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AJAX Dropdown extender question

I am using the example on the AJAX website for the dropdown extender. I'm looking to make the target control, the label, have the dropdown image appear always instead of just when I hover over it. Is there any way to do this? ...

AutoCompleteExtender in ASP.NET additional info

how do I pass additional information to the service method returning the collection of items? I'll attempt to explain what I mean, I have 2 text boxes on a form, I need to fill out names, based of a specific account id in a database. so, I need to pass an integer to the getNamesForDropDown method. I couldn't figure out what to do, so ...

Dynamically Reassigning Filtered Text Box Extender

I have a page with 8 Text fields, all these text boxes requires the same rules in regard to accepted characters/invalid characters. My question is, should I have individual Filtered Text box Extenders for each Text Field or can I have a single Filtered Text Box Extender that I reassign the TargetControl. Can you do this client side i...

Alternative UI control for large data lists instead of DropDownList

I am using C# and ASP.NET with version 2.0 of the .NET Framework library on this particular project. We are also using the AjaxControlToolkit. The AjaxControlToolkit should have the controls available to make a descent User Interface solution to the problem I'm facing. I have run into this in a few projects in the last year, and used...

Forcing TargetControl Textbox to use a value in the AutocompleteExtender

I'm sure I'm going to have to write supporting javascript code to do this. I have an autocomplete extender set up that selects values from a database table, when a selection is made, i would like it to set the ID of the value selected to a hidden control. I can do that by handling a value change on the text box and making a select call...

ASP.NET AjaxControlToolKit Accordion set active pane via javascript

I would like to be able to change the active pane of an accordion using javascript. I see a behavior set_SelectedIndex but I can not seem to get it to work. How can I find out what the supported methods are for this control? How can I set the selected index from the page? ...

How should I handle Session timeouts when using AJAX Web controls on an Aspx page?

The following is a question I asked on my blog a few months back but I still haven't got a proper answer to. Then a couple of days ago I was asked if I had the answer so I decided to copy the question in here where it will get a much more exposure by willing-and-able developers. Anyways, here goes... I have been working on an ASP.NET ...

Difference between Multiview control and AjaxToolkit Tabs

Is there a major difference between the Multiview control in ASP.NET 2.0 and the Tab control in the AjaxToolkit? Other than the built in visuals of the tab control, is there anything different in the way they handle the hiding/showing of controls? ...

Programatic Access to DragHandleTemplate in ASP.NET AJAX ReorderList

Is there a way to programatically access the DragHandleTemplate of a ReorderList (ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit) ... Specifically during ItemDataBound for the ReorderList, in order to change its appearance at the per item level? ...

Vanishing scroll bar when using Autocomplete extender

Hi I use the Autocomplete extender feature to get the list of suggestions from my database. There is no scroll bar for this control, so I have added a scroll bar in a panel (MS .net 2.0) which i attach to my autocomplete extender.Now the issue is with the srcoll bar. like this <asp:Panel ID="autocompleteDropDownPanel" runat="server" ...

How to Not Submit a Form Using AJAXToolkit AutoComplete Extender?

Hi I have used AJAXToolkit AutoComplete extender in my project.It works fines.But the issue is with the form of the page. when i type in the AutoComplete, i get list of suggestions.When i click on the page other than the Autocomplete, the form gets submitted. any suggestions how to stop submission of entire form whenever i click on the...

Compile errors after converting to a Web Application Project from a Web Site

I'm trying to convert a Web Site to the Web Application project model and I'm running into compile errors that do not seem to be covered by the guidance I found at Converting a Web Site Project to a Web Application Project. The issue is that standard ASP.NET controls that are embedded as child controls within the ContentTemplate of the ...

Ajax Control Toolkit - Toolscriptmanager not available

I've been trying to get this asp.net 2.0 application up and running with little success. I removed all references and added the ajax control toolkit again and I'm still getting "ToolScriptManager:ID property not specified". Any help? Screenshot included. Thanks! ...

Cascading to a auto completing text box

I have a web page where the user will enter their address. They will select their country and region in cascading drop down lists. I would like to provide an auto completing textbox for their city, but I want to be context sensitive to the country and region selections. I would have just used another cascading drop down list, however the...

How do I get the GridView Control to use post backs for paging inside an update panel?

I have a GridView Control that for other functionality has to be inside an update panel. The site is using the Ajax Control Toolkit and the "EnableSortingAndPagingCallbacks" property on the Grid is set to false. However, when I execute a paging call it is still doing it as a callback instead of a postback. How do I fix this and get the p...

Highlight text on a page after it is rendered

I have an app that lets the user search over a number of fields for a string, When they view the detail record, they would like all occurrences of the string to be highlighted. The detail form is made up of Labels and ListViews, most of which live inside of TabPanels (from the AJAX Control Toolkit). I'd like to avoid the use of brute fo...

What would make a callback request hang?

I am working on a project that uses the asp.net ajax control toolkit and all my callback requests are hanging till the request times out. When I step through the code all my code executes then the hanging occures. Right now I am looking for possible reasons why this might happen. ...

Trying to add ajax TabContainer, getting error "The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% ... %>)."

I want to add an ajax:TabContainer to my webpage. I don't get any build errors, but when I try to browse to the page, it gives me the error: "The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% ... %>).". I re-downloaded the Ajax Control Toolkit for the sample sites, opened the solution in VS, ra...

ASP.NET toolkit Accordion double click issue

I am using a accordion control which has nested gridviews within the content section and a series of buttons. When the page is first loaded, it requires 2 clicks before any button or linkbutton's events are fired. For the buttons I have hacked together a fix using external buttons which I invoke via javascript, however for the gridview...

AjaxControlKit in .NET 2.0 from Visual Studio 2008

Hi, I am working on a project which was developed in Visual Studio 2005 (.NET 2.0). I have Visual Studio 2008 and on opening the solution the files are converted to older framework. But the project uses a AjaxControlKit which I guess is not available by default in ASP.NET 2.0 and hence it throws an error that a reference/library is mis...