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Screencast: how to enable server-side history management in an ASP.NET Ajax application

Blogger : Atlas and more
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Category : AJAX
Blogged date : 2008 Jan 05

I've recently recorded a screencast showing how to enable server-side history management (in other words, handling the back button) in an ASP.NET Ajax application. The whole video is less than 15 minutes total and I build the whole application from scratch in there (in VB).

I hope it shows just how simple history management is made by ASP.NET Ajax and that it helps understanding the state model that it's built on.

The same video in a variety of formats and in a resolution where the code is actually readable can be found here:
http://www.asp.net/downloads/3.5-extensions/

For those people who find it difficult to cut and paste code from a video by doing a screen capture and then using OCR over it, here's the source code of the mini-app that's being built in the video:

Default.aspx:

<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" 
    EnableHistory="True" EnableStateHash="False"/>
<
asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:Wizard ID="Wizard1" runat="server"> <WizardSteps> <asp:WizardStep runat="server" Title="Step 1"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"/> </asp:WizardStep> <asp:WizardStep runat="server" Title="Step 2"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"/> </asp:WizardStep> <asp:WizardStep runat="server" Title="Step 3"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"/> </asp:WizardStep> </WizardSteps> </asp:Wizard> </ContentTemplate> </asp:UpdatePanel>

Default.aspx.vb:

Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Wizard1_ActiveStepChanged(_
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles Wizard1.ActiveStepChanged
If ScriptManager1.IsInAsyncPostBack And _
Not ScriptManager1.IsNavigating Then
ScriptManager1.AddHistoryPoint("index", _ Wizard1.ActiveStepIndex, _ "Wizard step " & Wizard1.ActiveStepIndex) End If End Sub Protected Sub ScriptManager1_Navigate(_
ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As HistoryEventArgs) _
Handles ScriptManager1.Navigate
Dim indexString As String = e.State("index") If String.IsNullOrEmpty(indexString) Then Wizard1.ActiveStepIndex = 0 Else Dim index As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(indexString) Wizard1.ActiveStepIndex = index End If Page.Title = "Wizard step " & indexString End Sub End Class

http://www.asp.net/downloads/3.5-extensions/


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