SmartClient - ASP.NET Issue

[Mike]

Greetings, I have an aspx page where on it is a link that calls my
smartclient (a windows form) that opens up. When the user is done in
the form, he or she hits a button that saves data and closes the
form. I want the smartclient to call the opened browser (IE6 and
maybe 7 down the line) and refresh the aspx page. The page contains a
datagrid control that gets populated on the page's load event. Does
anyone know how you can do that? Is there an Windows API call that I
can use to tell the web browser window to refresh? Any help would be
great.

Thanks, Mike

[Marc Gravell]

Re: SmartClient - ASP.NET Issue

If the smart-client hosts the web-client (via WebBrowser) then you can
do a lot of automation in both directions. If not, then not so much
AFAIK.

Marc

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Re: SmartClient - ASP.NET Issue

Mike,

I know very little about Windows API to control browsers neither I know much
about smartclients. But I can offer a general work around. You can exchange
data or commands between any processes by sharing a common resource, for
example a file.

When the form is done, it can write a file in a preset location. On the
browser side, you can start a javascript timer that will check if the file
is present or not. If it is, the form must have finished and the browser can
refresh itself.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin

http://usableasp.net

"Mike" <mike_palko@hot mail.comwrote in message
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Greetings, I have an aspx page where on it is a link that calls my
smartclient (a windows form) that opens up. When the user is done in
the form, he or she hits a button that saves data and closes the
form. I want the smartclient to call the opened browser (IE6 and
maybe 7 down the line) and refresh the aspx page. The page contains a
datagrid control that gets populated on the page's load event. Does
anyone know how you can do that? Is there an Windows API call that I
can use to tell the web browser window to refresh? Any help would be
great.
>
Thanks, Mike
>

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Re: SmartClient - ASP.NET Issue

Eliyahu,
That sounds great in principle, but why would the browser be allowed to
access the local filesystem from a web page it requested from a remote
location, other that to read or write cookies?
Peter

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"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

Mike,
>
I know very little about Windows API to control browsers neither I know much
about smartclients. But I can offer a general work around. You can exchange
data or commands between any processes by sharing a common resource, for
example a file.
>
When the form is done, it can write a file in a preset location. On the
browser side, you can start a javascript timer that will check if the file
is present or not. If it is, the form must have finished and the browser can
refresh itself.
>
--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin

http://usableasp.net

>
>
"Mike" <mike_palko@hot mail.comwrote in message
news:1176296540 .056192.24310@y 5g2000hsa.googl egroups.com...

Greetings, I have an aspx page where on it is a link that calls my
smartclient (a windows form) that opens up. When the user is done in
the form, he or she hits a button that saves data and closes the
form. I want the smartclient to call the opened browser (IE6 and
maybe 7 down the line) and refresh the aspx page. The page contains a
datagrid control that gets populated on the page's load event. Does
anyone know how you can do that? Is there an Windows API call that I
can use to tell the web browser window to refresh? Any help would be
great.

Thanks, Mike

>
>
>

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Re: SmartClient - ASP.NET Issue

Peter,

I assume the remote site will be granted a special security anyway since it
will have to start a windows form application. If so, accessing the local
file system can be allowed too.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]

http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin

http://usableasp.net

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@yaho o.yabbadabbadoo .comwrote in
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Eliyahu,
That sounds great in principle, but why would the browser be allowed to
access the local filesystem from a web page it requested from a remote
location, other that to read or write cookies?
Peter
>
--
Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
Short urls & more: http://ittyurl.net
>
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"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:
>

>Mike,
>>
>I know very little about Windows API to control browsers neither I know
>much
>about smartclients. But I can offer a general work around. You can
>exchange
>data or commands between any processes by sharing a common resource, for
>example a file.
>>
>When the form is done, it can write a file in a preset location. On the
>browser side, you can start a javascript timer that will check if the
>file
>is present or not. If it is, the form must have finished and the browser
>can
>refresh itself.
>>
>--
>Eliyahu Goldin,
>Software Developer & Consultant
>Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
>http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
>http://usableasp.net
>>
>>
>"Mike" <mike_palko@hot mail.comwrote in message
>news:117629654 0.056192.24310@ y5g2000hsa.goog legroups.com...

Greetings, I have an aspx page where on it is a link that calls my
smartclient (a windows form) that opens up. When the user is done in
the form, he or she hits a button that saves data and closes the
form. I want the smartclient to call the opened browser (IE6 and
maybe 7 down the line) and refresh the aspx page. The page contains a
datagrid control that gets populated on the page's load event. Does
anyone know how you can do that? Is there an Windows API call that I
can use to tell the web browser window to refresh? Any help would be
great.
>
Thanks, Mike
>

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