Ajax data binding silently eats exceptions

[James]

It looks as if when using Ajax data-binding with the new Chart control, and the server returns a 500 error (which happened to me because of a small oversight on my end), the control silently eats the exception and simply renders the outer <div> tag for the Chart control.

I know that the Grid control will, at the very least, pop up a Javascript alert() box if an Ajax request returns a 500.  It would be nice if the Chart control did the same.  I spent at least 15 minutes trying to figure out why my Chart control wasn't rendering properly, making sure all my syntax was correct against the example on this site.  It wasn't until I opened Fiddler and noticed that the Ajax request was returning a 500.

I'm at home now and not at work, so I can't provide an example project right this moment, but I can if one is needed.

[T. Tsonev]

Hello James,

Thank you for pointing out this omission. Other extensions, such as the Upload, show an alert and raise an error event in this situation. If the error event is prevented (via preventDefault) the alert is not shown.

We'll add similar logic to the Chart as well.

As a token of gratitude for your involvement your Telerik points have been updated.

Best wishes,
Tsvetomir Tsonev
the Telerik team

[James]

Many thanks, Tsvetomir, for the Telerik points.  Anything I can do to help make others' experience using these controls better.  :)