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10.23.07
An Old School AJAX Call That Just Works
 By
Mads Kristensen
Today I was working on a web page that performs an AJAX call on unload, so when a person navigates away from the page, the AJAX call is triggered.
The goal was to register that the visitor navigated away from the page so just a one-way call was needed.
I started out using a simple ASP.NET client callback and it worked - or so I thought.
When the next page on the same website is loaded, a JavaScript error occurred because the __pendingcallback variable was null.
Then I made the callback asynchronous instead of synchronous but it didn't help.
Then a colleague suggested that I should use an ASP.NET AJAX script service call instead. That didn't help.
A JavaScript error still occurred though it was a different one but caused by the same issue.
So I started doing what I should have done from the beginning - do it old school. It's faster, more reliable, uses GET, light weight and completely cross-browser supported.
I created an HttpHandler that took a few URL parameters. I could have used the same page but for this scenario a handler was more appropriate and they are always faster.
Then I added this piece of code in the unload event handler in JavaScript:
The UnLoadHandler() method performs a GET request to the handler by preloading it into an Image object. This is of course not AJAX according to the definition, but it is asynchronous and uses JavaScript. I guess that makes it AJ.
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About
the Author:
Mads Kristensen currently works as a Senior Developer at Traceworks located
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mads graduated from Copenhagen Technical Academy with a multimedia degree in
2003, but has been a professional developer since 2000. His main focus is on ASP.NET but is responsible for Winforms, Windows- and
web services in his daily work as well. A true .NET developer with great passion for the simple solution.
http://www.madskristensen.dk/
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