RadAjax Loading Panel only shows on first ajax request

[Acadia]

This has been baffling (and infuriating me) for hours now.  I have a textbox wrapped inside a panel named:

<asp:Panel ID="panelTest" runat="server">

The textbox calls a javascript event when the user hits enter:

function CatchTab(e) {
               var keycode;
               if (window.event) {
                   keycode = window.event.keyCode;
               } else if (e) {
                   keycode = e.which || e.keyCode;
               } else {
                   return true;
               }

               if (keycode == 13) {
                   //alert("User Hit Enter");
                   var empid = document.getElementById('<%= tbTmid.ClientID %>').value;
                   InitiateAjaxRequest(empid);
               }
           }

function InitiateAjaxRequest(arguments) {
               var ajaxManager = $find("<%= ram2.ClientID %>");
               alert("Initiating Request");
               ajaxManager.ajaxRequest(arguments);
           }

<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="ram2" runat="server" Skin="Web20" OnRequestStart="InitiateAjaxRequest">
        <AjaxSettings>
            <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="ram2">
                <UpdatedControls>
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="panelTest" LoadingPanelID="loader1" />
                </UpdatedControls>
            </telerik:AjaxSetting>
            <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="rgSc">
                <UpdatedControls>
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="panelTest" LoadingPanelID="loader1" />
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="rwm1" LoadingPanelID="loader1" />
                </UpdatedControls>
            </telerik:AjaxSetting>
        </AjaxSettings>
    </telerik:RadAjaxManager>

    <telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel ID="loader1" runat="server" Skin="Web20" IsSticky="false"
            EnableViewState="true" Enabled="true">
    </telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>

For some reason the darn loading panel only wants to show up on the first ajax request.  Everything is ajaxd on subsequent requests, I just don't see any loading panel.  The textbox fills a grid within the panel.  What's even stranger is that if the value entered into the textbox does not return any grid rows, the loading panel shows up everytime!!!

Also, I get the "Initiating Request" alert every time as well and the ajax manager object is always populated (not null).

If anyone could please help that would be great.

Thanks

[Maria Ilieva]

Hello Justin,

Could you please try to show and hide the LoadingPanel manually as shown in the following help topic:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/ajax-show-hide-loadingpanel.html

Give this a try and let me know if this makes any difference.

All the best,
Maria Ilieva
the Telerik team