Hi, I'm facing a bit of a challenge:
I have a page containing a couple of links. When a user clicks a link, I would like to open a new browser window and count the click, which I do in code by updating the click counter in my database (UpdateClick(int LinkID)).
The problem is that when I use a linkbutton or imagebutton, set the postback or navigateURL, the click event is not being executed. If I do not set the linkbutton's postbackURL but instead execute UpdateClick method in the click event and then do a response.redirect, the browser will never open a new window.
Does someone have a good idea for me how to approach this issue? Preferably I would like to open a new browser first when a link is clicked, and then update the link counter in the background ("fire and forget"), so the user doesn't have to "wait" for this internet is slow.
Thanks, Jerrz
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