Re: Back button not working after move to windows 2003 server

From: Dan (Dan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:57:03 -0700

With friendly error messages turned off, i now get the following:
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Warning: Page has Expired The page you requested was created using
information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a
security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically resubmit your
information for you.

To resubmit your information and view this Web page, click the Refresh
button.
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Clicking refresh does indeed reload the page. What if anything can I do to
make the page automatically resubmit the from data?

"David Wang [Msft]" wrote:

> Please turn off "Show Friendly HTTP Errors" option in IE and report the
> actual error response.
>
> At first glance, this does not look like a problem with IIS but some other
> configuration, either of the network or the web application on the server.
> The "Back button" translates into HTTP requests, and IIS on Windows Server
> 2003 definitely handles that like any other HTTP request. However,
> applications usually have some sort of "state" required to make the "back
> button" feature work, and that is probably what's broken here. We'll need
> to see the actual error message to troubleshoot further; otherwise, it's
> just guess-work.
>
> --
> //David
> IIS
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> //
> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA0971D8-193A-4B5B-B997-BC1EFF7E1A31@microsoft.com...
> We recently moved our web application from a windows 2000 server machine to
> one with 2003 Server Web Edition. Users of our application had been used to
> having the ability to use the back and forward browser nav buttons while in
> our app. For example, they would do a search, see the resutls in a datagrid,
> click a link to go to a new page to see details, and then click back to get
> to the result list again. After moving servers, when they click the back
> button to pretty much any data page in the system, they get the following
> generic page cannot be displayed message.
>
> ********************************************
> The page cannot be displayed
> The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be
> experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser
> settings.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> ..................
> Cannot find server or DNS Error
> Internet Explorer
> **********************************************
>
> What has happened? Do I need to change something in our app or in the IIS
> settings?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> -Dan
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