Archive for April, 2008

After further testing, I discovered a bug in my GroupedUpdatePanel. It didn’t always function correctly when the postback was initiated by a child control with ChildrenAsTriggers set to true. Any UpdatePanels declared after the initiated panel would update, but those before would not. I’ve corrected this, though it’s now a bit more complicated. There is [...]

Without a doubt, AJAX is one of the most useful web development tools out there. Through AJAX, we finally have a method for developing web pages with robust user interfaces. The most common and simplest method of AJAX development on ASP.NET is to use the UpdatePanel. While the UpdatePanel creates a lot of overhead, it [...]

Personally, I find stylesheets to be the best way to apply formating to web pages. Skins certainly have their uses, but they tend to pad out the HTML with lots of redundant information that can be avoided by referencing a stylesheet, thus reducing download times. Stylesheets can be easily added to themes, but sometimes you [...]