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An example of using jQuery's BlockUI plugin to display the result of an ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel's partial postback as a modal confirmation dialog. Read More...

An example of how to combine jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX, using jQuery's BlockUI plugin to present a modal progress indication dialog during an UpdatePanel's partial postback. Read More...

The GoLive release of URL Rewrite Module is now available and has a lot of improvement thanks to the IIS Community feedback (and tons of internal brainstorm meetings!). A new feature is the ability to create Rewrite Rules by using Rewrite Templates, Rewrite Read More......( read more ) Read More......( read more ) Read More...

An in-depth example of using jQuery to build client-side paging, including progress indicators, to page into any server side data source that can be JSON serialized by ASP.NET AJAX. Read More...

A detailed example of how to use CSS to style an HTML table. The example is specifically focused on styling a table generated on the client-side via AJAX, but is applicable to any HTML table. Read More...

Recently, I had a project where I was wanting to be able to create a reusable UserControl to display tooltips throughout the application. The control would need to access the jQuery framework, a jQuery plugin, required some inline scripting, and had its own class of styles. Not every page in the application would have tooltips but the pages that did use them would have a lot of them. If I added all the references to the JavaScript and styles in the Master page, I would be introducing unnecessary bloat for the majority of the application. So, I needed a way to request these resources in the UserControl so they would only be added to the page "on demand". As you might image, adding them directly into the UserControl would mean that the...

In my previous post , I discussed various options available with developers/power-users to modify out-of-the-box SharePoint list forms, with a mix of client-side and server-side approaches. However, options available to end-users are limited very limited on UI. In continuation of same series, I'd quickly introduce you to my preferred server-side approach which is not only a better implementation but is far usable by users of your SharePoint site, and is UI-based, without worrying about what's under the hood. You can download provided release to readily use it against your SharePoint sites/lists. Here is an example of end result: Form Customization Requirements Some of the prime requirements are for custom Forms on UI are: Modify out...

My first attempt at using ASP.NET AJAX 4.0's proposed client-side templating to render JSON data onto a client-side HTML template, similar to my previous jTemplates example. Read More...

After a long beta period, PostBack Ritalin v0.10 is finally ready for release. This is absolutely the best version yet. Many edge case issues have been resolved, and the code is leaner and more efficient than ever before. Changes include: Complete rewrite of the JavaScript component of the control. Instead of global variables and [...] Read More...

An example of one way of using ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery to implement client-side Repeater functionality. Using this technique on one of my own sites, I realized an over 400% performance gain. Read More...