Would ATLAS (AJAX) be of help here? Have a jscript function on the page attempt to update just the relevant bits of a page (maybe along with an "information as of <<date/time>>" label) and fail silently if the server isn't available right that second.
I've not messed w/ATLAS myself, but it looks hella-slick... -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Ritchie Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Refresh a web page automatically when network connection goes down If the web page is displayed in a normal browser and the refresh is done through META tags, then the previous answers are correct. There's not much you can do. Adding javascript to see if the site is available before showing it will reduce the refresh time. If you're hosting the page in a .NET application then you can subscribe to the NetworkAvailabilityChanged event or use the GetIsNetworkAvailable method. But, both relate to whether the network card is connected, not whether Internet or Intranet access is available. -- Peter Microsoft MVP Visual Development - C# http://www.peterRitchie.com/Blog On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 13:08:19 -0400, Eddie Lascu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello Experts, > >This may not be such an advances .NET topics, but I don't have any >other place where to ask my silly question. I apologies in advance. >One of the components in our system displays dynamic information >through a web page on an unmanned display (much like the >arrival/departure times and flight status displayed in airports). > >Web development is not my area of expertise, but it's hard to swallow >the explanation I was presented by the developer that did the page. >Bottom line, the page refreshes itself every 2 seconds, to update >almost real time the information it must display. However, if the >network goes down >for a very short period of time, the page cannot connect to the server >and Error 401 is presented (actually would have been, except it was >replaced with a blank page). The only way to solve this (suggested by >the said >developer) is to remotely connect to the desktop and refresh the link >manually. > >Is there another way to do this in an automatic fashion? I think >ideally would be to leave the display untouched as long as the network >is down and refresh the content of the page as soon as the network comes back on-line. >The page is displayed with Internet Explorer, so there is not much control I >have over the logic that controls the error handling. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
