xargon
February 4th, 2004, 04:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I have a moule that generates some excel files over an ASP.NET page. Depending on the request, some files can take a long time to download. So, I thought it would be a nice idea to use a web service that would do this in the background.
I have no experience with web services whatsoever. Is it possible to do the following with the web service:
- The client does not get stuck in the page. Basically, the request should be processed in the background. Currently, when I do this in an ASP.NET page, the page waits on the load till the request is complete. What I want is to process the request in the background and the user should be free to browse the site.
- Have a callback that will notify the user that the request has been complete.
If someone can suggest on such background processing of tasks, I would be really grateful.
Thanks,
Xargon
I have a moule that generates some excel files over an ASP.NET page. Depending on the request, some files can take a long time to download. So, I thought it would be a nice idea to use a web service that would do this in the background.
I have no experience with web services whatsoever. Is it possible to do the following with the web service:
- The client does not get stuck in the page. Basically, the request should be processed in the background. Currently, when I do this in an ASP.NET page, the page waits on the load till the request is complete. What I want is to process the request in the background and the user should be free to browse the site.
- Have a callback that will notify the user that the request has been complete.
If someone can suggest on such background processing of tasks, I would be really grateful.
Thanks,
Xargon