multiview in an update panel

[davedizzle15]

is it possible in microsoft visual web developer to create something in multiview which is also inside an update panel. I have 3 separate forms that are in 3 separate views in the multiview portion, but all of this is inside an update panel and i cant get it to show when i run the website.

 

[NoCoolHandle]

If you are talking about the AJAX update panel, you can have more than one on a single page..

As forms are very similar to logical boundarys, I don't know if you will be able to post from one to the next, but you can definitly have one updatepanel trigger a partial postback to another.

HTH

Rob

 

[jmeckley]

1 thing to note about multiview controls. the different views no nothing about each other. so you can't pass values from view1 to view2. In this instance you either need a wizard control, or you need to maintain the visibility for a set of aspanels.

to answer your question: yes, the multiview can be wrapped within an update panel. the simplest setup is to wrap an updatepanel around the mulitview control.

<asp:updatepanel>
   <asp:multiview>
      <asp:view />
      <asp:view />
      <asp:view />
   </asp:multiview>
</asp:updatepanel>

You can also place an updatepanel within each multiview. in this instance you won't be able to navigate between views in an ajax style. this would require a full postback.

<asp:multiview>
   <asp:view>
      <asp:updatepanel />
   </asp:view>
   <asp:view>
      <asp:updatepanel />
   </asp:view>
   <asp:view>
      <asp:updatepanel />
   </asp:view>
</asp:multiview>

what you cannot do is this

<asp:multiview>
   <asp:updatepanel>
      <asp:view />
      <asp:view />
      <asp:view />
   </asp:updatepanel>
</asp:multiview>

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.