RadAJAX Loading Panel

[digitall]

I am trying to use a LoadingPanel along with an AJAX callback over top of a ListView control and can't seem to get it to display. No errors occur and the AJAX callback works fine, but the loading panel never shows. I even tried using the old school "<font size='7'>UPDATING</font>" trick to see if I could see it flash anywhere, and still nothing. I had a call to make the thread sleep for 2500ms just to test the visibility and still nothing. Here is the markup, any suggestions?

    <asp:ListView runat="server" ID="lsHours">
        <LayoutTemplate>
            <table id="tw" runat="server" class="yui-grid">
                <tr>
                    <th>&nbsp;</th>
                    <th>Day</th>
                    <th>Hours</th>
                </tr>
                <tr id="itemPlaceholder" runat="server" />
            </table>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
            <tr valign="top" class='<%# Container.DataItemIndex % 2 == 0 ? "row" : "altrow" %>'>
                <td width="45">
                    <input type="button" onclick="javascript:openWindow('<%#Eval("Day") %>'); return false;" value="Edit" class="smallbutton" />
                </td>
                <td width="150" nowrap="nowrap"><strong><%# Eval("Day") %></strong></td>
                <td><strong><%#Eval("Hours") %></strong></td>
            </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:ListView>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        function openWindow(pDay) {
            var oWnd;

            oWnd = window.radopen("modals/hoursmaint.aspx?Day=" + pDay, "RadWindow1")

            oWnd.Center();
        }

        function HoursModifiedCallback(args) {
            var ajaxManager = $find('ctl00_cpContent_RadAjaxManager1');
            ajaxManager.ajaxRequest(args);
        }
    </script>
    <telerik:RadWindowManager ID="RadWindowManager1" runat="server" VisibleOnPageLoad="false" Behaviors="Close, Reload" Modal="true" />
    <telerik:RadAjaxManager runat="server" ID="RadAjaxManager1" EnableHistory="True" OnAjaxRequest="RadAjaxManager1_AjaxRequest">
        <AjaxSettings>
            <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="RadAjaxManager1">
                <UpdatedControls>
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="lsHours" LoadingPanelID="LoadingPanel1" />
                </UpdatedControls>
            </telerik:AjaxSetting>
        </AjaxSettings>
    </telerik:RadAjaxManager>
    <telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel runat="server" ID="LoadingPanel1">
        <font size="7">UPDATING</font>
    </telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>

As a side note, you'll notice I am specifying the ClientID of the RadAJAXManager control declaritively instead of using the ClientID property. Whenever I try using ClientID with <%= %> I get the infamous "Controls Collection cannot be modified.." error. If I use <%# %> as Rick Strahl suggests, the value is simply null so the $find function looks like $find('') which does me no good. If anyone has a workaround for that issue it would be much appreciated!

[Konstantin Petkov]

Hi digitall,

Is this a content page of master page or a web user controls scenario? You can place the RadAjaxManager along with the LoadingPanel on the master/main page. You can use the GetCurrent() manager static method to get the instance and call its ajaxRequest method. Find more info here.

As to the server-side code block error, you can wrap the script in RadCodeBlock control.

Kind regards,
Konstantin Petkov
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[digitall]

Hi Konstantin,

Your second option worked great with the RadCodeBlock control. I didn't even realize this existed, but will certainly use it from now on.

As for the other advice, I'm not entirely sure I follow. It is a master/content scenario (no user controls), but as of now I don't want the AjaxManager on the master page since not every page will need this functionality. Is there something in the way I am declaring everything in the markup that is incorrect and causing me not to see the LoadingPanel? I tried setting the updated control to RadAjaxManager1 and the LoadingPanel does flash in this scenario at the very top-left of the screen. I want it to cover my ListView control like all of the Telerik demos show where it is over top a RadGrid though (as an example). The AJAX call itself works great and my ListView control does in fact update itself when the RadWindow I am using closes itself, but I just can't get the LoadingPanel to display.

[Iana Tsolova]

Hi digitall,

Unfortunately I couldn't replicate the described behavior. Please find attached a sample project and let me know how it goes on your end or if I am missing something from your logic.

Best regards,
Iana
the Telerik team

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[digitall]

Iana,

Your example works fine, however I am doing everything over a ListView control and not a RadGrid. For the sake of simplicity I think I am going to switch from the ListView to the RadGrid control though and give it a shot. If I still have issues I'll contact you again. Thanks!