Definitions

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  • noun computing, Internet The transmission of data back to the same web page by means of HTTP POST.

Etymologies

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post +‎ back

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Examples

  • The postback is the synchronous traditional way of sending data to the server and usually happens through basic interactions like button clicks.

    unknown title 2009

  • Here is where the problem comes in ... the save button's click event saves the address data, but the save button causes a postback which is causing the click event to be fired after the data is saved.

    ASP.NET Forums vbaddicts 2009

  • There will be some controls in the final version that will instead of doing a "postback", make sure an Action method will be excuted.

    ASP.NET Forums 2008

  • But as soon as you do any kind of postback (ajax running on the client) it breaks and I get the above error about "ScriptResources. axd failed to load.

    ASP.NET Forums 2009

  • A control can override the default implementation of the Handle the client-side event that caused the postback and raise appropriate events on the server.

    Site Home Guru Pratap Ketepalli 2011

  • This usually happens during an asynchronous postback, but can also extend beyond the lifetime of the postback, such as while retrieving images displayed on the report page.

    Site Home Selvar 2011

  • The viewer is loading whenever an asynchronous postback is in progress.

    Site Home Selvar 2011

  • Then in the control's Load event, I check for this specific postback target value and then raise my custom event, passing the Postback argument.

    ASP.NET Forums JoshStodola 2010

  • Then I create a HyperLink in it that submits a custom postback.

    ASP.NET Forums JoshStodola 2010

  • If the page is not a postback, I use the Control's TodaysDate value then whenever the user makes a change I take action in the event handler for the "type" of change that they make.

    Misfit Geek 2010

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