Reset session timeout without doing postback in ASP.Net

Question

Is there any way to reset the session timeout without doing postback?

In this scenario I don\'t just want to hide the postback from user, I need to reset the timeou

Answer 1

Only way I can think of is to do an ajax call to a dummy .net page like this:

function keepAlive()
{
var xmlHttp = null;

xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open( "GET", "KeepAlive.aspx", false );
xmlHttp.send( null );
}

and then call it like this