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javascript+AJAX solution for inline edititng in grid.

This tutorial is intended to explains quickly how to implement Drag and Drop using ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Futures November CTP.

To explain this technology I've created a simple project with a custom Ajax control that implement a Jigsaw Puzzle Game.

A tutorial for implementing a modal popup window on your web site which will display a Microsoft Virtual Earth map with pinpoints on the locations of everyone who is currently browsing your web site.

Most of the emphasis with AJAX is on how to perform an asynchronous update at the client. Dino Esposito considers the other end of the connection: how exactly does the server provide the data that the client needs?

Over the past several years web developers have started using JavaScript to make asynchronous postbacks to the web server that only transmit and receive the necessary data; these techniques are commonly referred to as AJAX. Microsoft has released a free AJAX framework for ASP.NET developers named Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX. This article series examines using Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX framework to build responsive user interfaces.

Since AJAX involves many disparate technologies at different layers in the networking stack, implementing AJAX without the use of an AJAX framework is difficult and error-prone. Fortunately, Microsoft has released a free AJAX framework for ASP.NET developers: Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX. This article is the first in a series of articles that examines the ASP.NET AJAX framework. This installment provides an overview of AJAX technologies and looks at getting started with Microsoft's framework. Future installments will focus on specific controls and scenarios..

In the past year, new technologies from Microsoft have changed how we can add ink to Web sites and the change is definitely for the better! One small property added to ASP.NET 2.0 server controls, OnClientClick, has had a big impact on simplifying the process of moving ink from the Web page to the Web server. The capability that OnClientClick provides, allowing developers to tie both a client-side event and a server-side event to one Click event, was actually achievable prior to ASP.NET 2.0 using control attributes, but it was more complex to set up and not very discoverable..

AJAX has made layering contextual information into a Web interface completely elegant and unobtrusive. If you build Web apps, this is one trick you definitely want in your hat. Find out how to exploit the HoverMenuExtender in the ASP.NET AJAX Control.

In many Web applications, when a user selects an option from a dropdown list, the set of options on another list must change, a challenge known as the "dependent list problem." The CascadingDropDown control solves the problem with aplomb.

To consume external Web services in Atlas, you build a server-based Web service proxy to the service. The good news is that you can leverage Visual Studio and Atlas features to handle most of the work.