ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed

Chapter 6. Advanced Techniques with the ASP.NET AJAX PageRequestManager Object

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Using the PageRequestManager Object

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A Practical Example of the PageRequestManager Object

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Using the PageRequestManager Object

The PageRequestManager object is an object that you should be extremely familiar with if you are doing anything with ASP.NET AJAX. At the core, the concepts of AJAX are simply a set of asynchronous requests that are happening on your page.

When you are using some of the server-side controls that ship with ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX such as the UpdatePanel, you are often abstracted from each HTTP request that is getting generated by the UpdatePanel. This is both ...