>It sounds as if the new page is a generic page that just displays the information in the DS? If that's the case then I can't think of a way other than the one currently being used......

There should be a way to fire some code when the buttons clicked even if it's Client-side click only. I do want to avoid a postback, though.

Here is the same question discussed
http://forums.asp.net/p/1312838/2589448.aspx#2589448