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My coding blog entries. Typically will either be more complex coding examples or overcoming product issues / troubleshooting resolutions.

October 2006 - Posts

Extender Eggs, AXDs and Why Repetitive behavior is not so good..
I have spent the better part of the weekend studying up on the hardcore specs for CSS and DOMs and the likes, trying to get myself to a point I can actually understand the code. My ponderance of yesterday was basically rubbish and I know why they do it Read More...
Ponderance: The Modal Extender...
I am definately not in the league that rocket scientists that program this stuff are. Alas, though - I am one that will spend 2 years religiously researching and trying new things until I can solve a problem. With the ModalPopup issue where databound Read More...
UpdatePanels - Usage Tips...
The Microoft.Ajax UpdatePanel is the control that immediately adds a 'ajaxified' enviroment. Its simple to use and has a ton of neat features. However, it can also be a control that wrecks havoc when it comes to troubleshooting. This article will hopefully Read More...
Troubleshooting Microsoft.Ajax Beta 1: Loss of ScriptManagerRegisteredScriptsBlocks after ModalPopup
In my previous blogs/forum entry, I outlined a workaround for displaying a modal form over top of a gridview. Now, I am troubleshooting some of the behaviors. The problem with setting the UpdatePanel (that wraps the Gridview & associated controls) Read More...
MSFT Ajax - Solution for controls dissappearing when a single Modal is used...
I have blogged about this before when Microsoft Ajax was formerly known as Atlas. The issue was that you could have a single <ModalPopupExtender> that is controlled from code behind using the .show() and .hide() methods. The goal was to have a a Read More...
Microsoft.Ajax: Coverage of installation issues...for Beta 1
Up until the release of the Beta I was pretty religious of downloading and testing the daily bits from CodePlex. Low and behold at 5:30 AM PCT I saw the announcements for the new BETA / RTM. Which brings me first to just some constructive criticisms: Read More...
MSFT AjaxToolKit: Bizarre DynamicServicePath - well Path Issue AND SOLUTION
In trying to troubleshoot my issues with the migration I noted that for the sample ModalPopUp example with the toolkit automatically populates the DynamicServicePath. I don't declare it explicitly in my ascx file it is auto-generated. The issue I have Read More...
MSFT Ajax: Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager...server could not process
First off thanks to the ASP.Net team for assisting me in tracking this issue down. I had the fortunate ability to run over to Matt G's office (Thanks Scott ) and actually demonstrate my issue. I hated to take up any of their time, however, 48 hours after Read More...
Microsoft.Ajax and Toolkit: Issues with DropDownLists
If you are working with DropDownLists (DDLs) in a ModalPopUp - and you are databinding the DDL using back-end code you will run into errors trying to insert new items into the DDL after the DataBind(). There will be no errors - it simply will not work. Read More...
More on Modal PopUps: Complex Multi-Control Modal Forms
When working with Microsoft's 'Ajax ToolKit' (formerly known as Atlas), there comes a time when generating a complex Modal Form is a neccessity. For instance - Let's say you want to pull up a record from a gridview and display a form in the Modal PopUp Read More...