[Solved] Tooltip Manager - RequestManagerServerException after Session Timeout

[Gabriele]

Hi *,

I have a Webpage that contains a RadOrgChart and RadToolTip-Manager. The Content of the ToolTip is based on the ID given from the RadOrgChart. It works fine until... the session times out.

The Response as soon as the Session times out is:
RadToolTipManager response error: Exception=Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: source

I've already added an check that the control should not load then the Value is null.

public void OnAjaxUpdate(object sender, ToolTipUpdateEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Value != null)
    {
        Control ctrl = Page.LoadControl("OrgChartUserDetail.ascx");
        ctrl.ID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

        e.UpdatePanel.ContentTemplateContainer.Controls.Add(ctrl);
        OrgChartUserDetail details = (OrgChartUserDetail)ctrl;
        details.ID = e.Value;
    }
}

void orgUserOrgChart_GroupItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.OrgChartGroupItemDataBoundEventArguments e)
{
    var panel = (Panel)e.Item.FindControl("Panel1");
    RadToolTipManager2.TargetControls.Add(panel.ClientID, e.Item.ID, true);
}

<telerik:RadOrgChart ID="orgUserOrgChart" runat="server" ClientIDMode="Static" OnNodeDataBound="orgUserOrgChart_NodeDataBound" GroupColumnCount="2" Skin="Silk">
<ItemTemplate>
      <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="Panel1">
           <span class="pseudoImage" style="background-image: url('<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "PictureString") %>')"></span>
               <a href="<%# String.Format("mailto:{0}", DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "eMail"), "", "")%>" class="tooltipLinks">
            <img src="images/mail.png" width="25px" alt="Send Email"></a>
        </asp:Panel>
      </ItemTemplate>
      <RenderedFields>
            <NodeFields>
                   <telerik:OrgChartRenderedField DataField="Description" Label="" />
               </NodeFields>
       </RenderedFields>
</telerik:RadOrgChart>


<telerik:RadToolTipManager runat="server" ID="RadToolTipManager2" Skin="Default" OnAjaxUpdate="OnAjaxUpdate"
          Position="BottomRight" OffsetX="16" OffsetY="16" EnableShadow="false" Width="195" Height="135" HideEvent="LeaveTargetAndToolTip" />

There are no MS AJAX update panels on the side - I use the RadAjaxManager instead. The GroupItemDataBound-Event is added in the Page_Load and the UserControl loads the Content based on the ID (it loads nothing if no ID is available).
It is no big deal if the Session times out and the ToolTip-Content is not correctly loaded but I need to get rid of the error message and somehow I can't manage that.

Any help would be appreciated. I don't want to hack a 'Session-Keep-alive' or something.

Regards,
Gaby

[Marin Bratanov]

Hi Gaby,

You may find useful the following code library entry on checking for user login status: http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/aspnet-ajax/tooltip/handling-the-ajaxupdate-event-of-radtooltipmanager-after-the-session-has-expired-when-using-forms-authentication.aspx/. It explains why you receive an error and how it stems from the way MS AJAX works (RadToolTipManager's AjaxUpdate uses an UpdatePanel to initiate the partial postback that lets you load controls in it).

If you do not care about the problem itself, you can prevent the alert with the error via the OnClientResponseError event of the RadToolTIpManager - the event arguments offer the set_cancelErrorAlert(bool) method that can prevent it, when true is passed: http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/tooltipmanager-client-side-on-response-error.html.

Regards,
Marin Bratanov
Telerik

[Gabriele]

Hi,

thank you for the reply. I've already checked the first link before opening that topic.I don't require a user login but I'll check it out again.

And I defintily take a look at the second part - that might really do the trick.

Thank you again.

Gaby