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Does anyone know how to unload a pdf from a frame/webpage that is drawn by ceTe Dynamic PDF Merger?

I am experiencing some tricky session and frame behavior. I have a page A with a frame B in it. A session variable is passed from the main page A to the frame page B in order to display a pdf in the frame B. After the main page A is done passing the session variable to the frame page B I remove the variable from the session. When I leave the main page A and go back to the page C with the link to the main page A and then click a link to a second page D which is similar to page A. second main page D has a frame page E that is for some odd reason displaying the pdf from the first frame page B. I have tried everything

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            LoadPrimaryQapPDF();
        }
    }
 
    protected void LoadPrimaryQapPDF()
    {
        string filepath = "";
 
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Session["file"].ToString()))
        {
            filepath = Session["file"].ToString();
        }
 
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(filepath))
        {
            //Create a PDF document
            MergeDocument document = new MergeDocument(@filepath);
 
            // Create a page and add it to the document 
            ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page page = new ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page();
            document.Pages.Add(page);
 
            // Outputs the document to the current web page
            document.DrawToWeb();
 
            Session.Remove("file");
        }
    }
}

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mjoseph23

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I have tried an empty string with the session. Currently I have a blank page hardcoded in the frame, but I did not think about using a query string in code behind. These are the steps I take to load the pdf. On Page A, the user uploads a file through the file upload control, then they can press buttons save or view. When they do that, page A takes the file location uploaded in the control and stores it in a session variable. Pressing the buttons causes some sort of postback on page B in the frame. When page B loads it takes the stored session variable containing the file location and passes it to the ceTe dynamic pdf generator then the generator draws the pdf on page B.

/***************page A******************/
 
    protected void btnView_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Session["file"] = "";
 
        //iframe1.Visible = false;
 
        if (FileUpload1.HasFile)
        {
            Label1.Text = "";
 
            string fileExt = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(FileUpload1.FileName);
 
            if (fileExt == ".pdf")
            {
                try
                {
                    //iframe1.Visible = true;
 
                    string file = FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName.Substring(3, FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName.Length - 3);
                    string appendedfile = "\\\\msgsap4n39r\\88mdg\\" + file;
 
                    Session["file"] = appendedfile;
 
                    FilePath.InnerHtml = Session["file"].ToString();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Label1.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message.ToString();
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Label1.Text = "Only .pdf files allowed!";
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Label1.Text = "You have not specified a file.";
        }
    }
 
/**************page B*******************/
    protected void LoadPrimaryQapPDF()
    {
        string filepath = "";
 
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Session["file"].ToString()))
        {
            filepath = Session["file"].ToString();
        }
 
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(filepath))
        {
            //Create a PDF document
            MergeDocument document = new MergeDocument(@filepath);
 
            // Create a page and add it to the document 
            ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page page = new ceTe.DynamicPDF.Page();
            document.Pages.Add(page);
 
            // Outputs the document to the current web page
            document.DrawToWeb(false);
 
            Session.Remove("file");
        }
    }

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Geoff Sutton

I must admit then that I am a loss. i would start by running some simple tests - What is session["file"] set to before you pass it from A, and when you receive it at B? Rather than using session, how about javascript? http://www.simiandesign.com/blog-fu/2005/08/javascript_acro.php Use that to pass the value across then initiate a postback of some sort (session variables are not, I have found, incredibly reliable - I prefer querystrings, post variables or viewstate where possible).

mjoseph23

ASKER

Yes, the query string solved the problem. Thanks!

iframe1.Attributes["src"] = "QapAppointmentLetterPDFBottom.aspx?file=" + appendedfile;