Question

How to prevent Session.Timeout extension on certain event from codebehind?

<asp:Timer ID="Timer7" runat="server" Interval="540000" ontick="Timer7_Tick">
                </asp:Timer>

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protected void Timer7_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            showModalPopupServerOperatorButton_Click(null, null);
            Timer7.Enabled = false;
}

Initial calculations was that 1 minute before the session ends, i’ll inform the user something with the ModalPopup. The problem is that when this Timer7_Tick event triggers, the Session.Timeout renew and the session ends 10 minutes later (if user still don’t send any request from his browser).

Answer 1

Server side execution will extend session timeout. If you just want to popup a dialog, try using JavaScript without any postbacks.

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An alternative of using Timer control, use this JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">    
    setTimeout(function () {    
        alert("Event");    
    }, 540000);    
</script>