Redirect to a URL but without oppeing a new IE borswer 1

[c100cbk2]

Hi

I have a URL i need to post to but do not need to open another broswer window, the purpose it to allow those at the other end to record the detail in the parameters to their database and i do not need to know anything in return.

I have the url already but can any body give me some advice onthe the best way to go abou this and an example if you have one would be perfect.

code base is in vb.net 2

Much thanks in advance.

 

[jmeckley]

if your browser is opening a new tab/window, that is either a browser setting (open links in a new window) or the anchor tag has a target set.

<a target="..." href="apage.aspx">label</a>

in either case it's related to the client, not the server.

if you mean the browser refreshes the entire page, or something to that effect. than yes, that's the way the web works. send a request, get a response.







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[c100cbk2]

I have mislead you, I do not have a browser session open. I want to from a vb.net applicatino ppost to a url and not have a browser open up to try and display a page.
I hope this makes a little more sense.

 

[jmeckley]

ok, that makes more sense. what does your code currently look like?

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[jmeckley]

this also means the problem is not related to asp.net. it's how you send an http request from the application. you may want to try the vb.net forum instead.

If you aren't already, you will be using WebRequest.Create() to access the url.

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[c100cbk2]

Thank you for the tip jmeckley,

Here is my code which works perfectly in dev so, all being well, will be tested in live shortly.
Dim _request As System.Net.WebRequest

_request = WebRequest.Create("

http://localhost:49332/Default.aspx")

_request.Method = "POST"
'_request.Timeout = 2000
_request.GetResponse()

This code runs a method in the form load of the web page to write to a text file in order to test the method gets called.

Any comments welcome.