RadAjaxManager & Invisible Controls

[Eng.Bassel Samman]

Dears,
I have two comboboxes in page with RadAjaxManager, in the page Load event I hide one of them. I add the following:

<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
       <AjaxSettings>
           <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="RadAjaxManager1">
               <UpdatedControls>
                   <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="cmbHR_DOCS_ID_START" UpdatePanelRenderMode="Inline" />
                   <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="cmbHR_DOCS_ID" UpdatePanelRenderMode="Inline" />
               </UpdatedControls>
           </telerik:AjaxSetting>
       </AjaxSettings>
   </telerik:RadAjaxManager>

When user add a new value two one of the comboes (in a RadWindow) I refresh the data in them by calling:

$find("<%= RadAjaxManager1.ClientID %>").ajaxRequest(x);

Because one of the combos is invisible I got an ajax error (I think you know).
I know that I can't add two RadAjaxManager in one page so I tried to add AjaxUpdatedControl to the RadAjaxManager at runtime in the Page Load event but it didn't work.

Could you please help in?
Best Regards

[Maria Ilieva]

Hi,

Note that adding an invisible control into the RadAjaxManager settings is not supported scenario and may lead to a lot of different issues. You should add all invisible controls into always visible containers (asp Panel for example) and add those containers into the RadAjaxManager settings.

Best wishes,
Maria Ilieva
the Telerik team

[Maria Ilieva]

Hi,

Note that adding an invisible control into the RadAjaxManager settings is not supported scenario and may lead to a lot of different issues. You should add all invisible controls into always visible containers (asp Panel for example) and add those containers into the RadAjaxManager settings.

Best wishes,
Maria Ilieva
the Telerik team

[Vasssek]

Hello,

theory is nice, but how to ajaxify e.g. RadGrid contorl through ajaxmanager, when you have RadMultiPage with some RadPageViews and RadGrid control is placed inside, let's say into second RadPageView and RadMultiPage has set RenderSelectedPageOnly = true. Because of not visible RadGrid js error has been appeared:Sys.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.Parameter name: panelsCreated[4]

Regards

Vasssek

 

[Eyup]

Hello Vasssek,

 

You have 2 options here:

 

1. (Recommended): Ajaxify the entire RadMultiPageView and RadTabStrip with a single RadAjaxPanel

 

2. Remove the RadAjaxPanel and use RadAjaxManager instead:

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/ajaxmanager/troubleshooting/tips-and-tricks-for-ajaxifying-specific-controls#ajaxifying-radmultipage-and-radtabstrip-controls

 

3. Put the grid in a visible panel and ajaxify it instead:

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/ajaxmanager/troubleshooting/tips-and-tricks-for-ajaxifying-specific-controls#ajaxifying-invisible-controls

 

4. (Not tested) Ajaxify the grid using its PreRender event handler by adding the AjaxSettings programmatically:

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/ajaxmanager/how-to/add-ajaxsettings-programmatically

 

I hope this will prove helpful. Let me know if I can assist with anything else.

 

Regards,
Eyup
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