UI behavior

[Arthur Yousif]

Hi,

I have a situation and I cannot figure out why it's not working. I have a
page (page1.aspx) with a LinkButton that calls another page (page2.aspx) to
download a report in pdf format.

In page1.aspx.cs, I trap for lnkSavePdf_Click(...) and when it's called, I
then call page2.aspx by using
Response.Recdirect(sUrl,false). I use false to keep the code moving. All
this works fine except for the following.

I have a Literal control on the page that I'd like to update with text like
"Downloading PDF, please wait..." but it never updates. I've tried putting
the pdfInfo.Text = "Downloading PDF, please wait..." in multiple places but
the page never shows it. I've run in debug mode and those lines are hit.
Any ideas what's going on and why it's not working? I'm pretty sure it's
my
lack of knowledge on some of this, so any wisdom from you would greatly
appreciated.

Arthur

[Steve C. Orr, MCSD]

Here's the simplest example I've seen for such a situation:
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Arthur Yousif" <ar**********@centurytel.net> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a situation and I cannot figure out why it's not working. I have a page (page1.aspx) with a LinkButton that calls another page (page2.aspx) to download a report in pdf format.

In page1.aspx.cs, I trap for lnkSavePdf_Click(...) and when it's called, I then call page2.aspx by using
Response.Recdirect(sUrl,false). I use false to keep the code moving. All this works fine except for the following.

I have a Literal control on the page that I'd like to update with text like "Downloading PDF, please wait..." but it never updates. I've tried putting the pdfInfo.Text = "Downloading PDF, please wait..." in multiple places but the page never shows it. I've run in debug mode and those lines are hit.
Any ideas what's going on and why it's not working? I'm pretty sure it's
my
lack of knowledge on some of this, so any wisdom from you would greatly
appreciated.

Arthur

[Arthur Yousif]

Thanks Steve. What I'd really like to do is have the progress on the same
page. Is that doable at all? The download page has a section on the bottom
where I'd like to display messages to the user and it works if I post them
through a registered script, however, once a message like "Downloading PDF,
please wait..." is posted, I can't get rid of it as I can't seem to know
when page2.aspx is finished.

Arthur

"Steve C. Orr, MCSD" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:eE**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Here's the simplest example I've seen for such a situation:
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp
--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com

"Arthur Yousif" <ar**********@centurytel.net> wrote in message
news:eV***************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I have a situation and I cannot figure out why it's not working. I have

a

page (page1.aspx) with a LinkButton that calls another page

(page2.aspx) to

download a report in pdf format.

In page1.aspx.cs, I trap for lnkSavePdf_Click(...) and when it's

called, I

then call page2.aspx by using
Response.Recdirect(sUrl,false). I use false to keep the code moving.

All

this works fine except for the following.

I have a Literal control on the page that I'd like to update with text

like

"Downloading PDF, please wait..." but it never updates. I've tried

putting

the pdfInfo.Text = "Downloading PDF, please wait..." in multiple places

but

the page never shows it. I've run in debug mode and those lines are

hit. Any ideas what's going on and why it's not working? I'm pretty sure it's my
lack of knowledge on some of this, so any wisdom from you would greatly
appreciated.

Arthur