3

I added the control to the Triggers tag in the update panel:

    </ContentTemplate>
    <Triggers>
        <asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="exportLinkButton" />
    </Triggers>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

This way the exportLinkButton will trigger the UpdatePanel to update.
More info here.

Answer 4

1- Never use Response.Write.

2- I put the code below after create (not in Page_Load) a LinkButton (dynamically) and solved my problem:

ScriptManager scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page);
scriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(lblbtndoc1);

Answer 5

For my VB.Net Friends -

Dim scriptManager As ScriptManager = scriptManager.GetCurrent(Me.Page)
scriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(Me.YourButtonNameHere)

Answer 6

I had the same error, then I tried <asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="xyz"/> instead of AsyncPostBackTrigger .This worked for me. It is because we don't want a partial postback.

Answer 7

Add this to you PageLoad and it will solve your problem:

ScriptManager scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page);
scriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(this.lblbtndoc1);

Answer 8

This worked for me too, but with an addition (below).

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
  ScriptManager scriptManager = ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this.Page);
  scriptManager.RegisterPostBackControl(this.btnExcelExport);
  //Further code goes here....
}

I was registering a script on my button to click on another button after its event was finished processing. In order for it to work, I had to remove the other button from the Update Panel (just in case somebody faces the same problem).

Answer 9

What worked for me was setting aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys to a high value on appSettings tag on the inetpub VirtualDirectories\443\web.config file:

<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys" value="100000" />
    </appSettings>
</configuration>