SaveDraft.aspx
// Usual ASP.NET page directives go here
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" ></script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:textbox id="username" runat="server" /><br />
<asp:textbox id="password" runat="server" /><br />
<asp:textbox id="realName" runat="server" /><br />
<asp:button id="Submit" onclick="Submit_Click"
usesubmitbehavior="true" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
// Configure to save every 5 seconds
window.setInterval(saveDraft, 5000);
});
// The magic happens here...
function saveDraft() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "SaveDraft.aspx",
data: ({
username: $("#<%=username.ClientID %>").val(),
password: $("#<%=password.ClientID %>").val(),
realName: $("#<%=realName.ClientID %>").val()
}),
success: function (response) {
alert('saved draft');
}
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
public partial class SaveDraft : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string username = Request.Form["username"];
string password = Request.Form["password"];
string realName = Request.Form["realName"];
// Save data somewhere at this point
}
}