I'm not sure quite how to begin. I have pages using tabbed set up (RadTabStrip/RadMultiPage/RadPageView, etc)
The idea of this setup is that under certain conditions the second tab becomes visible to permit entry of additional data. Up till now I've used ASCXs as preloaded preset forms that are hidden/exposed as needed. There are only a few of them.
Future developments may have made this impossibly complex. What I have tried in the past is to load the ASCXs dynamically but so far I have not been able to get that to work.
Does anyone have any suggestions regarding a better way to handle the loading of multiple varied forms, either using Ajax or JavaScript?
The idea of this setup is that under certain conditions the second tab becomes visible to permit entry of additional data. Up till now I've used ASCXs as preloaded preset forms that are hidden/exposed as needed. There are only a few of them.
Future developments may have made this impossibly complex. What I have tried in the past is to load the ASCXs dynamically but so far I have not been able to get that to work.
Does anyone have any suggestions regarding a better way to handle the loading of multiple varied forms, either using Ajax or JavaScript?
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Hello, Boris.
What you are describing sounds like a wizard. Are you indeed referring to a wizard (e.g. take certain action on step 1 to see step 2) or are you referring to generically "linked" / "related" forms?
Regards,
Ivan Zhekov
Telerik
What you are describing sounds like a wizard. Are you indeed referring to a wizard (e.g. take certain action on step 1 to see step 2) or are you referring to generically "linked" / "related" forms?
Regards,
Ivan Zhekov
Telerik
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answered on 18 Mar 2014, 12:17 PM
Most likely 'related' forms. There are no steps as such, just the requirement of additional data.
(At least 'related' in technology. All the forms will have the exact same call to extract the data in the form of an HTML stream that will be inserted into a document record. The actual content will vary wildly, an assortment of text boxes, check boxes, and drop down selection lists.)
Actually I've finally found a way to load them dynamically so all I have to do now to add a form (hopefully) to add yet another ASCX and a tiny bit of JavaScript code. But I'd like to keep my options open.
(At least 'related' in technology. All the forms will have the exact same call to extract the data in the form of an HTML stream that will be inserted into a document record. The actual content will vary wildly, an assortment of text boxes, check boxes, and drop down selection lists.)
Actually I've finally found a way to load them dynamically so all I have to do now to add a form (hopefully) to add yet another ASCX and a tiny bit of JavaScript code. But I'd like to keep my options open.
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Hello, Boris.
It actually depends on your exact setup which methods will be best used.
For instance you can always postback on form field change to determine whether or not the second tab will be visible. Downside is that this is kinda slow...
You could have both tabs loaded and visible beforehand and hide the second one with javascript and show it when needed. But then it depends how variable are your forms and is it actually possible to load them before hand.
It's actually a question open to a very broad range of answers / hints.
Regards,
Ivan Zhekov
Telerik
It actually depends on your exact setup which methods will be best used.
For instance you can always postback on form field change to determine whether or not the second tab will be visible. Downside is that this is kinda slow...
You could have both tabs loaded and visible beforehand and hide the second one with javascript and show it when needed. But then it depends how variable are your forms and is it actually possible to load them before hand.
It's actually a question open to a very broad range of answers / hints.
Regards,
Ivan Zhekov
Telerik
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