Re: Refresh problem

debnath wrote on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:21:00 -0800:

Now when I click on the refresh button in the toolbar, IE shows the
original page (within the login page) effectively logging me out,
whereas the expected behaviour would be to stay at the same
page.

The frameset never changes the initial URL for the login page, so when you
click refresh IE is refreshing the entire frame set - which is correct. You
can refresh individual frames by right clicking inside them and choosing
Refresh from the popup menu.

A much better solution would be to recode the login system to use the same
URL and having the login details posted back. That way if the user is not
logged in the frame shows the login form, and if they are logged in it shows
whatever they would normally see there - and if they click the Refresh
button, it doesn't show the login form because the session handling code
shows the correct content rather than the login form.

Another solution would be have the loginscreen code check to see if the user
is logged, and if so redirect to the correct content page.

This is another good reason to try and avoid frames - they really make a
mess of the use of the Refresh button.

Dan


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