silverlight-2.0

Can Silverlight initiate Page Refreshes?

UPDATE: An alternative title for this could be: How do I call javascript from my silverlight 2.0 application.

Here is a quick question for all you Silverlight gurus.

I have a Silverlight app that displays a stopwatch countdown. The app is hosted in an ASP.Net web application, What I want it to do is when the stopwatch hits zero, the app forces a server page refresh of the hosting page.

Is this possible?

If so, any chance of a code snippet?

Solution

  • Apparently you can call a JS script from Silverlight using 

    HtmlPage.Window.CreateInstance

    or

    HtmlPage.Window.Invoke

    The JavaScript to refresh a page is

    location.reload(true)

    I'm not a Silverlight or JavaScript expert though, so not sure if it works in all browsers, or even at all.

    EDIT:

    Scott posted a comment to this answer with his final solution.

    He needed to create a JavaScript client function on the ASP.Net page called reload() that did the location.reload(true). Then it was a simple matter from his C# code to reload: 

    HtmlPage.Window.Invoke("reload");

    As @R4cOON suggested, you can also use:

    System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Document.Submit();