function loginHandler() {
    var username = $("#login_UserName").val();
    var password = $("#login_Password").val();
    var isPersistent = $("#login_RememberMe").attr("checked");
    var customInfo = null;
    var redirectUrl = null;
    // Log them in.
    alert("try login");
    ssa.login(username,
                      password,
                      isPersistent,
                      customInfo,
                      redirectUrl,
                      onLoginComplete,
                      onError);
    alert("made it here");
}

function(c, b, a, h, f, d, e, g) {
    this._invoke(this._get_path(), "Login", false, { userName: c, password: b, createPersistentCookie: a }, Function.createDelegate(this, this._onLoginComplete), Function.createDelegate(this, this._onLoginFailed), [c, b, a, h, f, d, e, g]);
}

function loginHandler() {
    var username = $("#login_UserName").val();
    var password = $("#login_Password").val();
    var isPersistent = $("#login_RememberMe").attr("checked");
    var customInfo = null;
    var redirectUrl = null;
    // Log them in.
    alert("try login");
    $.ajax( {
       url : '<%= Url.Action( "Login", "Account" ) %>',
       type: 'post',
       dataType: 'json',
       data: { username: username,
               password: password,
               isPersistent: isPersistent,
              },
       success: onLoginComplete,
       error: onError
    });
    alert("made it here");  // this will execute before the callback completes...
}

$('#btnLogin').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var username = $("#txtUserName").val();
    var password = $("#txtPassword").val();
    var isPersistent = $("#ckRememberMe").attr("checked");
    var customInfo = null;
    var redirectUrl = null;
    // Log them in.
    alert("try login");
    $.ajax({
        url: '<%= Url.Action( "LogOn", "Account" ) %>',
        type: 'post',
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: 'json',
        data: "{ 'username': '" + username + "', 'password':'" + password + "', 'isPersistent': '" + isPersistent + "'}",
        success: onLoginComplete,
        error: onError
    });
    alert("made it here");
});

function onLoginComplete(result) {
    alert("hooray");

}

function onError(result) {
    $('#loginFailed').show();

}