Ajaxify and Update Controls in Master and Content Page

With RadAjaxManager in your MasterPage you can enable AJAX and update every single control in your application. The example below shows how this could be achieved adding the necessary AJAX settings programmatically.

This sample application contains buttons in the the master and content page. The two buttons update controls in the master and content page as well. See the code below for details:

Master Page

<telerik:RadScriptManager ID="RadScriptManager1" runat="server">
</telerik:RadScriptManager>
<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
    <AjaxSettings>
        <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="btnDecrease">
            <UpdatedControls>
                <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="TextBox1" />
            </UpdatedControls>
        </telerik:AjaxSetting>
    </AjaxSettings>
</telerik:RadAjaxManager>
<asp:LinkButton ID="btnDecrease" runat="server" OnClick="btnDecrease_Click">Decrease</asp:LinkButton>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server">0</asp:TextBox>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Label Label1 = (Label)ContentPlaceHolder1.FindControl("Label1");
    RadAjaxManager1.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnDecrease, Label1);
}

protected void btnDecrease_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Label Label1 = (Label)ContentPlaceHolder1.FindControl("Label1");
    Label1.Text = Int32.Parse(Label1.Text) - 1 + "";

    TextBox1.Text = Int32.Parse(TextBox1.Text) - 1 + "";
}

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Dim Label1 As Label = CType(ContentPlaceHolder1.FindControl("Label1"), Label)
    RadAjaxManager1.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnDecrease, Label1)
End Sub

Protected Sub btnDecrease_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim Label1 As Label = CType(ContentPlaceHolder1.FindControl("Label1"), Label)
    Label1.Text = Int32.Parse(Label1.Text) - 1 + ""

    TextBox1.Text = Int32.Parse(TextBox1.Text) - 1 + ""
End Sub 'btnDecrease_Click

Content Page

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="Server">
    <asp:Button ID="btnIncrease" runat="server" Text="Increase" OnClick="btnIncrease_Click" />
    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="0"></asp:Label>
</asp:Content>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RadAjaxManager AjaxManager = RadAjaxManager.GetCurrent(Page);
    AjaxManager.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnIncrease, Label1);

    TextBox TextBox1 = (TextBox)this.Master.FindControl("TextBox1");
    AjaxManager.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnIncrease, TextBox1);
}

protected void btnIncrease_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Label1.Text = Int32.Parse(Label1.Text) + 1 + "";

    TextBox TextBox1 = (TextBox)this.Master.FindControl("TextBox1");
    TextBox1.Text = Int32.Parse(TextBox1.Text) + 1 + "";
}

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Dim AjaxManager As RadAjaxManager = RadAjaxManager.GetCurrent(Page)
    AjaxManager.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnIncrease, Label1)

    Dim TextBox1 As TextBox = CType(Me.Master.FindControl("TextBox1"), TextBox)
    AjaxManager.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(btnIncrease, TextBox1)
End Sub 'Page_Load


Protected Sub btnIncrease_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Label1.Text = Int32.Parse(Label1.Text) + 1 + ""

    Dim TextBox1 As TextBox = CType(Me.Master.FindControl("TextBox1"), TextBox)
    TextBox1.Text = Int32.Parse(TextBox1.Text) + 1 + ""
End Sub 'btnIncrease_Click

The initiator of the AJAX request (the first argument AddAjaxSetting receives) must be an IPostBack control. This means that the initiator must be a control that performs a postback on its own (like a button, or a grid) and not a simple container (like an <asp:Panel> control). Containers do not invoke the request themselves and RadAjaxManager cannot know the request comes from their children because the container ID is not present in the POST parameters.

Using a container like a Panel for an AJAX initiator can result in various issues like full postbacks being initiated instead of AJAX requests, or unexpected list of updated controls.