ASP.NET Podcast Show #117 - Using the History Functionality with the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta 1
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Show Notes:
- The current UpdatePanel functionality with regards to back.
- The UpdatePanel with History in .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta1.
- EnableSecureHistoryState.
- INETA Community Champions Program @ http://www.ineta.org/Champions/CommunityChampionInfo.aspx.
Images:
This is the UpdatePanel with EnableSecureHistoryState set to true
 
This is the UpdatePanel with EnableSecureHistoryState set to false.
 
Source Code:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="UpdatePanelHistory.aspx.cs" Inherits="UpdatePanelHistory"
%>
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD
XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>UpdatePanel
History Button</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="scm" runat="server" 
       EnableHistory="true" 
       OnNavigate="scm_Navigate"
       />
    <div>
    <asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Click Me!" 
            onclick="btnSubmit_Click" />
    <asp:UpdatePanel ID="upl" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
    <ContentTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblTime" runat="server" />
    </ContentTemplate>
    <Triggers>
        <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="btnSubmit" EventName="Click" />
    </Triggers>
    </asp:UpdatePanel>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using
System.Collections.Specialized;
public partial
class UpdatePanelHistory
: System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object
sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    }
    protected void scm_Navigate(object
sender, HistoryEventArgs he)
    {
        NameValueCollection
pageState = he.State;
        string
dtS;
        if
(pageState != null)
        {
            dtS = pageState.Get("Time");
            if
(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(dtS))
            {
                lblTime.Text = dtS;
            }
            else
            {
                lblTime.Text = String.Empty;
            }
            upl.Update();
        }
    }
    protected void btnSubmit_Click(object
sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string
dtS = DateTime.Now.ToString();
        lblTime.Text = dtS;
        if
((scm.IsInAsyncPostBack == true) &&
(scm.IsNavigating != true))
        {
            AddHistoryPoint(dtS);
        }
    }
    private void AddHistoryPoint(string
HistoryPoint)
    {
        NameValueCollection
pageState = new NameValueCollection();
        pageState.Add("Time",
HistoryPoint);
        scm.AddHistoryPoint(pageState, "Time:" + HistoryPoint);
    }