Archive for the 'AJAX' Category

Today I’ve released version 1.1.0 of jQuery.themescript.  This release includes some significant improvements that make it far more functional in the real world. The original design concept was for a web store framework I was working on.  I wanted each store be able to easily change their javascript based themes without making changes to the [...]

In the last few months, I’ve discovered jQuery and jQuery UI, which are a pair pretty awesome of open source javascript libraries.  I know, I’m a little behind the times here, but all I can say is “Wow”.  Frankly, using jQuery makes the AJAX library that comes with .NET 3.0/3.5 from Microsoft seem foolish and [...]

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 [...]

In my previous post, I described how to use an UpdatePanel that is located inside a Repeater or other data-bound control while maintaining your databinding. In addition to the data-binding challenge, dynamically creating UpdatePanels your page can also pose other complications.Another issue that I’ve encountered is identifying controls that the AsyncPostBackTrigger on the UpdatePanel refer [...]