Matt Berseth shows how to animate the ModalPopupExtender.

How to display the Virtual Earth Map Control using the ModapPopupExtender control

Example showing how to implement the classic Master/Details scenario using ASP.NET AJAX and the ModalPopupExtender control in the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.

An AjaxControlToolkit extender control that is useful for disabling controls during partial postbacks ...

In depth article of UpdatePanel: Using Triggers and UpdateMode

Better user experience by delay loading UpdatePanels

A recent 'kicks' article showed how to use an UpdateProgress to display a page level gmail-like status indicator. This article shows a technique for rendering the indicator over the control contained within an updatepanel. On pages where there are a lot of controls, this lets the user know exactly...

Ever heard of the EventHandlerList object that lives in the System.ComponentModel namespace of the .Net framework? I hadn't until I disassembled the System.Windows.Forms.Control class while debugging the other day. I did a few google searches and ended up on an MSDN page titled 'How to: Declare Ev...

Did you know that with ASP.NET AJAX you can easily invoke static methods declared on your ASP.NET page from script on the client? To enable this you will need to do the following ...

System.IO.Path has a number of utility methods that are useful when you have to progamatically build a file path ...

Wrapping an asp:Wizard in an asp:UpdatePanel is a nice way to improve the user experience of your web pages. Throw in a couple of animation cues using the UpdatePanelAnimationExtender and your application will really ...

I recently used the AJAX.NET framework in a project and I was impressed with how easy it was to implement and how much it improved the usability of our pages. Our project had quite a few advanced search pages where users can enter in a number of different filters and then hit the search button (usu...

Did you know that instead of specifying the name or column alias in a SQL Server Order By expression you can optionally use an integer representing the position of the column name or alias within the select list you want to sort by ...

A common problem most application developers face at one time or another is managing the deployment of the environment specific configuration elements their application depends on. Most often these elements include items like connection strings, file paths or other settings the application requires...