How Do I Post and then redirect to an external URL from ASP.Net?

Question

ASP.NET server-side controls postback to their own page. This makes cases where you want to redirect a user to an external page, but need to post to that page for some reason (

Answer 1

I needed to open in the same window, dealing with possible frame issues from the original page, then redirecting to an external site in code behind:

Private Sub ExternalRedirector(ByVal externalUrl As String)
    Dim clientRedirectName As String = "ClientExternalRedirect"
    Dim externalRedirectJS As New StringBuilder()

    If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(externalUrl) Then
        If Not Page.ClientScript.IsStartupScriptRegistered(clientRedirectName) Then
            externalRedirectJS.Append("function CheckWindow() {")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("   if (window.top != window) {")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("       window.top.location = '")
            externalRedirectJS.Append(externalUrl)
            externalRedirectJS.Append("';")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("       return false;")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("   }")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("   else {")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("   window.location = '")
            externalRedirectJS.Append(externalUrl)
            externalRedirectJS.Append("';")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("   }")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("}")
            externalRedirectJS.Append("CheckWindow();")

            Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Page.GetType(), clientRedirectName, externalRedirectJS.ToString(), True)
        End If
    End If
End Sub