Browser History and Partial Page Rendering

Stuart Ferguson

I am currently working on an ASP.Net Querying application which uses a
menu control with all the links going to the same page. Before I
implemented AJAX on this page the end user was able to browse through
the application using the back and forward buttons on the browser
toolbar as each full post back added an entry to the browsers history.
Since the AJAX components (ScriptManager/UpdatePanel) have been
implemented in the page every time a partial post back is performed by
the user clicking on the menu tabs there is no entry written to the
history.

I was wondering if it is possible to force the page entry to be added to
the browsers history by sending the full page to the client (thus
enabling the back/forward buttons) without losing the partial post back
feel (no flickering).

Many Thanks

Stuart
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Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]

I suggest you look into this technique:
http://www.nikhilk.net/BackButtonSupport.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
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>I am currently working on an ASP.Net Querying application which uses a
menu control with all the links going to the same page. Before I
implemented AJAX on this page the end user was able to browse through
the application using the back and forward buttons on the browser
toolbar as each full post back added an entry to the browsers history.
Since the AJAX components (ScriptManager/UpdatePanel) have been
implemented in the page every time a partial post back is performed by
the user clicking on the menu tabs there is no entry written to the
history.

I was wondering if it is possible to force the page entry to be added to
the browsers history by sending the full page to the client (thus
enabling the back/forward buttons) without losing the partial post back
feel (no flickering).

Many Thanks

Stuart
*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***

Apr 11 '07 #2

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