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Getting ActiveTabChanging Functionality from the AJAX TabControl

I have always considered myself to be quite client-side challenged. Having been soured to the thought of JavaScript by all the browser specific code I used to have to write years ago I swore off it and took to server-side development and never looked back. After a year’s hiatus doing WPF programming, I’ve recently found [...]

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My Wrox Blox Books – Now on Amazon!

I just happen to be browsing Amazon today and noticed that my Wrox Blox books are available for purchase on Amazon.com.  Pretty cool stuff!  They were listed up there before, but weren’t available directly through Amazon until now.  For a full description and the table of contents of each, just click on the Amazon links [...]

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Dynamic AJAX Control Toolkit – ValidatorCallout Extender

Technorati Tags: ASP.NET,AJAX Control Toolkit I added one of these a while ago and figured I would include another.  Dynamic AJAX Toolkit Controls seem to really be an issue for some, so I hope this helps.  This time, we will create a dynamic ValidatorCallout for a TextBox with a RequiredFieldValidator (although you can use any [...]

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AJAX Control Toolkit – DropDownExtender Always Visible

Technorati Tags: ASP.NET,AJAX Control Toolkit,DropDownExtender Today I came across a problem of making the DropDownExtender appear as if it is a standard drop down like it is when you hover over it (as shown in the image to the right).  Initially I was thinking you could do something with the Animation framework, but after a [...]

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AJAX Control Toolkit – Layout Problems

Technorati Tags: AJAX,AJAX Control Toolkit,CSS,ASP.NET A real common problem with using the AJAX Control Toolkit revolves around the rendering of the controls.  Taking an example from the ASP.NET Forums, let’s say you have a Tab Control on your page.  Everything looks ok, and then you run it.  You notice that there is a weird space [...]

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