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User Friendly...

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:08:56 GMT

Nice wrapper for sending server side data to client side. Very easy to use too. All you have to do is tag all your client side request function on class file with <AjaxPro.AjaxMethod> and the javascript for this function will be automatically created for you.

http://munich.schwarz-interactive.de/

Something to know about Update Panel (Programmer edition blog)

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:44:59 GMT

Update Panel is a great tool for presentation layer but not performance...

An UpdatePanel used this way improves the user experience, but it does little to reduce the volume of data being passed over the wire. The UpdatePanel hardly reduces the load on the server, either—up to the point that the controls inside the UpdatePanel render, the processing performed on the server is almost identical to what happens during a full-blown postback. It has to be this way because one of the benefits of the UpdatePanel control is that server-side event handlers like GetCityAndState work no differently inside an asynchronous callback than they do in a traditional postback. That means controls on the page have to be instantiated, they have to be initialized, they have to have access to view state, and so on.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/06/WickedCode/

water mark in Crystal Report

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:02:14 GMT

There is a new article from asp alliance about water mark in CR, http://aspalliance.com/1593_Six_Quick_Crystal_Reports_Design_Tips.8 . I guess in CR, a header section can overlay another section by selecting “Underlay Following Sections” checkbox in Section Expert. It might be useful for us in the future.