Hello again, @devSF!
I could wrap up this simple example showing one of the possibilities in attaining this objective.
This involves in 'deferring' a reload of the panel each time a success load happens.
main page: 62492-panelAutoUpdate.aspx
<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head runat="server">
<title>Setting Html and Loader Properties - Ext.NET Examples</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Setting Html and Loader Properties</h1>
<ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
<h2>Loader with Html Mode</h2>
<ext:Panel
ID="Panel1"
runat="server"
Width="350"
Height="200"
Title="Merge Mode"
BodyPadding="5">
<Loader runat="server" Url="62492-time.aspx">
<Listeners>
<Load Handler="Ext.defer(this.load, 1000, this);" />
</Listeners>
<LoadMask ShowMask="true" />
</Loader>
</ext:Panel>
</body>
</html>
[b]"child" page:[b/] 62492-time.aspx
<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head runat="server">
<title>Current server time</title>
</head>
<body id="body" runat="server">
Server time: <%= DateTime.Now.ToLocalTime %>
</body>
</html>
As said above, this is one possible way into attaining this functionality. It has the advantage that it will only try a "reload" after a given time a successful load happens. The drawback is the "refresh" recurrence will stop the first time it fails.
It relies on calling client-side's
Ext.defer() method to, after the interval in milliseconds, trigger the
load() method from the panel's loader component.
The way it is set up in the code above, it triggers a
defer()'d reload every time the loader's
Load event listener triggers. To handle errors, you'd want the
Exception listener.
Hope this helps!
