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I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.

I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost. How can these
be kept when returning?

I'm very grateful for fast response.

// S
Jun 27 '08 #1
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On 15 May, 07:10, sta...@gmail.co m wrote:
I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.

I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost. How can these
be kept when returning?

I'm very grateful for fast response.

// S
The previous data is lost because the browser has no way of retaining
it.

You have to use postback events to do the redirection and store the
data in session state.

Jun 27 '08 #2
Hello Staeri

How do you return to the last Page?
If with "history.go(1); , all should work as expected,
because you are only navigating on the browser history.

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Microsoft MVP - Visual Developer ASP / ASP.NET, Switzerland
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Jun 27 '08 #3
"Peter Bucher [MVP]" <pe**********@a spnetzone.dewro te in message
news:07******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
How do you return to the last Page?
If with "history.go(1); , all should work as expected,
because you are only navigating on the browser history.
Clearly, that won't do what the OP wants, because that will simply open the
previous page as it was previously opened... Changes to DropDownLists,
TextBoxes etc will not be "remembered " because ASP.NET has no way of
"rememberin g" them unless as a result of a postback...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jun 27 '08 #4
<st****@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:3e******** *************** ***********@56g 2000hsm.googleg roups.com...
>I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.
I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost.
Obviously. When you hit the Back button (either directly or in the above
code), the browser opens the previous page in exactly the same way as it was
previously opened - it has no way of "rememberin g" any client-side
modifications made to that page unless they were posted back...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jun 27 '08 #5
On 15 Maj, 10:15, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <m...@markNOSPA Mrae.netwrote:
<sta...@gmail.c omwrote in message

news:3e******** *************** ***********@56g 2000hsm.googleg roups.com...
I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.
I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost.

Obviously. When you hit the Back button (either directly or in the above
code), the browser opens the previous page in exactly the same way as it was
previously opened - it has no way of "rememberin g" any client-side
modifications made to that page unless they were posted back...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net
Thank you for the answers!

I've stored the dropdownlist selections in sessions but is there a way
to set the dropdownlist selections to the session values when the page
is showed again when clicking the return button with
javascript:hist ory.go(-1)? If it can be made without changing the url
I'm very happy because otherwise there are a lot changes I have to
make because of iframe etc.

// S
Jun 27 '08 #6
Sure. You just need to restore selection from the session in the Page_Load
event.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
<st****@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:91******** *************** ***********@34g 2000hsh.googleg roups.com...
On 15 Maj, 10:15, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <m...@markNOSPA Mrae.netwrote:
><sta...@gmail. comwrote in message

news:3e******* *************** ************@56 g2000hsm.google groups.com...
>I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.
I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost.

Obviously. When you hit the Back button (either directly or in the above
code), the browser opens the previous page in exactly the same way as it
was
previously opened - it has no way of "rememberin g" any client-side
modification s made to that page unless they were posted back...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net

Thank you for the answers!

I've stored the dropdownlist selections in sessions but is there a way
to set the dropdownlist selections to the session values when the page
is showed again when clicking the return button with
javascript:hist ory.go(-1)? If it can be made without changing the url
I'm very happy because otherwise there are a lot changes I have to
make because of iframe etc.

// S

Jun 27 '08 #7
This means the browser gets it from the cache. location.reload (true) will
always go to the server. You need to think how to combine both history and
location calls.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
<st****@gmail.c omwrote in message
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On 15 Maj, 11:18, "Eliyahu Goldin"
<REMOVEALLCAPIT ALSeEgGoldD...@ mMvVpPsS.orgwro te:
Sure. You just need to restore selection from the session in the Page_Load
event.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldinhttp://usableasp.net

<sta...@gmail.c omwrote in message

news:91******** *************** ***********@34g 2000hsh.googleg roups.com...
On 15 Maj, 10:15, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <m...@markNOSPA Mrae.netwrote:
<sta...@gmail.c omwrote in message
>news:3e******* *************** ************@56 g2000hsm.google groups.com...
I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.
I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost.
Obviously. When you hit the Back button (either directly or in the
above
code), the browser opens the previous page in exactly the same way as
it
was
previously opened - it has no way of "rememberin g" any client-side
modifications made to that page unless they were posted back...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net
Thank you for the answers!
I've stored the dropdownlist selections in sessions but is there a way
to set the dropdownlist selections to the session values when the page
is showed again when clicking the return button with
javascript:hist ory.go(-1)? If it can be made without changing the url
I'm very happy because otherwise there are a lot changes I have to
make because of iframe etc.
// S- Dölj citerad text -

- Visa citerad text -
It looks like Page_Load isn't fired when returning to the page by
using javascript:hist ory.go(-1). Is that correct?

// S
Jun 27 '08 #8
<st****@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:91******** *************** ***********@34g 2000hsh.googleg roups.com...
I've stored the dropdownlist selections in sessions
Ah - you didn't mention that in your original post...
but is there a way to set the dropdownlist selections to the session
values
when the page is showed again when clicking the return button with
javascript:hist ory.go(-1)? If it can be made without changing the url
I'm very happy because otherwise there are a lot changes I have to
make because of iframe etc.
iframe? You didn't mention that either in your original post...

Anyway, as I see you've already discovered, session won't help you here
because the page is being fetched from cache. Therefore, you'll need to find
some way of preventing this which, depending on how you've set your app up,
will be either fairly trivial or next to impossible:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ge+cache&meta=
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Jun 27 '08 #9
What is the purpose of using the back button ?

The intended use is to display the previous page as it was previously seen
by the user. You could also prevent this page from being cached browser side
so that it is fetched again from the server (and possibly then updated).

Or perhaps should you implemnt your own link. What is the meaning of using
the back button in your case ?

--
Patrice

<st****@gmail.c oma écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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I use javascript:hist ory.go(-1) to return to the previous page.

I've now found out that when returning to the previous page all
selections that the user made in dropdownlists are lost. How can these
be kept when returning?

I'm very grateful for fast response.

// S

Jun 27 '08 #10

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