RadWindow in UpdatePanel does full postback

[Frank]

Hi.
I have a problem with Telerik RadWindow.
If a PostBack is sent by the RadWindow the whole page containing the RadWindow will get refreshed. How can this be prevented?
Here is a picture of the structure of my project.

And a little explanation of the problem (with the code):

JS Code: gets executed when a link is clicked inside the webpart.ascx

<script type="text/javascript">
        function OpenWindowOfThisShit() {
            var layoutsPageUrl = SP.Utilities.Utility.getLayoutsPageUrl('PopupWindowTest/PopupWindowTestLayoutPage.aspx');
            var options = {
                url: layoutsPageUrl,
                title: 'Popup Webpart',
                allowMaximize: false,
                showClose: true,
                width: 550,
                height: 550
            }
            SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);
        }
</script>

The PopupWindowTestLayoutPage: This gets loaded inside the ModalDialog

<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
    <telerik:RadAjaxPanel runat="server">
            <asp:PlaceHolder runat="server" ID="placeHolder" Visible="True"></asp:PlaceHolder>
    </telerik:RadAjaxPanel>
</asp:Content>

PopupWindowTestLayoutPage codebehind:

protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnInit(e);

            try
            {
                UserControl userControl = (UserControl)Page.LoadControl(@"~/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/PopupWindowTest/PopupWindowControlPage.ascx");
                placeHolder.Controls.Add(userControl);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.Message);
            }
        }

PopupWindowControlPage: This file gets loaded inside the placeholder of the LayoutPage

<%@ Register TagPrefix="RKWindows" TagName="InputDialogControl" Src="~/_controltemplates/PopupWindowTest/InputWindow.ascx" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI,Version=2011.3.1305.35, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4"
    Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>
<telerik:RadWindowManager ID="rwmInfo" runat="server">
    <Windows>
        <telerik:RadWindow runat="server" ID="rwContractInput" VisibleStatusbar="False" VisibleTitlebar="True" Behaviors="None" IconUrl="~/_layouts/images/BLANK.GIF" AutoSize="True" EnableShadow="True">
            <ContentTemplate>
                <RKWindows:InputDialogControl runat="server" ID="contractInputControl" Width="400px" Height="500px" />
            </ContentTemplate>
        </telerik:RadWindow>
    </Windows>
</telerik:RadWindowManager>
<asp:Panel runat="server" ID="ContainerPanel">
    <asp:Button runat="server" Text="Show Popup Dialog" ID="ShowPopup" OnClick="OnShowPopupClick"/>
</asp:Panel>

InputWindow: contains a inputField and a button

<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="tbInput"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button runat="server" ID="FillTextbox" Text="Fill Textbox" OnClick="OnFillTextboxClick"/>

InputWindow codebehind

protected void OnFillTextboxClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            tbInput.Text = "Filled!";
        }

When the "Fill Textbox" button is clicked the Layoupage.ascx refreshes and resizes.
This is just an example of the real project where several RadGrids are used which will disappear for a short amount of time after a button was clicked inside a RadWindow.

I hope you can point me in the right direction.

Thank you in advance,
Frank

[Marin Bratanov]

Hello Frank,

The RadWindow renders at the beginning of the form, so using it with AJAX when you add controls to its ContentTemplate is a bit tricky. The details are available in the following help article: http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/window-ajaxifying.html. Said shortly - you would need an update panel in the ContentTemplate. This however, can pose another problem because you have added it in a RadWindowManager. More details about this situation are available in this KB article and I would suggest as a simple option to move the RadWindow out of the RadWindowManager or to remove the manager if you only use it for this window. A RadWindow can "live" on the pages separately without a manager.


Greetings,
Marin Bratanov
the Telerik team