"Martin Russ" <MartinRuss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29C44E76-E9B9-4B28-9DD1-D9BA45C80244@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Jon - yes, content expiration is already set to expire immediately.
>
> Can you explain the 'poll an aspx page and create the .xml file
> dymanically'
> please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
> "CodeMeister" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried Enabling the content expiration in IIS? This can be done
>> on
>> the document level under the HTTP Headers tab. You can set it to expire
>> immediately. This has worked for me in the past.
>>
>> You can also poll an .aspx page and dynamically create the xml data. This
>> would also solve the caching issue.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> "Martin Russ" <Martin Russ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD6E60C1-ED96-4A36-AADA-4A48EF52C47C@microsoft.com...
>> >I have an asp.net application. On one of the pages is a Flash object
>> >that
>> > polls a .xml file for data every 2 seconds or so.
>> >
>> > The .xml file is being updated, but the contents are never updated on
>> > the
>> > page through the flash object. I know the flash object is correctly
>> > polling.
>> >
>> > If I stop and start the web application, the updated data is
>> > immediately
>> > displayed.
>> >
>> > I cannot find anywhere where this caching is taking place or can be
>> > turned
>> > off. I've tried adding custom headers 'cache-control: no-cache' to
>> > both
>> > the
>> > directory AND the entire website without success.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Martin Russ
>>
>>
>>

"CodeMeister" wrote:

> Create an empty aspx page, override the Render method and output the XML to
> the writer based on your data. Since the page would be dynamically recreated
> on every request you would always have the most current data. You would need
> to validate the performance for your request load.
>
> You can load the data from the XML file and cache it with a file dependency.
> This would allow you to reload it every time the file changes. Here's a link
> on using the cache:
> http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/datacaching.aspx
>
> You may also want to look at creating a web service if Flash can parse the
> SOAP message.
>
> IHTH
>
> Jon
>
> "Martin Russ" <MartinRuss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:29C44E76-E9B9-4B28-9DD1-D9BA45C80244@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Jon - yes, content expiration is already set to expire immediately.
> >
> > Can you explain the 'poll an aspx page and create the .xml file
> > dymanically'
> > please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > "CodeMeister" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried Enabling the content expiration in IIS? This can be done
> >> on
> >> the document level under the HTTP Headers tab. You can set it to expire
> >> immediately. This has worked for me in the past.
> >>
> >> You can also poll an .aspx page and dynamically create the xml data. This
> >> would also solve the caching issue.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> "Martin Russ" <Martin Russ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:AD6E60C1-ED96-4A36-AADA-4A48EF52C47C@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have an asp.net application. On one of the pages is a Flash object
> >> >that
> >> > polls a .xml file for data every 2 seconds or so.
> >> >
> >> > The .xml file is being updated, but the contents are never updated on
> >> > the
> >> > page through the flash object. I know the flash object is correctly
> >> > polling.
> >> >
> >> > If I stop and start the web application, the updated data is
> >> > immediately
> >> > displayed.
> >> >
> >> > I cannot find anywhere where this caching is taking place or can be
> >> > turned
> >> > off. I've tried adding custom headers 'cache-control: no-cache' to
> >> > both
> >> > the
> >> > directory AND the entire website without success.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance,
> >> >
> >> > Martin Russ
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>