My MTS object won't persist

[cmaciejewski]

Hi,<br>We're writing an IIS application using VB6.&nbsp;&nbsp;It runs on NT Server 4.0/IIS 4.0/MTS.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users submit a query from a browser.&nbsp;&nbsp;This performs a series of actions (basically, gathering of information from various sources) by creating an instance of a class in an ActiveX DLL that we have put together (this class has been put into an MTS package), calling a Method in the class to start the information gathering, waiting until the class is ready, and eventually generating a results page which is returned to the user.<br><br>Our problem is that because the data gathering class can take several minutes to execute, we don't really want to hog the client browser connection for all that time.&nbsp;&nbsp;The idea was to generate a &quot;Please wait...&quot; page with a &quot;Refresh&quot; meta tag that returns to the component every 10 seconds to check on progress.&nbsp;&nbsp;Eventually, when the component has finished, we generate the results page.<br><br>Unfortunately as soon as we release the connection by returning the &quot;Please wait...&quot; page to the user, MTS shuts down our DLL component.<br><br>How can we execute a lengthy process on the server, without hogging the connection?&nbsp;&nbsp;There must be other people out there that have needed to do similar things.&nbsp;&nbsp;I hope I've explained this clearly.<br><br>I'm pulling my hair out on this one.&nbsp;&nbsp;Have I completely misunderstood the concept of MTS?<br><br>Thanks in advance for any help you can give me on this.<br>Chris Maciejewski

 

[AlexPeake]

One solution is to user frames (I know people hate these but is a solution)<br><br>Put the Please wait etc in one frame whcih stays connected. Let them carry on in another frame.

 

[DannyB]

Another is to use MSMQ. Load the objects onto the queue, release the reference, later on processs the queue !! <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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