Long process -> page can't be displayed

[Jeroen Pot]

Hi,

i have an asp.net web application. A user can start a process which takes a
long time, about 1.5 hour.
but after about an hour, internet explorer display's the page:

"The page cannot be displayed".

If i look at the processlist, the aspnet_wp.exe is still running fine. And
the last action before ending is write a small text file. It does it
perfectly. So i conclude it's no server side problem.

Does anyone know why internet expolorer displays that message. And how to
prevent it from comming up?

 

[John Saunders]

Hi,

i have an asp.net web application. A user can start a process which takes a
long time, about 1.5 hour.
but after about an hour, internet explorer display's the page:

"The page cannot be displayed".

If i look at the processlist, the aspnet_wp.exe is still running fine. And
the last action before ending is write a small text file. It does it
perfectly. So i conclude it's no server side problem.

Does anyone know why internet expolorer displays that message. And how to
prevent it from comming up?

I can't directly answer your question, but: are you sure you want to trust
your users to stay on the same page for 1.5 hours? Why not just start the
long-running process and allow the user to come back and check for status
later?

 

[Peter Rilling]

That would be my advice also. In addition, you could force the page to
refresh periodically to provide them with updated status (if they stayed on
the page).