Increase page timeout from inside a web part

Question

We have a webpart that allows users to upload videos to YouTube. In testing, we were able to exceed the script timeout. I believe the default is 120 seconds.

Can this setting be changed / accommodated inside the web part, or can this only be changed in the web.config?

Answer 1

Use SPLongOperation for this kind of stuff:

http://nikspatel.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/use-splongoperation-to-display-sharepoint-processing-page-for-lengthy-operations/