Long process -> page can't be displayed

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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?
 
Jeroen Pot said:
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?
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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?
 
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).
 
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