Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5

11. Adding Client Capabilities to Server Controls Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER, we covered the architecture of the AJAX Control Toolkit, describing at a high level what it has to offer and the attributes, classes, and interfaces that make it all happen. The enhanced functionality you get in the toolkit, from attribute-based programming to rich animations, provides a compelling alternative to coding against the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions and the Microsoft AJAX Library directly. In this chapter, we delve into the details of the toolkit a little further as we develop as series of extender controls that demonstrate the rich features the toolkit provides.

Adding Client-Side Behavior Using the ExtenderControlBase ...