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.NET Framework 3.5

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:50:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You know, I think I'm going to wait for Orcas before jumping into all of the "new stuff." it's going to change by then anyway right?

I've taken WAP, and had to uninstall it to install SP1. I've taken every flavor of Atlas since it's come out. I *NEEDED* those bits. This other stuff can wait.

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.NET Framework 3.5

In Beta 1, the list of new assemblies (green bits) is:

1. System.Data.Linq.dll – The implementation for LINQ to SQL.

2. System.Xml.Linq.dll – The implementation for LINQ to XML.

3. System.AddIn.dll, System.AddIn.Contract.dll – New AddIn (plug-in) model.

4. System.Net.dll – Peer to Peer APIs.

5. System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.dll – Wrapper for Active Directory APIs.

6. System.Management.Instrumentation.dll – WMI 2.0 managed provider (combined with System.Management namespace in System.Core.dll).

7. System.WorkflowServices.dll and System.ServiceModel.Web.dll – WF and WCF enhancements (for more on WF + WCF in v3.5 follow links from here).

8. System.Web.Extensions.dll – The implementation for ASP.NET AJAX (for more web enhancements, follow links from here) plus also the implementation of Client Application Services.

9. System.Core.dll – In addition to the LINQ to Objects implementation, this assembly includes the following:

Tags: programming, .net, 2005++

FireFox update 2.0.0.2 breaks some scenarios in ASP.NET AJAX apps

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:42:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ugh

Clip Source: weblogs.asp.net

FireFox update 2.0.0.2 breaks some scenarios in ASP.NET AJAX apps

I ran into issues with Firefox 2.0.0.2 and ASP.net Ajax. Looks like it had to do with how 2.0.0.2 handles dynamically loaded scripts.

We’re seeing that the 2.0.0.2 release of FireFox has a behavior change that’s affecting ASP.NET AJAX.

Basically the dynamically loaded scripts seem to now execute asynchronously, which causes them to fire after the inline scripts, whereas previously they’d fire as soon as they were added to the DOM.

This will affect scenarios where a component relies on PageRequestManager events inside of an UpdatePanel. For example the ModalPopup control that is part of the Control Toolkit.

We are actively working with the Firefox team to figure out the best approach to address this issue and we will update this thread as soon as we know something

Tags: programming, asp.net, ajax, atlas, firefox

MCDDP

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:28:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A couple developers where I work are always picking at me for my habit of almost never dragging and dropping stuff. Here's a jab right back at them!

Clip Source: weblogs.sqlteam.com

ASP.NET AJAX "Atlas"

Microsoft recently released the v. 1.0 of ASP.NET AJAX "Atlas" and I've attended a demo about Atlas and find it really cool. Just simple drag and drop, cut and paste viola... you have an AJAX enabled website. It also include AJAX toolkit (extenders) which can be downloaded for free.

Microsoft offers new certification for ASP.NET Developers named MCDDP which stands for Microsoft Ceritified Drag-and-Drop Professional..

http://ajax.asp.net

posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:26 PM Print

Tags: humor

ASP.NET AJAX Documentation

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:06:21 GMT

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Clip Source: ajax.asp.net

ASP.NET AJAX Documentation

Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX documentation includes overviews, tutorials, samples, and API reference topics.

When you download the documentation, be sure to open the Readme.txt file for setup instructions. The download includes working samples to help you get the most out of ASP.NET AJAX.

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

Ajax Library Cheat Sheets - Upated for RTM

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:02:22 GMT

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Clip Source: aspnetresources.com

Now that the Microsoft AJAX Library has shipped, I’ve updated the cheat sheets and added two more.

Debugging

Tracing now lives in its own class, Sys.Debug, and is the same as in RC1 (see my earlier post). I think renaming debug was a good move. Opera’s wimpy error console is now supported, too.

Minor RTM Adjustments

Since I couldn’t find a what-changed-since-RTM document, I ran RC1 and RTM code through Beyond Compare (which rocks!) and fished for changes.

Date and Number classes had their parse methods renamed to parseLocale and parseInvariant, even though their counterparts are named format and formatLocale. Strange.

Two new cheat sheets: DomElement and DomEvent

These two took as much time as the other four. The reason is that DomElement is an essential, often-used class, and has several gotchas. DomEvent has a lot of nuances of its own. MS AJAX documentation is too broad at times, so I tried to clarify as much, yet stay as concise as possible to keep the one-pager format.

I’ll try to highlight those nuances in a post or two.

Download

Grab the new batch in PDF (360K) or XPS (3.9M). Yes, Foxit Reader–compliant.

Being a stickler for accuracy, I’ve been proof-reading them till I was blue in the face, but… If you see something, say something.

Enjoy!

