MSDN Magazine - February 2008 - (Page 38) Connects DropDownList controls so that a change to one updates content in the others. CascadingDropDown Controls in the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Adds pop-up calendars to dateentry TextBox controls. Adds visual formatting cues to TextBox controls. MaskedEdit Calendar Drag Enables Pane interactivel repos Adds popup “hover” menus to other controls. Adds drop shadows to Panel controls. HoverMenu DropShadow Animation Adds animation effects to Web pages. Another advantage of ASP.NET AJAX is tremendous community support. When developers need help with ASP.NET AJAX, they can post questions in a popular online forum frequented by Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX team members. Often the team member responsible for a particular feature will provide an answer. If you use third-party controls in your application, you will find that most control vendors have updated their products to fully embrace ASP.NET AJAX. This enables you to use ASP.NET AJAX with the third-party tools you’ve already chosen. A less tangible but very important benefit is the boost that your development team will experience. The “cool factor” associated with AJAX is high. Dramatic user interface enhancements are possible with just a sprinkle of ASP.NET AJAX. Moreover, ASP.NET AJAX is easy for your team to learn and use. ASP.NET Page Framework & Server Controls Application Services ASP.NET AJAX Extensions Application Services Bridge Asynchronous Communications AJAX Server Controls ASPX Web Forms Figure 2: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions ASMX Web Services The ASP.NET AJAX Quick Tour ASP.NET AJAX is based on a set of mature tools that are released, tested, and already available today. You will find everything you need along with samples, great documentation and community support at http://ajax.asp.net. Let us examine some of the components and architecture of ASP.NET AJAX itself. Overview The two primary functional components of ASP.NET AJAX are: • ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (Server) • Microsoft AJAX Library (Client/Browser) SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION AlwaysVisibleControl http://ajax.asp.net
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