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ASP.NET AJAX library is currently Version 0911 Beta. The toolkit can be downloaded from ASP.NET Ajax Library

I have previously used the AJAX Toolkit extensions in my ASP.NET projects and thought on my current project I'd see if there was an update.

Finding the ASP.NET AJAX library beta, I thought I'd give this a go. However, I did come across a couple of trip-ups that I thought I'd post here as I couldn't find much info when I googled it.

So, to get the AJAX Library to work, I did the following.

1) Copy the AjaxControlToolkit.dll AND System.Web.Ajax.dll to your bin folder.

2) Reference the AjaxControlToolkit in your web.config

Code:

    <pages>
      <controls>
        <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
        <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
        <add tagPrefix="asp" assembly="AjaxControlToolkit" namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" />
      </controls>
    </pages>

I used the same "asp" prefix.

3) In either your master page (or your content page) remove any <asp:ScriptManager /> reference and change it to
<asp:ToolkitScriptManager />. I kept the other properties identical, so ended up with:-

Code:

<asp:ToolkitScriptManager ID="MasterScripts" runat="server" EnablePartialRendering="true">
    </asp:ToolkitScriptManager>

I include mine on my master page, but you could just include it on any pages you want to use the toolkit.

From here you should be good to go. For example, to use the calendar extender, just have:-

Code:

<asp:CalendarExtender ID="ceDateField" runat="server" TargetControlID="txtDateField" Format="dd/MM/yyyy" PopupButtonID="imgMyCalImage" CssClass="mycalendar" Animated="false" />

If I find any other problems with using the new beta version, I'll post some more info in my blog.

Hope that helps someone.