Trouble with Ajax toolkit CalendarExtender Crashes IE6

Question

Hello

I have a weird problem with the CalandarExtender on my web project. When someone click on the little calandar icon IE6 crash! I think i properly implemented it

<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="cc1" %>

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<asp:TextBox ID="txtDateDebut" runat="server" CssClass="TextBox"></asp:TextBox>
                                                &nbsp;<asp:ImageButton ID="txtDateDebutButton" runat="server" 
                                                    ImageUrl="~/images/16X16_2/cal.gif" />
                                                <cc1:CalendarExtender ID="txtDateDebutCalendarExtender" runat="server" 
                                                    Animated="false" CssClass="Calendar" FirstDayOfWeek="Monday" 
                                                    Format="dd/MM/yyyy" PopupButtonID="txtDateDebutButton" 
                                                    TargetControlID="txtDateDebut">
                                                </cc1:CalendarExtender>

On have IE7 it works but it stretch up, on IE6 it freeze the app until its stop without any error message.

Answer 1

If you're willing to step outside the world of what asp.net gives you, you have lots of options such as this:

http://www.stefanoverna.com/log/create-astonishing-ical-like-calendars-with-jquery

Having said that, are you simply trying to make a date picker and want a proper asp.net control, i've used these guys before and it works great (no i dont work there)

http://www.basicdatepicker.com/

Answer 2

Two things to try:

1) If you're running this inside of an UpdatePanel, make sure your UpdatePanel has an ID set on it.

2) If you have set EnableEventValidation="false", try turning it back on.

I know those sound weird, but #2 fixed a crash in IE6 in a very complicated web application that I work on...