Author: ssstars | Posted on: 10/31/2009 12:08:37 AM | Views : 877

all,
I've been struggling for days to find a solution for a problem that I would think is quite common.
Here are the parameters...
I am using... Asp.NET 3.5, C#, MasterPages
I have a web page that takes a long time to retreive/load data.  To get to this page I would click on a menu... that would <a href="pagename.aspx"> </a> to the page.
Please note that I am NOT causing a postback via a button or such... ON the page.  If that was the case I would use AJax Extensions UpdatePanel and  UpdateProgress and problem solved.
In this case... click on a menu item... navigate to the page... and in Page_Load, retreive and load the data (load a tree control with the data).  
This takes a long time... and I would like to display a message and/or progress indicator to the user.
Ive done extensive search on the web... can't find anything that works for me.
I have tried the example at: ...

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