Why is Page_Load not firing after coming back from another page using ASP.NET - ergo epic embarrassment :)

Question

Let\'s say I have two pages on the same ASP.NET C# WebSite.

• Page1.aspx does things in the Page_Load event
• I navigate to Page2.aspx using the menu

Answer 1

I had the same problem and found that this works for me: (add this on the Page_Load section)

    if (this.Master.Page.Header != null && Session["RELOAD"] == null)
    {
        System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlHead hh = this.Master.Page.Header;
        System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlMeta hm = new System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlMeta();
        hm.Attributes.Add("http-equiv", "Refresh");
        hm.Attributes.Add("content", "3");
        hh.Controls.Add(hm);
    }

and then I add Session["RELOAD"] = "1" right after it executes the code I want to run to prevent it from refreshing over and over again. Works like a charm.