I've been swamped with work in recent months, much of it revolving around ASP.NET AJAX. This week I finished updating all the ASP.NET AJAX code samples, labs, and whitepapers that Wintellect built for Microsoft for RTM. Along the way, I discovered a bug in the ASP.NET AJAX January Futures CTP that resulted from a bug in the tool that Microsoft ...

Yep, it's true. Have you ever wondered how UpdatePanel works its magic? Find out from the source code. You can download an MSI containing the source code here. It even comes with debugging symbols in case you want to step from your own code into ASP.NET AJAX. How cool is that?    

I've spent a lot of time this week updating ASP.NET AJAX code samples from RC to RTM. I discovered some changes that aren't documented in the migration guide. One of them in particular cost me several hours of work. First, as the migration guide notes, the AutoCompleteExtender control was moved from the CTP (preview) bits to the ASP.NET AJAX ...

In case you didn't know, ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 just went live on the ASP.NET AJAX Web site. It has finally RTMed!

I was porting samples from ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1 to Beta 2 today and ran into a problem that I suspect others will run into, too. A custom script file that loaded fine in Beta 1 wouldn't load in Beta 2. Turns out that Beta 2 adds a new requirement to custom script files for Safari compatibility: the files have to have a callback function named ...

I arrived home this weekend after a trip to Barcelona for TechEd Europe. This year TechEd Europe was split into two events. Last week was the TechEd for developers; this week is the one for IT folks. In terms of turnout and quality of content, it was the most successful TechEd Europe ever. The star of the show (IMHO) was ASP.NET AJAX, ...

Scrib (Kenn Scribner, that is) and I have been in death march mode since late last week finalizing all the content that's going to be used at ASP.NET AJAX (formerly known as ''Atlas'') Beta launches in Barcelona and Las Vegas in coming weeks. We're dotting the Is and crossing the Ts tonight in hopes of getting back to our normal lives ...

As you're probably aware by now, the first ASP.NET AJAX (formerly known as ''Atlas'') beta has been published. Like a lot of folks, I'm slogging through all my old Atlas code porting it to work on the beta. There are LOTS of changes, and porting a non-trivial app takes time. I feel sorry for book authors, especially those whose books have ...

Yesterday I finished building a new P-51 Mustang. We suffered torrential rains this weekend in Tennessee, but I managed to squeeze a test flight in between rain storms. Here's a shot of the new bird sitting on the runway. I had the cowl removed so I could tune the engine. Click the picture to enlarge and note the functional exhaust pipes ...

Everything I said about ASP.NET and Atlas in my previous blog post applies to WPF, too. We need a person with a passion for and deep knowledge of WPF to deliver training classes, perform consulting work, and do content development. Even if you're not that person but you know someone who might be, let us know so we can get in touch with them. This ...