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

ASP.NET Ajax 1.0

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:17:11 GMT

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Clip Source: ajax.asp.net

ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

Perspectives on ASP.NET AJAX

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:26:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I clipped "bits and pieces" of this article instead of the whole thing, so it's poppable. So, you'll have to visit the site to see the whole article.

Does anyone who reads my clips prefer it this way?

Clip Source: msdn.microsoft.com

Perspectives on ASP.NET AJAX

Contents

Ways to AJAX in ASP.NET
The Straight Way to ASP.NET AJAX
UpdatePanel and the Interceptor Pattern
Taking Control of Out-of-Band Calls
Page Methods vs. Web Service Methods
My Way to ASP.NET AJAX

Unless you've spent the past 12 months disconnected from the Net-perhaps vacationing on a remote tropical island or participating in a reality game show-you should know a few things about AJAX. But I'll do a quick refresher just in case.

Figure 2 UpdatePanel Control and the Interceptor Pattern (Click the image for a larger view))

Figure 5 Comparison of Page and Web Service Methods (Click the image for a larger view))

My Way to ASP.NET AJAX

All things considered, I think UpdatePanel is the best approach for the majority of development teams. It doesn't preclude classic ASP.NET and allows you to modify existing pages at your convenience. Also, it's unobtrusive and doesn't require you to learn many new things before starting. In addition, UpdatePanel gives the same level of protection for your BLL as classic Web pages and it fully supports asynchronous ASP.NET pages running lengthy tasks.

A final piece of advice: avoid mixing various AJAX platforms. In terms of JavaScript built-in object extensions, there might be collisions between ASP.NET AJAX and other frameworks. More importantly, there's no guarantee that a combination of products that works today will still work in the future. Any new version of any framework can introduce new collisions.

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

Video: Debugging ASP.NET AJAX Applications with VS.NET 2005

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:30:52 GMT

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Clip Source: blogs.interfacett.com

Video: Debugging ASP.NET AJAX Applications with VS.NET 2005

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, atlas, ajax, javascript, visual studio

ASP.NET AJAX under the hood secrets

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:10:25 GMT

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Clip Source: www.codeproject.com

ASP.NET AJAX under the hood secrets

Performance tips and hard-core tricks that change core runtimes, not for the faint hearted.

Introduction

Microsoft recently released Beta 2 of ASP.NET AJAX. Although it's a very powerful framework, when you will build a real AJAX site like those out there in the Web 2.0 world, you will face many problems that you will hardly find documented anywhere. In this article, I will show some advance level ideas that I learned while building Pageflakes. We will look at the advantages and disadvantages of Batch calls, AJAX call timeouts, browser call jam problem, ASP.NET 2.0's bug in web service response caching, and so on.

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, atlas, ajax

Updated Toolkit (for AJAX Beta 2) available on CodePlex

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:31:09 GMT

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Updated Toolkit (for AJAX Beta 2) available on CodePlex

We've released an updated version of the Toolkit on CodePlex to match ASP.NET AJAX Beta 2, which launched yesterday.

Not many changes here other than what was necessary for compat. We fixed a few other bugs that people were running into as well (ModalPopup positioning issue, handling of behavior ID in Dynamic Populate base, etc.).

Note that Beta two fixes the "Extenders don't work in Templates" issue that was causing everyone so much pain, as well.

Published Tuesday, November 07, 2006 9:53 AM by sburke

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

Microsoft AJAX Beta 2 ships.

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:30:30 GMT

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Microsoft AJAX Beta 2 shipps.

Check out the update here.

http://ajax.asp.net/default.aspx?tabid=47&subtabid=471

I’ll be re-doing all the How-Do-I Atlas / AJAX videos.

Watch the videos and make suggestions here.

http://www.asp.net/learn/videos/default.aspx?tabid=63

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

Ajax ASP.NET 'Atlas' Web Application Project Template

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:08:43 GMT

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Ajax ASP.NET 'Atlas' Web Application Project Template

I created a Visual Studio 2005 project template for creating 'Atlas' (ASP.NET Ajax) applications using the Web Application Project (WAP) structure.

To use my template you will need to have both Web Applications Projects and Atlas installed already. I assume you do or you wouldn't be here. I also assume you installed Atlas in the default location.*

To use this template, download my zip file AtlasWebApplication.zip. Place this zip file (without extracting it) in the Visual Studio user project templates location.

You can find/review this location in the Visual Studio options dialog. Open Visual Studio and on the main menu, click Tools > Options. In the tree, select Projects and Solutions > General. Look at the text box labeled "Visual Studio user project templates location" as shown below. Place my zip file in that location.

On the main menu, click File > New > Project ... In the New Project Dialog, under the "My Templates" section, you will now see a project type called "'Atlas' Web Application Project".

