Hello all-

I am trying to use some AJAX functionality in a Category Template I have created. Specifically, I want to use Hover Menu and UpdatePanel (Partial-Page updating).
In the past i would normally use the MS ASP.NET AJAX implementation with the AJAX Toolkit. I tried to do this within the BVC5 application in my category Template but to no avail.

This AJAX implementation requires you place a ScriptManager tag outside the ContentTemplate tags on any page you want to use AJAX tags, which in my case meant putting it in the default.master page. I then placed an 'UpdatePanel' tag on my category.aspx page. When I run it, I get a message saying it does not see the 'ScriptManager' tag on the page.
My understanding of master pages is that at runtime the master page and the aspx page calling it are combined.

I would prefer to make ASP.NET AJAX work with BVC5 if anyone knows how I can do this, otherwise is Anthem just as easy to implement and how would I use it?

Any guidance would b appreciated.

Thank you,
-Grant

Regarding scriptmanager on the masterpage, there are several hits in the ASP.NET fourms,


http://forums.asp.net/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=masterpage+scriptmanager&o=Relevance



Regarding Anthem.NET, there are several articles on how to use Anthem, including these 3 on CodeProject,



http://www.codeproject.com/Ajax/IntroAjaxASPNET.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/Ajax/AnthemNET.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/Ajax/AJAXAutoSuggest.asp



I host a samples page which may give you ideas,



http://anthem.talloaksoftware.com/



Most of what I have read concludes that Anthem.NET is much easier to use than ASP.NET AJAX, but ASP.NET AJAX has more potential (better framework for building custom controls and better integration with Visual Studio).



Unfortunately Anthem.NET does not have the equivalent of HoverMenu.

I think Anthem isn't so much an Ajax library, like Prototype, Scriptaculous, jQuery or MooTools (all of which I've experimented with in BV). It's more of a framework or collection of controls that add basic Ajax functionality to .Net. I haven't seen a lot of 'effects' in Anthem, though, like drag and drop.

I've used Anthem in conjunction with Prototype/Scriptaculous in BVC5 for certain effects and modal boxes; I might be wrong, but you could probably do the same to add drag and drop functionality.