http://forums.asp.net/1007.aspxThis forum is the place for ASP.NET AJAX 'getting started' questions, general questions that don't fit in one of the other forums about AJAX enCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://forums.asp.net/thread/1579401.aspxThu, 15 Feb 2007 02:23:13 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:1579401Rama KrishnaRama Krishna0http://forums.asp.net/thread/1579401.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1007&PostID=1579401<p>Yes there is a way. What you can do is to induce a post back using scripts or you can add a timer. Here are the steps you can take:</p> <ol> <li>Place the Grid in the UpdatePanel</li> <li>Set the Grid&#39;s Visible property to False.</li> <li>Place a TimerControl on the page set the duration to 100 ms or some other&nbsp;low value</li> <li>Add the TimerControl&#39;s Tick event as an async post back trigger</li> <li>In the Timer&#39;s tick event set the Grid&#39;s visible property to true and disable the timer</li> <li>Add an UpdateProgress so that the user&#39;s now that something is going on</li></ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>http://forums.asp.net/thread/1579281.aspxWed, 14 Feb 2007 23:56:05 GMT4c671506-2930-414c-a40b-8bf57ded5924:1579281ejstemblerejstembler0http://forums.asp.net/thread/1579281.aspxhttp://forums.asp.net/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1007&PostID=1579281<p>I have a page which uses a MasterPage hosting the ScriptManager (<code class="coloredcode">EnablePartialRendering="True"</code>). The page itself has a data grid control inside of an UpdatePanel. I'm retrieving the grid's data and binding it in a call from the Page_Load event. When I run the page (via IE7) it pauses for a few seconds before displaying the entire page all at once with all of the data in the grid.</p> <p>Isn't there a way to get the page to render first and then fetch the data behind the scenes?</p>