Why Microsoft done this in Ajax

Hello,

Till the time i have heard that Microsoft is releasing the ASP.NET AJAX i am excited that i have to just copy the dll's of this ASP.NET AJAX into my webapplication becaz earlier i have used Atlas products dll in my application , in that i just cpoied the dll into the bin folder of my application and its working perfect.

But i can't understand the reason why Microsoft have removed this feature from his new release ASP.NET AJAX, they know this that many websites running on hosted servers and they d't have permission to install any software on that server still they have done this,

Can any one explain me why they have done this is there any reason for this, Is ASP.NET AJAX not working fine in the din folder or Wht?

Now with ASP.NET AJAX you dont need to copy the ajax framework dll into the bin directory as you used to do with ATLAS. When ASP.NET AJAX was installed, these dll's will be installed directly into the GAC and all most all the hosting providers might have done this already. You just need to re-configure your web.config file and also keep track of the changes from ATLAS to BETA to RC which can be found at

Converting Applications from "Atlas" CTP to ASP.NET AJAX RC
Converting Applications from ASP.NET AJAX Beta 2 to ASP.NET AJAX RC

Its not that ASP.NET AJAX is not working fine with the bin folder. With each and every release, there will be changes like adding new functionality, bug fixing etc..,

Thanks

Width of HoverMenu Grows Each Time it is Passed Over

The Width of HoverMenu Grows Each Time it is Passed Over is this a bug or am i missing something. this can be seen by visiting my site and hover over the quick links url. I will not post my url in this since some may think i'm advertising but my url can be seen in my user profile. each time the mouse hover over the url panel or hovermenu expands.

Thanks.

The Padding Attribute cause the width of the HoverMenu expand on each hover of the mouse I have removed the padding from style sheet that is attached to the Panel control an seemed to have fixed my problem...

Sean

Window.OnLoad and callback problem

Hi,

I have a Javascript function that fires every time the page loads: triggered by the event window.onload...

Now i use an updatepanel and i need that function to be fired every time the callback occurs...

Wich is the event i should use?

Is there something like window.oncallback ?

Thanks in advance.

Antonio Li Causi.

Well, no. First, if you're using the ASP.Net ajax framework anyway, you're better off writing a function called pageLoad; the framework looks for it and fires it once everythign's done and ready to go on the first load. It's better than window.onload for this b/c it's coordinated w/ everything else the framework is trying to do for you.

In that pageLoad() method, you want to enter the line: Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_pageLoaded(pageLoadedHandler) where pageLoadedHandler is the name of the function you want to fire when the page loads after async callback.

Example is here:http://ajax.asp.net/docs/ClientReference/Sys.WebForms/PageRequestManagerClass/PageRequestManagerPageLoadedEvent.aspx

Check this:ASP.NET AJAX Client Life-Cycle Events

and especiallypageLoaded Event

window.onload() not firing.

Hi,

The window.onload() is firing only once when the page is loaded for the first time. it is not fired when some event occurs in that page. I want to make it fire everytime asynchronous postback occurs. What is the solution?

Thanks.

Habeeb.

Use theclient-side pageLoad() function.

Or for a slightly more elegant solution:

<asp:ScriptManagerID="ScriptManager1"runat="server"/>
<scriptlanguage="javascript"type="text/javascript">
var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
prm.add_pageLoaded(pageLoadedFunc);

function pageLoadedFunc(sender, eventArgs) {
// Do whatever.
}
</script>

The script must be placed after the scriptmanager on the page. This will be called for any synchronous and asynchronous requests.

I'm curious why you'd consider that more elegant than simply:

function pageLoad() { // Do whatever.}

More elegant. I didn't say simpler. I'm just trying to lead the poster into more advanced concepts, so that maybe when the need arises, they'll say "Oh yeah, I remember that I can use the PageRequestManager to manage partial page updates and access the various events in the page lifecycle from client-side script."

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. Didn't mean to sound disparaging in the first post.

I didn't take it as disparaging. I was just curious why you thought that.

It's important to note that they aren't the same things. PageRequestManager.PageLoaded won't fire on the initial load, which the original poster seems to desire. However, Application.Load (pageLoad) does.

Actually, pageLoaded is the only event of the PageRequestManager that is raised by both asynchronousand synchronous postbacks. Therefore, it will fire on the initial load.

You're right. I wonder what the reasoning is behind duplicating that functionality.

The Application class is designed to expose events in the page life-cycle, and by chance the Application.Load event fires after an asychronous postback, but it was not "intended" to do so.

Whereas, the PageRequestManager class was designed to handle page life-cycle events in the presence of partial-page updating and asynchronous postbacks. That's why it is a little more appropriate in an AJAX methodology--that's what it was created to do. So it's a matter of doing it a way that happens to work versus doing it the way it was intended to work.

And the reason that the pageLoaded event fires after a synchronous postback is that it tracks any panels that were created, not just those that were modified (during an asynch postback). This allows you to do manipulation, animation, etc., on the initial load.

And this is probably way more information thanhabeebuddin ever wanted...

WMP-Like Search Function

Hey all,

Basically, I want to create a search function like WMP has; i.e. a search function of which the results are updated every time the user enters a new character in the searchbox.

How should I go about this? I've got it like this now:

I've got an UpdatePanel that contains a DataGrid, set up to do the query to my database. I added an update trigger for the TextChanged event of my asp:TextBox.
This works, but the results are updated only when I hit enter/return in the textbox. Is there a way to make the UpdatePanel update when a key is pressed in my TextBox?

Maybe I have to handle this client side, like handling an added onkeypress event.. But then I still don't know exactly how to call this UpdatePanel.Update(); method.
Or does another/better way to implement such a search function exist?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jorn

Did you ever get this figured out as I would like to know too...

Writing New Control - WebResource Url Throwing Exception

Hey Everyone,

I'm having a really hard time with this one. I recently upgraded to lateest control toolkit, and now i can't use my custom controls. I get the dreaded unrecognized tag error.

When I try to load the webresource.axd url for the javascript, I'm getting the following error:

WebResource.axd?d=_IYF6c389WdEZP8BREten0VCyRTYFXUFn9GR9MRXP-aoOJ5cYUZwsxAz4rdBOPaz6CoHQyUbH48-Kn0gv5WhhCj2yI8nUNAt-hz-wRrJAwI76fBROssmxDJplsNW85vw0&t=632907313964152042

Specified argument was out of the range of valid values.
Parameter name: offset

Description:An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details:System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values.
Parameter name: offset

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values.
Parameter name: offset]
 System.Web.HttpResponseStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count) +3153595
 Microsoft.Web.Services.WebResourceCompressionModule.OnPreRequestHandlerExecute(Object sender, EventArgs e) +1103
 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

any ideas?For some reason, the Atlas Control Extender template doesn't make the Behavior.js an embedded resource. Change that in the properties pane and rebuild.
yeah, i saw that in the FAQ, and made sure (and double sure) that it was marked as an embedded resource. and it looks like it is, because i am seeing the resource in the source. it's when the browser tries to read the resource that .NET is throwing that funky WebResourceCompressionModule error...
So using a tool like Fiddler, the js file is being sent across?? Hmmm.
I actually saw this yesterday when I was doing some work but (unfortunately) I didn't ever figure it out, mostly because it kind of magically went a way. I think I rebuilt everything clean and it started working.