Ajax Asp.net Include on .aspx does not work.

Hello. I'm only hours old in the AJAX world. It looks very interesting. If this question is in the wrong section, please move. Thank you. Here is the situation:

I'm trying to install a webmailer written in c#. The include file consists of 1 aspx page. The Mother page is an aspx page. I'm trying to call it into the page using:

<a href="http://links.10026.com/?link=javascript:ajaxpage('pages/contactus/contactus.aspx', 'rightcolumn');">

When you click on the link. Previous information is removed, but nothing is loaded. Can someone help me figure a way to include aspx files properly? If I change the document to .txt or .htm, the information is simply written to the page, and not run server side.

Thank you

TV

Hi,

Are you trying to use including files in classic asp?
Please elaborate your requirements, so that we can help you to provide a suitable solution in asp.net.

Ajax and push mode?

Is it possible to realize "push mode" with AJAX and asynchronous callbacks?
It would be interesting to update a part of a web page triggerd by the web server
when something has changed by another user.
Rolf

First of all. Do youwant "Real Time" or "Near Real Time" data. Cause if you want "Real Time", you need some kind of ActiveX objectinstalled on the client listening for new messages or monitoring a queue on theserver. This requires a lot more code. But if you want "near Real Time" then trythis…

Put a Javascript timer() on the page to call the "GetDataOnServer"function every 'n' seconds or minutes. If new data is available on the server, then it appears on yourpage. If not, then no data is sent. Just an idea that works for me. And from a user standpoint, it looksgreat. Gmail is doing the same thing intheir INBOX, I think.

Not really. You could fake it however by polling the server once in awhile (Web.Timer may be useful to refresh data every n seconds). On theserver you could keep track of what data is dirty since the last time auser retrieved its data.

I have been actively surveying Ajax solutions, and the only one that Ihave found that seems to support true asynchronous data push isICEfaces by ICEsoft. See www.icesoft.com. Of course this isa JSF/J2EE approach and may not be of interest to you .net'ers, but itlooks like a very cool solution to the Ajax problem. They havesome very impressive demos including chat, auction, and emailapplications. I will let you know if I come across anything else.
Mary Stephens