How to detect if an aspx page was called from Server.Execute?

Question

I have the following example page structure:

• Webpage.aspx
• Script.aspx

If I call Server.Execute(\"Script.aspx\") from Webpa

Answer 1

In Script.aspx.cs, you can simply check the Request.Path in comparison to the current execution path.

if ( Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath == Request.Path ) 
{
   //This has been called from a web browser
} else {
   //This has been executed from the file Request.Path
}

Why?

Portions of the request are passed on untouched when you call the Server.Execute. Thus, if you were to look at the value of Request.Path from your Script.aspx.cs after using a Server.Execute in your Webpage.aspx.cs, you will see it has a value of "/Webpage.aspx".

However, if a web browser were to access Script.aspx directly, the value of Request.Path from Script.aspx.cs will result in "/Script.aspx". The currentExecutionPath will always yield the currently executed script, so comparing the two will give the desired result.

Hope this helps.