RadRotator for ASP.NET AJAX

The RadRotator supports Load On Demand functionality through a WebService. To enable this feature you should create a WebService that will control the displaying items and attach it to the RadRotator control. The inner property WebServiceSettings of the RadRotator has two properties for this purpose:

• Path - sets the location of the WebService file;

• Method - sets the WebService method that implements the RadRotator logic for displaying the items;

Since the RadRotator functionality is entirely controlled by the WebMethod, you can also return different number of items on each request.

Below you can find an example of the setup that is used with enabled Load on Demand:

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<telerik:RadRotator ID="RadRotator1" runat="server" Width="220px" Height="135px"
   ItemHeight="135" ItemWidth="110" CssClass="positionCenter" ScrollDuration="500" >
   <WebServiceSettings Path="RotatorWebService.asmx" Method="GetRotatorData" />
</telerik:RadRotator>

The attached WebService should have the following signature:

• C#
• VB

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[ScriptService]
public class WebServiceName : WebService
{
    [WebMethod]
    public RadRotatorItemData[] GetRotatorData(int itemIndex, string argument)
    {
        List<RadRotatorItemData> result = new List<RadRotatorItemData>();
        //.......
        RadRotatorItemData item = new RadRotatorItemData();
        item.Html = myCustomHtml;
        result.Add(item);
        //.......
        return result.ToArray();
    }
}

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<ScriptService()> _
Public Class WebServiceName
    Inherits WebService
    <WebMethod()> _
    Public Function GetRotatorData(itemIndex As Integer) As RadRotatorItemData()
        Dim result As New List(Of RadRotatorItemData)()
        '.......
        Dim item As New RadRotatorItemData()
        item.Html = myCustomHtml
        result.Add(item)
        '.......
        Return result.ToArray()
    End Function
End Class

The HTML, which should be rendered in the item, is assigned to the Html property of the RadRotatorItemData object.

There is an option for passing an argument to the WebService method. This can be achieved via the RadRotator’s client event OnClientItemsRequesting. The argument is sent in the handler of this event, as demonstrated below:

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<script type="text/javascript">
    function OnClientItemsRequesting(sender, args) {
        args.set_argument("Item");
    }
</script>

The passed argument can be accessed through the argument parameter of the WebService method.

• C#
• VB

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[WebMethod]
public RadRotatorItemData[] GetRotatorData(int itemIndex, string argument)
{
    //.......
}

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<WebMethod()> _
Public Function GetRotatorData(itemIndex As Integer, argument As String) As RadRotatorItemData()
    '.......
End Function

There are three client events that are related to the Load On Demand functionality:

• OnClientItemsRequested - fires when the items of the control are successfully loaded on demand.

• OnClientItemsRequestFailed - fires when the request for loading items on demand fails.

• OnClientItemsRequesting - fires before the items of the control are loaded on demand.