True, that technique uses a fake progress bar that doesn't give a real
progress but keeps the user entertained while waiting.
For real progress you'll probably want to use ASP.NET 2.0 callbacks (AJAX).
Or you could use this control which does that (very well) for you:
http://dotnet.dart.com/PowerWEB_Live...eProgress.aspx
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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net
"Rob R. Ainscough" <robains@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Peter & Steve, thank you for the links.
>
> I'm using ASP NET 2.0 now, is this approach still the best method? Also,
> not sure how my page that is doing the long running task can notify the
> progress page that it is done -- the progress pages seems to be hard coded
> to a set time -- did I miss something?
>
> Thanks, Rob.
>
> "Steve C. Orr" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
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>> This is the simplest solution I've seen:
>>
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp
>>
>> --
>> I hope this helps,
>> Steve C. Orr
>> MCSD, MVP
>>
http://Steve.Orr.net
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rob R. Ainscough" wrote:
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>>> For ASP.NET 2.0 (or 1.1) what is the best approach to implementing a
>>> processing message or graphic while my task is working away?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Rob.
>>>
>>>
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