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Why do I want to invoke ASP.NET Page Methods using jQuery?

• I do not want the ScriptManager to generate any proxy code in my page source, i.e. set EnablePageMethods to “false”.
• I want to make the call synchronous! (N.B. You should avoid making synchronous calls!)

Show me the code:

$.ajax({
    async: true, /* set this to false to make a synchronous call */
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    data: Sys.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer.serialize({ arg1, arg2, etc... }),
    dataType: "json",
    type: "post",
    url: "application_path/page.aspx/page_method_name",
    success: function(result) {
        // Insert your success handler code here.
    }
});

I am assuming the Microsoft AJAX Library is included on the page, and I am using Sys.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer.serialize to prepare the page method call arguments into JSON.