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This is an old solution to an old problem, but since somebody asked me if I knew how to solve this problem, I thought I'd post the solution here to make it easier for people to find in the future.

The problem has to do with ASP.Net and modal windows. If you've ever launched a modal window and issued a postback by clicking a button or tried to redirect, you know that it always opens a brand new window, and that is super annoying and unusable.

So, if you want to know how to use modal windows in Asp.Net and not have them keep opening new windows, the solution (and I my friend will can testify this simple solution works) does work. There are much more elaborate solutions posted out on the internet, but trust me, its just this easy, even though slightly inconvenient.

First, in the HEAD of EACH PAGE that will be as a modal window or called from a modal window, you have to have the following:

This name you give each page MUST be unique for each page.

Now, just set the target of the form in your page to target the name of the page the form exists on, like such:

With a completely new and blank page, the whole thing would look like this: