AJAX ScriptManager in UserControl

c# ajax user-controls scriptmanager
cjserio picture cjserio · Mar 16, 2009 · Viewed 18.9k times · Source

I have a UserControl that contains an UpdatePanel which wraps some other controls. The UserControl will be used on some pages that already have a ScriptManager and other pages that do not have a ScriptManager. I'd like the UserControl to automatically bring its own ScriptManager if one does not exist.

I have tried ScriptManager.GetCurrent and if it returns null i create my own ScriptManager and insert it into the Form but I can't find a place early enough in the UserControl's lifecycle to run this code. I keep getting the error "The control with ID 'uPnlContentList' requires a ScriptManager on the page. The ScriptManager must appear before any controls that need it." every time i try loading the page. The places i've tried running my code are OnInit, CreateChildControls and PageLoad and they never get called because it dies before reaching them.

Where should I put this check?

Answer

Dean Poulin picture Dean Poulin · Mar 16, 2009

put a ScriptManager in your MasterPage that all your ASPX files reference. Then anywhere else in the site that you need to work with the ScriptManager use a ScriptManagerProxy that will get the ScriptManager from the master page and let you work with it in the user control and in the code behind.

Now calling ScriptManager.GetCurrent(Page) will give you a reference to a script manager.

<asp:ScriptManagerProxy>
  <Scripts>
    <asp:ScriptReference Path="~/Scripts/myscript.js" />
  <Scripts>
</asp:ScriptManagerProxy>

Here's a link:

MSDN Info

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