<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000); // sleep 3 seconds } </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head runat="server"> <title>UpdatePanel Cancel</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" /> <asp:UpdatePanel ID="up1" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <%= DateTime.Now.ToString("T") %> <asp:Button id="btnSubmit1" Text="Submit 1" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" Runat="server"/> </ContentTemplate> </asp:UpdatePanel> <asp:UpdatePanel ID="up2" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <%= DateTime.Now.ToString("T") %> <asp:Button id="btnSubmit2" Text="Submit 2" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" Runat="server" /> </ContentTemplate> </asp:UpdatePanel> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance(); prm.add_initializeRequest( prm_initializeRequest ); function prm_initializeRequest(sender, args) { if (prm.get_isInAsyncPostBack()) { alert('Still Processing First Request'); args.set_cancel(true); } } </script> </body> </html>