[Solved] 3 tier web application: fastest way to populate combobox & listbox

[jon *]

Hello,

We are currently working on a 3 tier asp.net web application, with .NET 3.5. We need to populate controls with a large amount of data.
I would like to know how to load the data in a listbox and combobxox in a fastest way, from the DAL to the UI. What are industrial best practices using latest and feasible technologies (ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, etc.)? 
Tell me if you need more information.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Vesko]

The fastest way should be Web Services. RadComboBox supports binding from WerService but RadListBox does not.
You can check the Performance demo of the combobox here.

[jon *]

Thank you, I will check this