Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Fun with Ajax ASP.Net Extension 1.0

I need to prototype a site using Ajax ASP.Net Extension version 1.0. So far it's a fun experience. Here's some random tidbits:

- The easier way to kickoff an event after a user "Loss Focus" on a text box is :
* first put the text box in a Update Panel
* Turn on the AutoPostbox on the textbox
* Write code for the TextChanged event
Done. When the textbox off focus, it will automatically kick off the TextChange event.

- Seems like I need to install "ASPAJAXExtSetup.msi" on the server before I deploy any site created with the AJAX ASP.Net feature. (Yep. Confirmed)

- To view the Documentation, read the readme.txt inside the zip package.

- Deploying web application is a bit different in VS.Net 2005. Copy Web is gone. Now it's done this way:
* Right click on the web project.
* Select "Publish ..."
* Adjust the setting in the diaglog box. Pretty darn easy.

More to come ....