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ASP.NET AjaxToolKit vs other third party Ajax controls (Telerik, etc)

We have a new developer who swears by Telerik controls and would like us to purchase licenses for the entire development team (8 devs) as he feels they speed up the development process. As half of the team is pretty new to ASP.NET, they're still learning what comes out of the box with Visual Studio 2008 and might be overwhelmed with a w...

Minimize javascript HTTP calls from AjaxControlToolkit controls?

I love the ease that the ASP.NET Ajax control Toolkit provides to ASP.NET developers. However, I've not found it to be a scalable solution at all. I have a page with 2 date input fields. By putting a TextBox and an CalendarExtendar control attached to it for each date field, I get several (11, in fact) external Javascript calls to /Scrip...

Uncollapsible CollapsiblePanelExtender.

Hello all, I have a CollapsiblePanelExtender that will not collapse. I have "collapsed" set to true and all the ControlID set correctly. I try to collapse and it goes through the animation but then expands almost instantly. This is in an User Control with the following structure. <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server"> ...

ASP.Net AJAX and PageRequestManagerParserErrorException

Has anyone run into this error message before when using a timer on an ASP.Net page to update a datagrid every x seconds? Searching google yielded this blog entry and many more but nothing that seems to apply to me yet. The full text of the error message below: Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerParserErrorException: The message recei...

Should I use Google Web Toolkit for my new webapp?

I would like to create a database backed interactive AJAX webapp which has a custom (specific kind of events, editing) calendaring system. This would involve quite a lot of JavaScript and AJAX, and I thought about Google Web Toolkit for the interface and Ruby on Rails for server side. Is Google Web Toolkit reliable and good? What hidden...

Best AJAX Framework

In Asp.Net web forms, what is the best chioce for providing a righ UI (a la Ajax)? I've been using the built in Ajax support that MS ships in addition to the Ajax Control Toolkit until now, but is there something better and/or easier? ...

Have you got a CascadingDropDown working with ASP.NET MVC?

If so how? Did you roll your own with jQuery or use the Microsoft AJAX toolkit? Did you create a webservice or call an action? EDIT : Please note that this question was asked before Microsoft announced that they were going to bundle jQuery in with VS/ASP.NET MVC. I think there is less of a discussion around this topic now and the...

How do I install and use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit in my .NET 3.5 web applications?

How do I get it to work with my project? http://ajax.asp.net/ http://www.codeplex.com/AjaxControlToolkit/ ...

How do I prevent the closing of modal popup window(ModalPopupExtender) on postback?

I'm using Microsoft AjaxControlToolkit for modal popup window. And on a modal popup window, when a postback occured, the window was closing. How do i prevent from the closing action of the modal popup? ...

Setting Focus with ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

I'm using the AutoComplete control from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit and I'm experiencing an issue where the AutoComplete does not populate when I set the focus to the assigned textbox. I've tried setting the focus in the Page_Load, Page_PreRender, and Page_Init events and the focus is set properly but the AutoComplete does not wo...

How do I make AutoCompleteExtender render above select controls in IE6

When an AutoCompleteExtender is displayed in IE6 it seems to ignore z-index and renders below any select controls (like dropdownlists) in IE6. <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" /> <cc1:AutoCompleteExtender ID="AutoCompleteExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="TextBox1" EnableCaching="true" CompletionSetCount="5" ...

Animation Extender Problems

Hi, I have just started working with the AnimationExtender. I am using it to show a new div with a list gathered from a database when a button is pressed. The problem is the button needs to do a postback to get this list as I don't want to make the call to the database unless it's needed. The postback however stops the animation mid ...

How would you go about using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit in a project that doesn't use ASP.NET on the back end

Your backend could be PHP or Python but you want to use the controls from the ASP.NET toolkit is there a successful way to do this? ...

DynamicPopulateExtender ,TextArea and line feeds

I have this in a page : <textarea id="taEditableContent" runat="server" rows="5"></textarea> <ajaxToolkit:DynamicPopulateExtender ID="dpeEditPopulate" runat="server" TargetControlID="taEditableContent" ClearContentsDuringUpdate="true" PopulateTriggerControlID="hLink" ServicePath="/Content.asmx" ServiceMethod="EditContent...

Ajax Control Toolkit Calendar Control CSS

I am using the AJAX Control Toolkit Popup Calendar Control in a datagrid. When it is in the footer it looks fine. When it is in the edit side of the datagrid it is inheriting the style from the datagrid and looks completely different (i.e. too big). Is there a way to alter the CSS so that it does not inherit the style from the datagrid...

How to create a MaskedEditExtender on the fly?

I want to create a number of masked edit extenders from codebehind. Something like: private MaskedEditExtender m_maskedEditExtender; protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) { base.OnLoad(e); m_maskedEditExtender = new MaskedEditExtender() { BehaviorID = "clientName" }; m_maskedEditExtender.Mask = "9999999...

What is the best Ajax framework for JSF

I have an existing JSF application (Tomcat 6, MyFaces, JSF 1.2, Tomahawk, JSP) and we are looking at adding AJAX to existing pages. 1 What is the best framework you have used. 2 What issues have you had. I have stated looking at Richfaces, and just started looking at Icefaces Thanks. ...

'AjaxControlToolkit' is undefined Error

I am using the AjaxControlToolkit in VS2005, and it works fine. I do have some issues though, when I go to some pages I have, then click back, I get this javascript error: 'AjaxControlToolkit' is undefined I have searched MSDN forums, and google, and tried many of the solutions, but none have worked. I have tried, EnablePartialRenderin...

Sharepoint WebPart with AjaxToolkit's Accordion control

Do you guys have any resources on creating a Sharepoint webpart that uses the AjaxToolkit controls? I need to create a webpart that uses the Accordion control and I can't find any complete tutorial or walkthrough. I prefer a tutorial/article that doesn't use SmartPart. TIA! ...

[AjaxControlToolkit] How to bind extenders to controls on clientside

I have some dynamically created inputs which are not server-side controls. I want to relate them to some CalendarExtender and MaskedEditExtender on the clientside. Is there a way to do that? ...