*If you installed Atlas in a different location than the default (which is C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\Atlas\v2.0.50727\Atlas), you will need to edit my template. Extract the zip file to a local folder. Open WebApplication.csproj with Notepad. Find the last property group which has this content:

<PropertyGroup>
<ReferencePath>C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\Atlas\v2.0.50727\Atlas\</ReferencePath>
</PropertyGroup>

Change the path to your Atlas installation folder. Of course, you can also copy Microsoft.Web.Atlas.dll to any other location and set the path as noted.

Finally, zip the contents back up, name the zip back to the original name (although using another name will not break anything) and make sure the zip file is in the correct location.

Print | posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:28 PM

Tags: programming, asp.net, 2005, ajax, atlas

How to use Filtered Textbox extender

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:52:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.vikramlakhotia.com

How to use Filtered Textbox extender

Using Atlas FilteredTextBoxExtender for the convenience of users

Posted on 9/23/2006 3:28:28 AM in #Atlas

Hi

Validation User input is very important in the Web. Although ASP.NET has a rich set of validation control we some time want to prevent a user from entering any invalid characters.

Lest say, we have a textbox control where the user needs to enter the number of products he will buy. We can always validate the value that he enters in the text box but the best thing would be if we do not allow him to enter any thing other that numeric value in the textbox.

We have a new extender in the ATLAS toolbox for such requirement (FilteredTextBoxExtender).

The code to use the FilteredTextBoxExtender looks like this.

<atlasToolkit:FilteredTextBoxExtender ID="ftbe" runat="server"> 
        <atlasToolkit:FilteredTextBoxProperties 
        TargetControlID="TextBox3"         
        FilterType="Custom, Numbers"
        ValidChars="+-=/*()." /> 
</atlasToolkit:FilteredTextBoxExtender>

Here the TargetControlID is the Id of the button control, which will
cause the alert message. FilterType is the type of filter to be applied. This can be
a comma-separated list. The values are (Numbers, LowercaseLetters,
UppercaseLetters, and Custom). If custom is specified the valid chars
field will also be used for other settings. ValidChars is the list of
character valid for the field. The field is only used if the custom is
specified in the filter type property.

This way we can validate user form entering any wrong data
to the field. But remember disabling the JavaScript can disable this effect so
you should use this extender as a convenience to the user but still have
validation for the data

Hope this helps
Thanks
Vikram

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How to use TextBoxWatermark extender

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:50:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.vikramlakhotia.com

How to use TextBoxWatermark extender

Using Atlas TextBoxWatermark Extender to get "watermark" behavior

Posted on 9/23/2006 3:42:07 AM in #Atlas

TextBoxWatermark is an "Atlas" extender that can be attached to an ASP.NET TextBox control to get "watermark" behavior. We can also add custom CSS and a message in the textbox when the textbox is empty. And the Watermarks go away once a user has typed in some text in the textbox. The textbox extender can we used efficiently when we want to show user some more information on what this textbox is for without cluttering up the rest of the page.

The code to use the TextBoxWatermark Extender looks like this.

<atlasToolkit:TextBoxWatermarkExtender ID="TBWE2" 
    runat="server">
    <atlasToolkit:TextBoxWatermarkProperties
        TargetControlID="TextBox1"
        WatermarkText="Type First Name Here"
        WatermarkCssClass="watermarked" />
</atlasToolkit:TextBoxWatermarkExtender>

Here TargetControlID is the Id of the Textbox to put the watermark. The WatermarkText is the text to be shown when the textbox is empty, WatermarkCssClass is the css class to apply when the textbox is empty.

I have already put the water mark in the feedback form and contact me form.

Hope this helps
Thanks
Vikram

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How to use UpdatePanelAnimation Extender

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:48:39 GMT

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How to use UpdatePanelAnimation Extender

Using Atlas UpdatePanelAnimation Extender to get "watermark" behavior

Posted on 9/28/2006 10:51:19 PM in #Atlas

Hi

UpdatePanelAnimation Extender is a simple and very good up gradation of the Update Progress. It allows declerative fashion and us to use the powerful animation framework in a very easy. We can use the Update panel Animation extender to play animation both while the update panel is updating and also when the update panel has finished updating. This can help us interact with the user while there is a call back in process and we can use the existing Animation framework to provide users with good interactivity while the call back is in process and also when the call back has completed.

The code to use the UpdatePanelAnimation Extender looks like this.

<atlasToolkit:UpdatePanelAnimationExtender ID="ae" runat="server">
    <atlasToolkit:UpdatePanelAnimationProperties TargetControlID="up">
         <Animations>
           <OnUpdating> ... </OnUpdating>
            <OnUpdated> ... </OnUpdated>
        </Animations>
    </atlasToolkit:UpdatePanelAnimationProperties>
</atlasToolkit:UpdatePanelAnimationExtender>

Here the TargetControlID is the ID of the UpdatePanel whose updates will be used to show animation.

OnUpdating and OnUpdated tags contain the generic animation that will be played.

Hope this helps
Thanks
Vikram

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