Task:
- Add some data to database - approx 5 minutes
- Send a notification to client "Data added to database"
- Process data - approx 15 minutes
- Send a notification to client "The data is processed"
In code:
ASMX web services
[SoapDocumentMethod(OneWay = true)]
[WebMethod]
public void AddAndProcess(DataSet _DataToProcess)
{
//inserts data to DB
SendNotification("Data added to database");
ProcessData(_DataToProcess);
}
[SoapDocumentMethod(OneWay = true)]
[WebMethod]
public void ProcessData(DataSet _DataToProcess)
{
//Process data
SendNotification("The data is processed");
}
public void SendNotification(string NotificationMessage)
{
//do something to send a notification to client
}
ASP.NET MVC View
@using (Html.BeginForm("AddAndProcess", "DataProcessor", FormMethod.Post, new {@class = "form-horizontal", role = "form", enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<h1>Upload data file</h1>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-10">
@Html.Label("Select data file", new { @class = "col-md-4 control-label" })
@Html.TextBox("file", null, new { type = "file" })
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
@Html.TextBox("Submit", "Process", new { type = "submit" })
</div>
</div>
}
Data processor controller
public class DataProcessor : Controller
{
public ActionResult AddAndProcess()
{
//Call data processor web services to
//1. Add some data to database - approx 5 minutes
//2. Send a notification to client "Data added to database"
//3. Process data - approx 15 minutes
//4. Send a notification to client "The data is processed"
return View();
}
}
Description:
I have an ASP.NET MVC view on which I need to show function execution status notification as shown above.
To save our user's time, the web services are marked SoapDocumentMethod(OneWay = true). In this case I cannot return a NotificationMessage string and show on view.
Problem:
How to send a notification from ASMX web services to ASP.NET MVC view?
