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Request values from one aspx page to another

Hello there

I have a page1.aspx and an event occurence in page1.aspx pop-up page2.aspx. Now i can select some values in the dropdown lists from that page2.aspx as search criteria. Once the criteria matches the search returns a datagrid which has a select button. When I click on that button I return back to page1.aspx.

Now I need to request the selecteditem.values of the drop down lists from page2.aspx to page1.aspx as i need those two values as a input for a different event.

Can someone please help me?

Hard learner

b1xml2

simple way is this:
1. in page2.aspx, when you are ready, populate the Session with the values you are interested in
2. when page2.aspx closes, force a postback(like document.forms[0].submit();)
3. in page1.aspx, grab the session values and do what you want server-side...

hardlearner

ASKER

Thanx buddy...

Would you mind a little more help...

Suppose I create two literals a & b in page2.apsx and render the values of the dropdown lists to them like the following: dropdown1.selecteditem.value=a and dropdown2.selecteditem.value=b. How exactly can i force a postback to be able to use those two values from page1.aspx?
I will be grateful if you can elaborate...

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b1xml2

You can register call the client-side scripts when you are ready:

Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock("reload","<script>reload();</script>")

and inside the aspx page
<script language="javascript">
function reload() {
... code...
}
</script>

hardlearner

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hello Buddy... It surely was very helpful but I wish you were a VB.Net. Now I have to struggle for the equivalent syntax

thank you anyway

hardlearner

ASKER

Oh man... Just for your information... I am kinda new to this technology... I still have got some research to do on this now :)

Hard learner is what i am :)

thank you

b1xml2

uhm, the code was in javascript... at the mo, nothing to do with VB.NET or C#. I am versatile across the 2 languages altho I personally prefer C#