Don't set the target to the link button. Set it to some other button outside the repeater that isn't visible. Then in the item command call .show on the popup control. If you don't want a full postback you need to wrap it all in an updatePanel.

Hi, sorry, could you just clarify.... You have a web form and it has 1) An update panel 2) A TextBox outside the UpdatePanel 3) A Button inside the UpdatePanel then you want to 1) User to type in text box 2) User to click the Button 3) Button to submit request - Panel to update 4) Textbox to clear after all this has taken place Mark Graham (MCP) // The Doodler blogging about C#, Asp.Net, and Design Patterns at: csCoffee[^] and contributing at dotNet Notepad[^]

also sorry to disturb u alot u can try my code which i have given in first post thanks in advance tc