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Hello - I'm developing a web application that requires constant listening to the server. The server receives responses from various databases that are legacy and are not quick queries. What I would like to do is have the user continue to use the app while having a windows popup via active-x control (or something along that line) whenever the server catches data and sends it back out. My question is, can I use threading efficiently inside a web service, and if so, what's the best way to do this? I'm fairly new to ASP.Net, but do have a good amt of C# behind me. Any suggestions would be great.

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Administrator23y ago
This is an IE-only solution, but if it's not a prb, go for it.
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Administrator23y ago
Hi, Here is some JavaScript that I copied from elsewhere on this site for specifying a callback function when calling a C# webservice:

Cheers,
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Administrator23y ago
I'm not sure if I understand your problem well, but... Usuall, having web client listen to server constantly is a tedious job (because of disconnected nature of HTTP). But one way to solve it is have page automatically refresh itself - let's say - once a second. If you tell me more about your need I can tell if it works. Or maybe you get it yourself :) To your question about threading, of course you can use it inside web service, but I think it wouldn't do the trick for you. (Again, I don't know enough about your problem)
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