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How to Redirect to Another Page when Session Timeout in ASP.NET (when pages contain Ajax UpdatePanel)

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A small solution to deal with session timeout when using Ajax UpdatePanel

Introduction

Session timeout in ASP.NET is such an important problem with web developer. When session ends, we run into some exceptional situations. There are also many solutions to deal with this problem on the Internet. But few of them have discussed about redirecting to another page when there is session timeout, especially when we work with Ajax UpdatePanel.

So, I suggest a way to do this.

Solution

My main idea is: 3 minutes before session is gone, we will alert the user to save his/her data or make any postbacks. If user still does not do anything, then 5 milliseconds before session goes, we will redirect the page to Login.aspx (or just refresh page by redirecting to itself).

Using the Code

Add the following code to your Master page:

C#
private void CheckSessionTimeout()
{
    string msgSession = 'Warning: Within next 3 minutes, if you do not do anything, '+
               ' our system will redirect to the login page. Please save changed data.';
    //time to remind, 3 minutes before session ends
    int int_MilliSecondsTimeReminder = (this.Session.Timeout * 60000) - 3 * 60000; 
    //time to redirect, 5 milliseconds before session ends
    int int_MilliSecondsTimeOut = (this.Session.Timeout * 60000) - 5; 

    string str_Script = @"
            var myTimeReminder, myTimeOut; 
            clearTimeout(myTimeReminder); 
            clearTimeout(myTimeOut); " +
            "var sessionTimeReminder = " + 
		int_MilliSecondsTimeReminder.ToString() + "; " +
            "var sessionTimeout = " + int_MilliSecondsTimeOut.ToString() + ";" +
            "function doReminder(){ alert('" + msgSession + "'); }" +
            "function doRedirect(){ window.location.href='login.aspx'; }" + @"
            myTimeReminder=setTimeout('doReminder()', sessionTimeReminder); 
            myTimeOut=setTimeout('doRedirect()', sessionTimeout); ";

     ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.Page, this.GetType(), 
           "CheckSessionOut", str_Script, true);
}
C#
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.CheckSessionTimeout();
}

If you do not want to redirect to login page, you can just refresh the page by replacing it by this code:

JavaScript
function doRedirect(){ window.location.href=window.location.href; }

If you do not use ScriptManager, you can replace with Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock(...)

Hope this helps.

History

  • 18th June, 2008: Initial post 

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralRe: No effect when something happened in update panel. Pin
StressBall3-Jul-08 16:49
StressBall3-Jul-08 16:49 
GeneralRe: No effect when something happened in update panel. Pin
Nguyen Quy Minh4-Jul-08 3:04
Nguyen Quy Minh4-Jul-08 3:04 
GeneralRe: No effect when something happened in update panel. Pin
anukit24-Sep-08 3:48
anukit24-Sep-08 3:48 
GeneralSome more improvements... Pin
Tuomas Hietanen27-Jun-08 5:38
Tuomas Hietanen27-Jun-08 5:38 
GeneralRe: Some more improvements... Pin
Nguyen Quy Minh27-Jun-08 7:22
Nguyen Quy Minh27-Jun-08 7:22 
Generalthanks! Pin
vegeta4ss25-Jun-08 4:17
vegeta4ss25-Jun-08 4:17 
QuestionWhat if javascript is disabled? Pin
evolved19-Jun-08 8:04
evolved19-Jun-08 8:04 
AnswerRe: What if javascript is disabled? Pin
Nguyen Quy Minh19-Jun-08 21:48
Nguyen Quy Minh19-Jun-08 21:48 
If you don't use Ajax UpdatePanel in the page then the META tag refresh works great. But if the page contains UpdatePanel, it gets a problem. When the user made the postback, the META tag content does not refresh to get new time out for session (because META tag isn't inside any updatepanel). So it does not work correctly! Smile | :)

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QuestionWhat about inheritante? Or Forms authentication? Pin
Rafael Nicoletti19-Jun-08 6:04
Rafael Nicoletti19-Jun-08 6:04 
AnswerRe: What about inheritante? Or Forms authentication? Pin
Nguyen Quy Minh19-Jun-08 7:56
Nguyen Quy Minh19-Jun-08 7:56 
AnswerRe: What about inheritante? Or Forms authentication? Pin
George Peters2-Jul-08 3:40
professionalGeorge Peters2-Jul-08 3:40 
GeneralRe: What about inheritante? Or Forms authentication? Pin
Rafael Nicoletti2-Jul-08 13:27
Rafael Nicoletti2-Jul-08 13:27 
GeneralRe: What about inheritante? Or Forms authentication? Pin
Nguyen Quy Minh3-Jul-08 6:00
Nguyen Quy Minh3-Jul-08 6:00 

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