ASP.NET offers a few solutions for handling long-running processes. One of the best methods is to combine threading with either a polling solution or AJAX.
by Jack D. Herrington
October 28, 2005
eople hate to wait. In fact, when it comes to a computer, they hate to wait more than about 200 milliseconds. This can be a problem when your Web-based application uses a process that takes many seconds or even minutes. You can't just put up a progress dialog or a wait cursor.
Fortunately ASP.NET offers a few different solutions for handling such long-running processes, which vary depending on the level of interactivity required and the amount of complexity you are willing to handle. This article will start with a sample application to demonstrate the problem and run through two solutions: one using a simple polling technique, and the other a more advanced AJAX solution.
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eople hate to wait. In fact, when it comes to a computer, they hate to wait more than about 200 milliseconds. This can be a problem when your Web-based application uses a process that takes many seconds or even minutes. You can't just put up a progress dialog or a wait cursor.
