Render to memory stream 1

[Gorkem]

Hi there,

What I have here is somewhat of a complicated case. I need to be able to load an ASPX page which will in turn load a 2nd ASPX page in from a file and render the results of the 2nd ASPX into memory. I am sort of unsure how to about this.

Essentially, I can have my code behind load up this file using regular IO, but how do I render the code so that the datalist's are populated?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

G.



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[ca8msm]

You could use the httpWebRequest and httpWebResponse methods to get the resulting markup from the second page. You can then render them as necessary, however, you may have a problem once you come to maintaining their state or accessing values.


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[Gorkem]

I was thinking that, but then I realized it wouldn't work as there are session variables that need to be processed into the file. By doing an HttpWebRequest, it would essentially start a new session for that one request.

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G.

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[ca8msm]

Why does the second aspx page need to be "in memory" and waht do you need to do to it?


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[Gorkem]

Ok.. so I think I've found a way around it to a certain extent.. however I am still having problems.

I put a panel control on the page, and created a custom user control with the secondary page I want to process into memory. When the PageLoad event fires, I RenderControl to a string and hide the panel control.

This method "SORT OF" works, where the control is rendering, however it does not pull the information for my datalists. Any suggestions?

Cheers,

G.



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[Gorkem]

Well basically, I'm trying to render the 2nd aspx into memory so that I can email the results. Basically the 2nd aspx is acting as a template file, and once rendered, I want to take the resulting HTML and email it to a specific person.



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[ca8msm]

Maybe you could have the 2nd page accept the parameters a different way? If you created a httpWebRequest and called the 2nd page but passed the variables through as a querystring rather than a session variable, it could then use those variables to render the correct page. The resulting markup of this request could then be used in your email.


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[Gorkem]

I wish it were that easy, unfortunately, there is too much information to pass in a query string..

But surely there must be an equivilent version of ASP's Server.Execute() for ASP.NET, which I could use to render an ASPX into a string.

Cheers,

G.

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[ca8msm]

The Server.Execute method still exists as part of the .NET framework


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[Gorkem]

Oh.. well then there's the problem.. Let this be a lesson learned.. Don't over complicate a simple problem.

Thanks!!

G.


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[ca8msm]

Yes, I must admit I didn't think of that method until you suggested it and then it seemed so simple!


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