Basic Ajax GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 – Part 2

Welcome to Basic Ajax GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 part 2, the second and final installation of this two part series regarding implementing basic Ajax features into an ASP.NET 2.0 application. During this second part of the series we will build upon the foundation we created during part 1 and add more Ajax enabled features to our sample application.

The goal of any Ajax application is to give your end users a richer user interface to work with, simplifying their daily tasks and workload. Microsoft’s Ajax implementation now has two sets of tools that work in conjunction with Visual Studio 2005. The first tools are the basic Ajax extension controls which are responsible for Ajax enabling your application, and the second set of tools is a complete library of new Ajax enabled controls available in the Ajax Control Toolkit, both of which are free to download and use in your applications.

In Basic Ajax GridView in ASP.NET 2.0 part 1 we created a simple application that displayed Calendar events in a GridView control. During this second part we will accomplish two main goals, allowing the user to add new records using a DetailsView control, and implement one of the controls in the Ajax Control Toolkit for selecting a date using the Ajax Calendar control without causing postbacks.