"Jeroen Pot" <jm.pot@quicknet.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> i have an asp.net web application. A user can start a process which takes
a
> long time, about 1.5 hour.
> but after about an hour, internet explorer display's the page:
>
> "The page cannot be displayed".
>
> If i look at the processlist, the aspnet_wp.exe is still running fine. And
> the last action before ending is write a small text file. It does it
> perfectly. So i conclude it's no server side problem.
>
> Does anyone know why internet expolorer displays that message. And how to
> prevent it from comming up?

"John Saunders" <johnwsaundersiii@notcoldmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Jeroen Pot" <jm.pot@quicknet.nl> wrote in message
> news:284a6$40ef1ab0$52d96a12$25249@news.multikabel.nl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > i have an asp.net web application. A user can start a process which
takes
> a
> > long time, about 1.5 hour.
> > but after about an hour, internet explorer display's the page:
> >
> > "The page cannot be displayed".
> >
> > If i look at the processlist, the aspnet_wp.exe is still running fine.
And
> > the last action before ending is write a small text file. It does it
> > perfectly. So i conclude it's no server side problem.
> >
> > Does anyone know why internet expolorer displays that message. And how
to
> > prevent it from comming up?
>
> I can't directly answer your question, but: are you sure you want to trust
> your users to stay on the same page for 1.5 hours? Why not just start the
> long-running process and allow the user to come back and check for status
> later?
> --
> John Saunders
> johnwsaundersiii at hotmail
>
>