Keep impromptu "up" while performing a jquery Ajax/MVC post - asp.net-mvc

Question

Is there a way to keep the impromptu dialog box displayed during a post?
Here's the javascript code
$('#linkPostTest').click(function() {
openprompt();
});
function openprompt() {
var temp = {
state0: {
html: 'Are you sure you want to post?<br />',
buttons: { Yes: true, No: false },
focus: 1,
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v) {
var form = $('frmPostTest');
$.ajax(
{
type: 'POST',
url: '/Path/TestPost',
data: form.serialize(),
success: function(data) {
// I realize I could check "data"
// for true...just have not
// implemented that yet....
$.prompt.goToState('state1');
//$.prompt('Test was successful!');
},
error: function() {
$.prompt.goToState('state2');
//$.prompt('Test was not successful.');
}
}
);
return true;
}
else {
//$.prompt.goToState('state1'); //go forward
return false;
}
}
},
state1: {
html: 'Test was successful!',
buttons: { Close: 0 },
focus: 0,
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v === 0) {
$.prompt.close();
}
}
},
state2: {
html: 'Test was not successful.<br />',
buttons: { Close: 0 },
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v === 0) {
$.prompt.close();
}
}
}
};
$.prompt(temp);
}
The controller does this
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public bool TestPost()
{
// runs some code that saves some data...
// this works fine
bool updated = functionThatSavesCode();
return updated;
}
After I click Yes when the 'Are you sure you want to post?' impromptu dialog is displayed... it disappears...How can I make it stay displayed?

Answer 1

OK got it to work...I'm really impressed with the impromptu plug-in and jQuery!
Two of the things I did differently to get this to work was to add the two
return false;
statements under the state0 block and...
to set the the ajax call to
async: false,
Here's the new javascript:
$('#linkTestPost').click(function() {
TestPost();
});
function TestPost() {
var temp = {
state0: {
html: 'Are you sure you want to post?<br />',
buttons: { Yes: true, No: false },
focus: 1,
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v) {
if (PostView() === true) {
$.prompt.goToState('state1');
// the line below was missing from my original attempt
return false;
}
else {
$.prompt.goToState('state2');
// the line below was missing from my original attempt
return false;
}
}
else {
return false;
}
}
},
state1: {
html: 'Test Post was successful!',
buttons: { Close: 0 },
focus: 0,
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v === 0) {
$.prompt.close();
}
}
},
state2: {
html: 'Test Post was not successful',
buttons: { Close: 0 },
submit: function(v, m, f) {
if (v === 0) {
$.prompt.close();
}
}
}
};
$.prompt(temp);
}
function PostView() {
var form = $('frmTestPost');
var postSuccess = new Boolean();
$.ajax(
{
type: 'POST',
url: '/Path/TestPost',
data: form.serialize(),
// the line below was missing from my original attempt
async: false,
success: function(data) {
postSuccess = true;
},
error: function() {
postSuccess = false;
}
});
return postSuccess;
}