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showModalDialog problem very serious

Hi Folks ,

I am working on a ASP.NET application where i need to show a popup window on the main
screen , when i click on a link on the main screen . For that purpose , i used showModalDialog() .

In the showModalDialog popup , while loading the popup in the Page_Load() event , i am
accessing the database , and depending on the business logic I am dynamically generating
contents of the popup window.

Using showModalDialog also serves my purpose of restricting access to the main screen.

But there are some problems .

1) Though the contents in the database is changing , the same is not geting reflected in the
popup window.

This happens , immaterial of how many times i open that popup window and close it .

But this behaviour stops , once i close the browser window and open the same in another
browser window.

Is there any way of tackling it ?
Is the content of the showModaldialog once loaded remains static , irrespective of change in
database?

2) When i click on the Ok button of the showModalDialog , the page is not getting refereshed.
Will Page refresh doesn't work in showModalDialog?

Can anyone suggest me continuing with showModalDialog or try any other new thing ???

I even tried DHTMLModalDialog which doesn't serve my purpose as , though it restricts focus to
the main screen , it is allowing me to access the Internet Explorer menu on the main screen.

Any suggestions except DHTMLModalDialog is welcome.

I need ur deseparate help in this regard , as i am hanged out here.

Thank you folks in advance

Naveen

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Zvonko

Here a tested version:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function showDia(sURL){
sURL += ((sURL.indexOf('?')<0)?"?":"&")+"time="+(new Date()).getTime();
retVal=window.showModalDialog(sURL, window);
window.location.reload(true);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20946345/showModalDialog-problem-very-serious.html" onClick="return showDia(this.href)">EE</a>
<script>document.write(new Date())</script>
</body>
</html>

i_rajeevsingh

you can embed a frame and load the page in that frame giving src to the file you want to open and it will work fine.
No hi Fanda

i_rajeevsingh

you can embed a frame in the window and load the page in that frame giving src to the file you want to open and it will work fine.
No hi Fanda

regards
rajeev

i_rajeevsingh

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