Newbie to Newbie Ajax tips for ugly Invoice webpage

Question

Some assorted pseudotips about "invoice oriented" master/detail web sites,

Examples (but with small detail) and highlights:

• The demo at SimplyInvoices: the 5 blank items editable without a modal popup detail

• http://freelanceswitch.com/money/7-online-invoicing-apps-for-freelancers/ has some interesting web sites

Questions:

• Large products lookup search: this examples have a few items in a dropdown combo, and even search the product scrolling without typing (a fast google-filtering combo search?)

  • Answer: AJAX AutoComplete Extender (http://www.asp.net/AJAX/AjaxControlToolkit/Samples/AutoComplete/AutoComplete.aspx) and its use with ID key value (http://blogs.msdn.com/phaniraj/archive/2007/06/19/how-to-use-a-key-value-pair-in-your-autocompleteextender.aspx)

• Large detail?

  • Answer: Modal Popup + Gridview + UpdatePanel http://forums.asp.net/p/1007665/1339633.aspx Some headaches but still trying.

• How to distribute a lot of controls a its validators, without needing too much scrolling? The AJAX control CollapsiblePanel? Or just avoid too much controls?

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Answer 1

Hi if your new programming with ASP.net you will probably would like to check the Microsoft's MSDN site here is a link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336613.aspx to some design templates that I think could help you.

I hope this works for you