Re: Non-Interrupting Logins

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I found the solution to my problem here:

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/PersistentStatePage.asp

My situation was not identical to the scenario outlined in the article, but
the methods described where easily translated.

Thanks,
--kaburke

"kaburke" <phantomaster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:kTsMe.223841$on1.47537@xxxxxxxxxxx
> My application is a simple create/update/delete system, with user
> authentication. Everything is working well, except session timeouts are
> creating user-experience nightmares.
>
> The standard workflow of my application is as follows:
>
> Login -> View Items -> Edit Item -> Save Item
>
> The following should be noted about each step:
> 1) Login
> The login is a customized version of the FormsAuthentication. It
> accesses a database to retrieve user information, and uses
> FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie/Server.Transfer instead of
> FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage.
> 2) View Items
> A list of items is retrieved from a database and displayed in a
> DataList control.
> 3) Edit Item
> The user clicks on an edit button in the DataList control from step
> (2), and is taken to a separate form to edit the information (in-line
> editing is not being used).
> 4) The user clicks a save button, which persists the data to the database
> and takes the user back to the View Items page.
>
> As I said, everything is working. The problem I am having is when the user
> takes a long time editing the item and his session times out. In such a
> case the flow is as follows:
>
> Login -> View Items -> Edit Item -> Click Save -> Login -> Edit Item
>
> This is all well and good, except that upon return to the Edit Item page,
> the form values the user has entered are no longer there, so the user must
> re-enter the data. Ideally the flow should be:
>
> Login -> View Items -> Edit Item -> Click Save -> Login -> Persist Data to
> DB -> View Items
>
> assuming validation passes, otherwise
>
> Login -> View Items -> Edit Item -> Click Save -> Login -> Edit Item
>
> with the form filled out and any viewstate-dependant controls rehydrated.
>
> Any ideas as to how I can accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> --kaburke
>


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