[thelist] [SPAM] Re: asp.net: Reresh a page and keep viewstate

[Anthony Baratta]

-----Original message-----
From: Brian Cummiskey Brian at hondaswap.com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:55:16 -0700
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Subject: [SPAM] Re: [thelist] asp.net: Reresh a page and keep viewstate

> Casey Crookston wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It's not possible to push data to the user.  So, how would you cause the
> > page to re-fresh while not loosing data in viewstate?
> 
> AJAX :)

Just to pile on, this is the way to go. Plus you don't update the whole page. Only the messaeg to the user or just a section of the page.

Best thing to happen with web programming since sliced bread.

I recommend the Yahoo AJAX Tools as a place to start. They are a bit weird to work with (for me at least), but all the heavy lifting has already been written.

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/connection/