[Solved] RadAjaxManager + Web Part connections

[Martin]

Hi,
I have seen Jan Tielens excellent SharePoint SmartParts and was wondering if anything can be achieved like that with Telerik controls and Telerik Ajax.

e.g.
WebPart1 has a Telerik tree control.
WebPart2 has a simple label control

WebPart1 connects to WebPart2. The data being 'connected' could be as simple as a string representing the node click. WebPart2 displays this string.

This is possible in a normal aspx page scenario, but is it possible in a SharePoint page?

Thanks
Martin 

[Steve]

Hi Martin,

This should work as expected in sharepoint environment as well. You just need to locate the controls in the other user controls and add them programatically to the AjaxManager AjaxSettings collection. More info is available in these help topics:

• Set AjaxSettings programmatically
• Ajaxify user controls
  

Regards,
Steve
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[EBA]

I think having knowledge of the other web part would defeat the purpose of having Web Part Connections. This is what I did in the consumer web part for the same scenario:

Control triggeringCtrl = Page.FindControl(Page.Request.Params.Get("__EVENTTARGET"));
                radAjaxManagerProxy.AjaxSettings.AddAjaxSetting(triggeringCtrl, panelOuter, AjaxLoadingPanel);

I am very new to Telerik controls so I don't understand why the RadAjaxPanel doesn't have an Update() method like the UpdatePanel does. This would allow it to be refreshed programmatically.

Regards,

Arif

[Sebastian]

Hello Arif,

Indeed the RadAjaxPanel does not have Update() method exposed as the MS UpdatePanel. However, you can achieve interaction between different ajax panels (when needed) or trigger an ajax request to simulate the Update() method behavior using the approach from here. I hope this is applicable solution for your case.

Best regards,
Sebastian
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