RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-23 Thread Greg Keogh
Thanks everyone for commentary on this. Sorry for the late reply, but I plan to undertake a crash course on jQuery since it's a handy skill anyway, as well as probably providing a solution to the browser modal dialog effect I'm after. I'll report on what happens when it's all over -- Greg

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-23 Thread Arjang Assadi
While at it, you might want to have a look at JQueryMobile + MVC, check out this awesome tutorial: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/aspnet-mvc-4-mobile-features of course Jquery Mobile also works with WebForms. regards Arjang On 24 July 2012 09:01, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote:

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-23 Thread Stuart Kinnear
I note that Microsoft have quite an extensive AJAX toolkit. Is there any compelling advantage to using jquery over this ? -- - Stuart Kinnear Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd acn. 81

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-23 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
The Microsoft Ajax toolkit is webforms only and being depreciated in favour of jQuery. Rather than compete with open source MS have started to support it. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Kinnear stu...@skproactive.comwrote: I note that Microsoft have quite an extensive AJAX toolkit.

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-23 Thread Nic Roche
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1326625/microsoft-ajax-control-toolkit-vs-jquery Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:16:34 +1000 Subject: Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect From: stu...@skproactive.com To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com I note that Microsoft have quite an extensive AJAX toolkit. Is there any

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-19 Thread Michael Minutillo
419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt *Sent:* Thursday, 19 July 2012 9:33 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: ASP.NET modal

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-19 Thread Ian Thomas
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:58 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect jQuery is Javascript in the same way that Rails is Ruby. jQuery provides you with a higher level of abstraction to work with. I know lots

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-19 Thread Nic Roche
A useful interactive UX for searching the jQuery API: http://oscarotero.com/jquery/ Nic Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:57:43 +0800 Subject: Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect From: michael.minuti...@gmail.com To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com jQuery is Javascript in the same way that Rails is Ruby. jQuery

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-18 Thread Heinrich Breedt
really curious to hear what browser compatibilty issues you are referring to with regards to javascript and/or jquery. I write js and jquery a lot. The server is exclusively to get/save/update data. webpage handles all html layout interactions etc with js, jquery. Even back in the day when I

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-18 Thread Heinrich Breedt
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Heinrich Breedt *Sent:* Thursday, 19 July 2012 9:33 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect ** ** really curious to hear what browser compatibilty issues you are referring to with regards

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-17 Thread Greg Low (GregLow.com)
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 2:56 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect My previous experience with Javascript and http://asp.net/ ASP.NET combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Williams, Thomas
Hi Greg - I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can pop-up using an IFRAME to contain another page, or a DIV on the current page, or via AJAX. However it's a client solution, nothing to do with ASP.NET

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Wallace Turner
i've used this in the past with mvc, may be of use http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-form On 17/07/2012 7:59 AM, Williams, Thomas wrote: Hi Greg -- I'd say it would be worth the overhead to include jQuery and a pop-up/modal like http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html Can

Re: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Michael Ridland
My previous experience with Javascript and ASP.NET http://asp.net/ combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying to manage the lifetime and interaction of the two. I've never had a problem of this sort. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, we

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Low (GregLow.com)
Hi Greg, Along with what the other guys have said, I'd add a vote for try to avoid the need for anything modal if possible. Is there any way to avoid the need for it to be modal? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Along with what the other guys have said, I'd add a vote for try to avoid the need for anything modal if possible. Is there any way to avoid the need for it to be modal? I don't generally like modal stuff unless it's something that really deserves the user's attention and this could be one.

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
My previous experience with Javascript and http://asp.net/ ASP.NET combined has been a nightmare of quirks and failure trying to manage the lifetime and interaction of the two. I've never had a problem of this sort. Then I must be an idiot. A few months ago it took me 3 hours to write a few

RE: ASP.NET modal dialog effect

2012-07-16 Thread Greg Keogh
However it's a client solution, nothing to do with ASP.NET server-side code. Although I do have to get ASP.NET to emit the correct scripts for the client-side dialog to work. I'm following the links and looking around -- Greg