how to redraw only part of the page?

[Bob]

I have a page with a search section on top (which hastwo dropdowns, a text
box and a search button), the search result would show up below in a table.
Since the dropdowns contain large amount of data, I'm hoping that when the
page is posted back to query for results, the top part can stay without
being re-drawn. My question is tow fold, (1) is this possible in .NET 1.1?
(2) I remember seeing something like this in ASP.NET 2.0 demo but can't
remember how it's done, does anyone know?

Thanks in advance.
Bob

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

In ASP.NET 2.0 this kind of thing will be relatively easy.
But in the current version of ASP.NET it's fairly complex.
With a little less work you might be able to get away with using Frames (or
an IFrame) if your page design is simple, but even that can have some
challenging aspects to it.

Here's more info on IFrames:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/IFRAME.asp

 

[Bob]

Hi Steve, thanks for the reply. I'm probably just going to count on ASP.NET
2.0. Do you know where I can find an ASP.NET 2.0 exapmple on this?

Thanks
Bob

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Yes, here's more information for you:
http://normen.mine.nu/myblog/viewpost.aspx?PostID=113

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net