Refreshing content page without refreshing master page

[Guvera]

Hi friends,

How can i refreshing whole content pages without refreshing master pages.

I am usign multiple content pages in my application. In " window.location="" "

its moving one page to another. Its working fine. But whole page refreshed with

master page.But i dont want to refresh master pages. I need to refresh content

pages only.Is it possible??

Give some ideas.

Hopes ur's reply.

Thanks

[Guvera]

Its very urgent guys. Please reply soon if u can.

[mendhak]

You cannot. A master page is not an actual page that sits separately from and outside the content page. It is part of the content page itself. So when you move from one page to another, the master page must reload for each page you load.

[Guvera]

Is any possible other ways mendhak? Using Ajax can we do it? No way...

?????????

[Kasracer]

Maybe you can put an entire content block within an update panel on the master page? Seems insane though. What you want to do goes against how the web works. You should just update specific areas of the page rather than an entire page.

What you want to do is what frames did in 2000

[mendhak]

Yeah I didn't want to mention frames, it makes me feel bad too.

I suppose now's a good time to create a new rule of thumb: If you need your MasterPage to not refresh when accessing multiple pages on your website, then you're doing something wrong!

There isn't going to be a quick and dirty solution to what you want. Your problem is design, not code. Why do you not want the MasterPage refreshed?