ASP.NET AJAX UI

Re: validator controls in RTM version

tomttooter — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:30:37 GMT

I have implemented the workaround and it works fine as long as is it not embedded inside formview templates. I can't get it to work inside formview edit templates. Does anyone know perhaps why???

Thanks, Tom

Re: validator controls in RTM version

rdahbura — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:37:56 GMT

I'm not sure if the problem revolves around the validators but I'll share my experience. I downloaded the validator zip file, copied the files into my web project as an interim solution, re-added the tag mappings to point to the temporary validators, compiled, tested and things worked great.

I had a problem due to multiple views within an update panel. The first view's validators worked fine prior to the interim fix, but all other view validators failed. Now everything works correctly as it did with the RC.

Now I'll just keep an eye out for the patch.

Thanks.

Rudy

Re: validator controls in RTM version

mattgi — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:24:17 GMT

Please share the problem that you are having.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

Jason Wilson — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:31:09 GMT

I'm very close to going back to RC...I'll give it another day, but I can't tie up my project while I chase my tail

Re: validator controls in RTM version

Jason Hill — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:57:41 GMT

Sure seems that way. It would have made much more sense to wait until the patch had been pushed out instead of releasing an RTM version with a major bug!

Oh well...thanks to Matt Gibbs for the workaround...at least I didn't have to rollback to the RC version!

Re: validator controls in RTM version

Jason Wilson — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:14:24 GMT

I suspect that it was a timing issue. I think they were expecting the Windows Update that contained the updated custom validators to co-incide with the RTM release.

The validators are working again, but I am still having problems with "orginalWidth is Null" on popup extenders since installing RTM.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

mattgi — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:18:45 GMT

I agree this isn't the ideal, but there were long-term pains associated with shipping a whole new set of validators. The update to the original validator controls is in the pipeline to go out on Windows Update. Any changes there go through extensive testing, but the delay won't be real long.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

Jason Hill — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:41:48 GMT

Wrong. Removing the web.config entries will eliminate the build errors but the validation controls won't work after partial postbacks. You need to implement the workaround here to temporarily fix the validator problem until a framework patch is released.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

chetan.sarode — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:49:07 GMT

Documentation tell that u have to remove that entries from web.config

So remove that entries. It will work fine.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

frankjperez — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:42:51 GMT

I completely agree with Jason Hill, this is a dirty solution. I also understand this is a “temporal” solution, but I’ve never liked temporal solutions because they tend to be final solutions (I hope not)

I’m not an expertise in this field, but I liked the tagMapping solution of the RC version because the changes of the Validator controls were integrated in the AJAX dll itself; the solution of changing the ASP.NET dll (part of the framework) it looks to me to be more dangerous, because this implies a change in the framework. I guess Microsoft will release a Framework update (nobody knows when), then you will have to patch not only developers machines, but production machines. So, in order to make work Atlas on production, you will have to install the AJAX itself and the patch to the framwork; to me, is not really nice, moreover when you are dealing with hosting environment where you have “limited” control.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

Jason Hill — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:40:21 GMT

WTF!

The workaround does work but is a pain in the arse...the tagMapping section has to be added to the <pages> element by the way which is omitted from the readme that goes with the workaround.

Something ain't right when you release a product with a major limitation like this that requires a workaround DLL to be compiled and copied into your bin folder.

Re: validator controls in RTM version

rdahbura — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:57:27 GMT

And finally for anyone still wondering about this issue here is the interim solution until the Windows Update patch is available:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mattgi/archive/2007/01/23/asp-net-ajax-validators.aspx

Rudy

Re: validator controls in RTM version

rdahbura — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:56:22 GMT

And finally for anyone still wondering about this issue here is the interim solution until the Windows Update patch is available:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mattgi/archive/2007/01/23/asp-net-ajax-validators.aspx

Rudy

Re: validator controls in RTM version

rdahbura — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:27:26 GMT

Once the tag mappings are removed things compiled fine for me. I ran into trouble using a MultiView control in the UpdatePanel. The first view seems to work fine with the validation controls, but the second view fails.

I'm not sure why a release build was shipped with what seems to be a significant change from the release candidate and moreover with an impending update to ASP.NET itself.

Anyhow, I'll continue to monitor and maybe someone can shed some additional light.

Rudy

Re: validator controls in RTM version

frankjperez — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:10:04 GMT

ooops ... you are right

I also read the entries in Scott's blog, and I suppose we will have to wait until the ASP.NET update (I hope this doesn't mean the next service pack)