ASP.NET AJAX Framework
All Telerik for ASP.NET AJAX controls provide full support for ASP.NET AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript with XMLHttpRequests). These controls are built on top of the ASP.NET AJAX framework and provide seamless integration with it. The client object model follows the conventions of this framework.
The main idea of the AJAX framework is the elimination of full-page postbacks. In contrast, only the relevant parts of the page are updated, without a disturbing refresh The markup that is transferred between the client machine and the server is reduced dramatically, which results in a significant performance improvement.
To enable ASP.NET AJAX with RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX:
Make sure you have the ASP.NET AJAX framework installed.
Add the instance of RadGrid to a RadAjaxManager control. You can optionally provide it with a loading panel, as shown below:
<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
<AjaxSettings>
<telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="RadGrid1">
<UpdatedControls>
<telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="RadGrid1" LoadingPanelID="RadAjaxLoadingPanel1" />
</UpdatedControls>
</telerik:AjaxSetting>
</AjaxSettings>
</telerik:RadAjaxManager>
<telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel ID="RadAjaxLoadingPanel1" runat="server" Height="75px"
Width="75px" Transparency="25">
<img alt="Loading..." src='<%= RadAjaxLoadingPanel.GetWebResourceUrl(Page, "Telerik.Web.UI.Skins.Default.Ajax.loading.gif") %>'
style="border: 0;" /></telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>
To enable or disable ASP.NET AJAX with the RadAjaxManager, set its EnableAJAX property to True or False accordingly.
ASP.NET AJAX is not a Telerik product. For further information about ASP.NET AJAX, refer to ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap.
Known problems related to ASP.NET AJAX interoperability
If you receive exceptions such as:
- System.Web.HttpException: The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks *
you need to the code block inside RadCodeBlock, i.e.:
Incorrect:
<head runat="server">
<script>
var grid = $find(<%= RadGrid1.ClientID %>);
...
</script>
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
Correct:
<head runat="server">
<telerik:RadCodeBlock ID="RadCodeBlock1" runat="server">
<script>
var grid = $find(<%= RadGrid1.ClientID %>);
...
</script>
</telerik:RadCodeBlock>
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
or
<head runat="server">
</head>
<body>
<telerik:RadCodeBlock ID="RadCodeBlock1" runat="server">
<script>
var grid = $find(<%= RadGrid1.ClientID %>);
...
</script>
</telerik:RadCodeBlock>
</body>