Questions on UI for ASP.NET AJAX Forum

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Moving to MVC.

Hi Telerik,

I apologize in advance if this post gets a bit long-winded. I'm just trying to get my head around a lot of things while also trying to make some decisions on where I need to go next.

I have a fairly complex ASP.NET/AJAX Web Dashboard. It utilizes the following RadControls for AJAX:

RadSplitter/RadSlidingZone/RadPane/RadSlidingPane/RadSplitBar
RadListBox
RadTab/RadMultiPage (less so)
RadDock/RadDockZone/RadDockLayout

All except a handful of instances of the controls are completely dynamically created and restored through page-postback and session. The RadListBox uses drag-and-drop features to move RadListBoxItems to the page. Event handlers then take over the creating of RadDocks or RadSplitters and RadPanes. If it would help this discussion I am able to provide a working copy of my current solution.

Now, I am 100% nubile to MVC aside from code I have inherited at my job. I have this dashboard working, using ASP.NET/AJAX controls, inside of the MVC solution -- but breaking MVC architecture to do so. My goal is to not break this architecture - I am not concerned at this point about whether I use RadControls for MVC, RadControls for AJAX, a mixture of the two, or pick-and-choose controls with outside support from jQuery patching up the edges.

So, where do we stand? I played around with Telerik Controls for MVC and while I believe I could achieve the functionality I want out of some of these controls -- not everything has been fleshed out yet. Is mixing in controls from RadControls for AJAX going to be acceptable? I know, I know, I read that this is possible -- but I want to know if it's the best decision to be making.

For instance, does RadSplitter for MVC support dynamically creating new panes, nesting splitters and panes to an arbitrary depth?

Lets assume I am going to not use RadControls for MVC for my first iteration of integrating my project into MVC architecture. Is it POSSIBLE to achieve the same functionality as I have currently using RadControls for AJAX in MVC? A simple example I have is "I rely heavily on RadDockLayout's SaveDockLayout event, how can I emulate this behavior in MVC?"

The third solution, which I believe to be the answer (but do not want to jade anyone else into thinking that this is the only answer) is a mixing of Telerik Controls for AJAX and other jQuery libraries to patch the bridge. For instance, using jQuery docking functionality where I originally used RadDocking.

Maybe this is all worth opening a ticket to discuss, but I thought it'd be best for other Telerik users to be able to see my thoughts and concerns. I have a long road ahead of me, and I'd love to not make it longer with some helpful insight from the Telerik team.

Kind regards,

Sean Anderson

UI for ASP.NET AJAX in ASP.NET MVC

answered on 20 Jun 2011

2 answers

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Loading Panel to match resized control

I am using the RadAjaxManager / RadAjaxProxyManager to update a datalist. I have added a MinDisplayTime so the user has time to see the notification of the update.

However the RadAjaxLoadingPanel's height is set to the initial size / height of the datalist so there is an ugly transition as the datalist grows or shrinks underneath the LoadingPanel.

What is the best way to avoid this transition? Can the LoadingPanel match the height of the element being updated?

Or is there a way to use something like jQuery to animate the transition of both elements?

Ajax

answered on 20 Jun 2011

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AutoComplete to GridDropDownColumn

Hello,
I have a grid with the GridDropDownColumn above :

<telerik:GridDropDownColumn HeaderStyle-Width="140" ItemStyle-Width="140" FooterStyle-Width="140"

UniqueName="MCHAVER" DataField="MCHAVER" HeaderImageUrl="~/Skins/Gray/Grid/BursaMas.JPG" DropDownControlType="DropDownList"

ListTextField="Text" ListValueField="Key" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" />

I want to add AutoComplete to this GridDropDownColumn.

How can i do it ?

Thanks,
Gerry

Grid

answered on 20 Jun 2011

3 answers

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RadChart issue!

Have a page with RadTabStrip and RadChart - localy it works fine, but when upload the page see some kind of AJAX errors, and no chart, whats the solution for that?

Chart (Obsolete)

answered on 20 Jun 2011

6 answers

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ajaxRequest not firing server side after upgrade to 2011 controls

Everything was working fine beforehand, we have upgraded our controls and they have stopped working.

Once a window is closed, ajaxRequest is called client side. I am certain of this I used firebug to step into the code. However, it never connects with the server. Does anyone know of any breaking changes that would cause this? We upgraded our controls for one of our products (sorry thread says 2011 it's actually to 2010.3).

Ajax

answered on 20 Jun 2011

3 answers

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Gridview Pop-up edit form and scrollbars

I have an issue where the contents and scrollbars overflow the pop-up window regardless of its height. It only overflows a couple of px, but its enough to be annoying. I attached a small image of what the window looks like.

Is there a way to fix this?

Grid

answered on 20 Jun 2011

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Cursor jumps to top of the text edito

Hi,

We experience the following issue. We have RadEditor 5.7.1.

Steps to reproduce the error:

1. Open a Sharepoint publishing page in editmode
2. Scroll to the bottom of the text in the texteditor (make sure you have som text there from the start)
3. Place the cursor somewhere in the text (near the bottom)
4. The cursor now jumps to the top of the texteditor.

Thomas

WebParts for SharePoint

answered on 20 Jun 2011

1 answer

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Selecting Children for Heirarchical view from a Generic Collection

Hi,

I'm sure you have addressed this somewhere before, but I could not find it.

I am assigning a generic collection as the DataSource of a RadGrid control. The Items in the collection have one member which is also a generic collection which provide the children.

