[Solved] RadScriptManager and asp:ScriptManger

[Esperanza Ramos]

Hi, all:

what is the difference of RadScriptManager and asp:ScriptManager?

I used it like this, and it worked:

<asp:ScriptManager ID="smManager" runat="server"></asp:ScriptManager>
<telerik:RadDatePicker ID="rdpDate" runat="server"></telerik:RadDatePicker>

Stanley

[Ivo]

Hello Stanley,

RadScriptManager is a control that replaces the ScriptManager available in the Microsoft Ajax Extensions suite. When put on the page, RadScriptManager combines all the requests (to the "javascript assembly resource files" on the page) into a single one, thus reducing the page's load time and traffic consume. The way RadScriptManager operates is outputting a <script> tag with a specific URL, making a request to an HttpHandler, which serves the combined scripts.

For more details on RadScriptManager (and RadStyleSheetManager) please refer to these articles:
http://telerikwatch.com/2008/04/optimization-tipsthe-rad-managers-for.html
http://www.telerik.com/help/radcontrols/prometheus/?RadScriptManager.html
http://blogs.telerik.com/InASearchForTheLimits/Posts/08-02-14/Squeezing_the_last_millisecond_from_the_page_load_time.aspx


All the best,
Ivo
the Telerik team

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