"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "Craig" <notforl***@radicalage.com> wrote in message
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>> I need to open a new page (target="_blank") for processing form data and
>> displaying a result from within the codebehind. Ideally, I would like to
>> use server.transfer("x", true);
>>
>> The user clicks the "Proccess" button, I do some data manipulation in the
>> codebehind, then I need to display a new Web page that will further
>> process and then display the resultant information.
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance,
>
> Sounds like you need the Wizard control:
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=asp:Wizard
>
> No need to pop a new browser window.
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

>>> I need to open a new page (target="_blank") for processing form data and
>>> displaying a result from within the codebehind. Ideally, I would like to
>>> use server.transfer("x", true);
>>>
>>> The user clicks the "Proccess" button, I do some data manipulation in
>>> the codebehind, then I need to display a new Web page that will further
>>> process and then display the resultant information.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help in advance,
>>
>> Sounds like you need the Wizard control:
>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=asp:Wizard
>>
>> No need to pop a new browser window.
>
> Thanks for your response. I do not believe that a Wizard will do what I
> need.
>
> What I will be displaying to the user is a .PDF and I really need it to be
> in its own page, as many users get lost and confused with the navigation
> if a pdf displays in the original page (and my users are not the most
> sophisticated).

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "Craig" <notforl***@radicalage.com> wrote in message
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>
> [please don't top-post]
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
>>>> I need to open a new page (target="_blank") for processing form data
>>>> and displaying a result from within the codebehind. Ideally, I would
>>>> like to use server.transfer("x", true);
>>>>
>>>> The user clicks the "Proccess" button, I do some data manipulation in
>>>> the codebehind, then I need to display a new Web page that will further
>>>> process and then display the resultant information.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help in advance,
>>>
>>> Sounds like you need the Wizard control:
>>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=asp:Wizard
>>>
>>> No need to pop a new browser window.
>>
>> Thanks for your response. I do not believe that a Wizard will do what I
>> need.
>>
>> What I will be displaying to the user is a .PDF and I really need it to
>> be in its own page, as many users get lost and confused with the
>> navigation if a pdf displays in the original page (and my users are not
>> the most sophisticated).
>
> Why didn't you mention this in your original post...?
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "Craig" <notforl***@radicalage.com> wrote in message
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>
> *** [please don't top-post] ***
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
>>>> What I will be displaying to the user is a .PDF and I really need it to
>>>> be in its own page, as many users get lost and confused with the
>>>> navigation if a pdf displays in the original page (and my users are not
>>>> the most sophisticated).
>>>
>>> Why didn't you mention this in your original post...?
>>
>> However, after rereading my original post, my question seemed clear
>> enough: how do I open a new _blank target window from codebehind?
>
> You can't. Code behind is server-side and, as such, has no control over
> the client browser - all it can do is send it an HTML stream
>
> Interaction with the client browser needs to be done with client-side
> JavaScript.
>
> Therefore, the code-behind will need to emit client-side JavaScript in the
> HTML stream e.g.
>
> ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(GetType(), "open",
> "window.open(............);", true);
>
> Not recommended...
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net