For Example:

public class WorkOrderDetails

{

protected readonly IWorkOrder _workOrder;

protected readonly List<ResourceRequirement> _resources = new List<ResourceRequirement>();

public WorkOrderDetails(IWorkOrder wo)

{

_workOrder = wo;

foreach (IWoResources res in wo.ResourcesChildren)

{

_resources.Add(new ResourceRequirement(res));

}

public string WoNumber { get { return _workOrder.WoNumber; } }

public string Title

{

get { return _workOrder.Description; }

}

public List<ResourceRequirement> Resources

{

get { return _resources; }

}

public class ResourceRequirement

{

private IResources _data;

public ResourceRequirement(IResources res)

{

_data = res;

}



      //

      // Summary

      //    The Unique ID of this ResourceRequiment (which is a "Skill").

      public string ID { get { return _data.ResourceId; } }

//

// Summary:

// The property for the planned_hours column of the TabWare database wo_resources

// table.

public decimal PlannedHours { get { return _data.PlannedHours; } }

//

// Summary:

// The property for the remaining_hours column of the TabWare database wo_resources

// table.

public decimal RemainingHours { get { return _data.RemainingHours; } }

//

// Summary:

// The property for the workers column of the TabWare database wo_resources

// table.

public int Workers { get { return _data.Workers; } }

}

The assignment looks something like this:

List<WorkOrderDetails> list = factory.GetWorkOrders();

RadGrid1.DataSource = list;

My goal is to display the Work Orders with the ResourceRequirement children grouped under each WorkOrderDetail line.
For Example:

WoNumber    Title
000010202    Repair light fixture
      ID             Planned Hrs           Remaining Hrs            Workers
      Electician      8.0                         8.0                            1
      Welder          8.0                         8.0                            1

I figured out how to get the headers defined, but I currently have no content showing up for the child rows. Here is my markup:

<telerik:RadGrid

ID="rgPlannedWorkOrders" runat="server"

Width="480px" Height="392px"

AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowSorting="True"

Skin="Sunset" GridLines="Vertical" CellSpacing="0"

AutoGenerateHierarchy="true">

<ClientSettings>

<Selecting AllowRowSelect="True" />

</ClientSettings>

<MasterTableView Width="100%"

HierarchyDefaultExpanded="True" HierarchyLoadMode="ServerBind">

<Columns>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="WoNumber"

FilterControlAltText="Filter WoNumber column" HeaderText="WoNumber"

ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="WoNumber" UniqueName="WoNumber">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Title"

FilterControlAltText="Filter Title column" HeaderText="Title" ReadOnly="True"

SortExpression="Title" UniqueName="Title">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

</Columns>

<DetailTables>

<telerik:GridTableView Name="SubLevel1" ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords="false" AutoGenerateColumns="false">

<%-- This level holds items of Type2 --%>

<Columns>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ID"

FilterControlAltText="Filter ID column" HeaderText="ID"

ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="ResourceId" UniqueName="ID">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="PlannedHours" DataType="System.Decimal"

FilterControlAltText="Filter PlannedHours column" HeaderText="Planned Hrs" ReadOnly="True"

SortExpression="PlannedHours" UniqueName="PlannedHours">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="RemainingHours" DataType="System.Decimal"

FilterControlAltText="Filter RemainingHours column" HeaderText="Remaining Hrs"

ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="RemainingHours" UniqueName="RemainingHours">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Workers" DataType="System.Int32"

FilterControlAltText="Filter Workers column"

HeaderText="# Workers" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="Workers"

UniqueName="Workers">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

</Columns>

</telerik:GridTableView>

</DetailTables>

<EditFormSettings>

<EditColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter EditCommandColumn column"></EditColumn>

</EditFormSettings>

<GroupHeaderItemStyle Height="32px" />

<RowIndicatorColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter RowIndicator column"></RowIndicatorColumn>

<ExpandCollapseColumn FilterControlAltText="Filter ExpandColumn column"></ExpandCollapseColumn>

</MasterTableView>

<GroupingSettings GroupContinuesFormatString="" GroupContinuedFormatString=""></GroupingSettings>

<FilterMenu EnableImageSprites="False"></FilterMenu>

<HeaderContextMenu CssClass="GridContextMenu GridContextMenu_Sunset"></HeaderContextMenu>

</telerik:RadGrid>

So, my question is: how do I tell the control to use the "Resources" property of the WorkOrderDetails item to fill the content of the second level of the heirarchy?

Grid

answered on 20 Jun 2011

2 answers

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Click on button doesnt show any loading image

HI Telerik Team,

I have button when clicked shows the Loading image on the Grid, which is correct and display rows accordingly...

If the same button is clicked by Enter button (from keyboard) the Loading image is not displayed but records are displayed correctly.

Please suggest solution for the above.

Code is as below:

<telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="button">

<UpdatedControls>

<telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="RadGridRecords" LoadingPanelID="RadAjaxLoadingPanel2" />

</UpdatedControls>

</telerik:AjaxSetting>

Ajax

answered on 20 Jun 2011

1 answer

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Tab Order From Grid to rest of page

I have a grid that is hidden when the page initially loads. So, the tab order is correct when the grid is hidden. The user clicks or presses a button and the grid appears with the results. Now the tab order is set to the first heading of the grid, which is correct. Then it tabs through the grid. But, after the grid instead of going to the menu on the page, it goes to some links on the bottom of the screen, then it goes to the browser URL, then the browser menu, which is not what I want to happen. Is there a way to keep the tab order the same when the grid is hidden or not? I'm not sure why it's going to the browser menu after the grid when it appears.

Thanks.

Grid

answered on 20 Jun 2011