Status/Items Loading info after button click

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Hi all,

I have a web application in ASP.net 2.0 (using Ajax), and I'm stuck with a problem.
I have an button click event, that is taking about 60/70seconds, and I added a Ajax UpdateProgress with a animated gif, but I would like to have a Label/text panel, to show what requeste is being made.

Imagine that after button click I have some functions running, and I want to show what function is running and the status on the fly.

Example:
some pseudo-code:

C#

button click
{
showmessage(Function 1............... Loading)
Function1()
showmessage(Function 1............... Done)
showmessage(Function 2............... Loading)
Function2()
showmessage(Function 2............... Done)
showmessage(Function 3............... Loading)
Function3()
showmessage(Function 3............... Done)
showmessage(All Done)
}

in the screen it will appear step-by-step, no only at the end of the click event

Function 1............... Loading
Function 1............... Done
showmessage(Function 2............... Loading)

Any help?tips?
Thank you

Posted 17-Mar-11 7:50am

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Updated 17-Mar-11 8:09am

Sandeep Mewara

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Albin Abel · Answer 1 · 2011-03-17T19:01:00

Help!. This is possible in a dirty way, but if you ask my opinion it is not a good idea. Actually you are degrading the performance by increasing the chatty between client and server. You wont find difference with one client, but if 1000s access your site, this chat gives significant performance issue in the server. Some sites offer this kind of fancy stuff where they would have efficient server on the other side.

Now the way is your process has to update progress/ status to session specific variable. You need to run a ajax enabled javascript function at desired intervals using javascript's SetInterval method. The page called by the ajax script read the session variable and return to the client.

Note for this the heavy process has to be invoked using ajax calls. Form posting won't work for keeping the client active.