How to Commit changes of HTML code permanently ? C# ASP.NET

Question

First I create a page with a textbox and a button; when the button is clicked, it redirects to another page.

This is the code for the redirected page:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (Page.PreviousPage != null)
    {
        TextBox SourceTextBox =
            (TextBox)Page.PreviousPage.FindControl("TextBox");
        if (SourceTextBox != null)
        {
            form1.InnerHtml = SourceTextBox.Text;
        }
    }
}

Now, I've what is written in the text box is displayed but the changes in the form aren't permanent. When I close the page then I open it again, it doesn't display what I have written before.

Is there any way to make the changes in the form permanent when I use .innerHtml?

@Ra3IDeN It's the only thing that is going to be edited, i am not gonna use a database just for that thing, if not necessary. — Omranovic, May 31 '16 at 13:09
If you expected editing the DOM to remain permanent across requests, I suggest you do some research into the stateless nature of the web, so you can understand why that isn't the case. — mason, May 31 '16 at 13:21
If you don't desire a db solution then you could save it as a text file on your local machine and read the file each time you revisite the site. i don't really see the point but thats a way to go. — ThunD3eR, May 31 '16 at 14:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '16 at 13:05

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Not without adding some storage solution. All you're doing here is editing the inner HTML of the form in the single instance of the page being rendered on the server, any other users loading the page will not see your changes, and as you have already discovered reloading the page yourself discards the content and reloads from the server.

You could save the content to a file on the server, store it in a database on your server, or perhaps use an online solution like Google's Firebase if you don't have access your your own DB server.

answered May 31 '16 at 13:05

Ben J. Boyle

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How to save the content to a file ?? – Omranovic May 31 '16 at 13:10
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Tale a look at this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1268766/writing-file-to-web-server-asp-net Several things to think about: a) Try not to write to the root of your site, save your data in a separate folder because... b) You'll need to give permissions to the web process to be able to write to the folder, and you don;t want your root folder accessible and writable. – Ben J. Boyle May 31 '16 at 13:17

How to Commit changes of HTML code permanently ? C# ASP.NET

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