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ASP.net AJAX in .net 2.0

Introduction

This tutorial is a quick guide to get any ASP.net 2.0 sites running ASP.net AJAX extensions and controls, even if it hasn’t been installed on the host server. I won’t cover how to use the AJAX controls, because there is plenty of documentation out there on this already.

Requirements

Visual Studio 2005 or higher.
ASP.net AJAX Extensions installed on the development machine. http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/
The host server must have at least .net 2.0.

STEP 1 – Add AJAX Extensions to project

Create a new or open an existing website in Visual Studio.
Create a bin folder in the root of the project.
Copy the following files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions\v1.0.61025 , into the bin folder of your website:

System.Web.Extensions.dll
AJAXExtensionsToolbox.dll
System.Web.Extensions.Design.dll

(note – The location of the AJAX dlls may be in a different folder depending on your system setup. If you cant find them, then reinstall the extensions on to your machine.)

STEP 2 – Configure web.config

You need to make sure you add the following sections to your web config to get the extensions to work:

Assemblies Section

<system.web>
 <compilation>
   <assemblies>
    <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0,
                   Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
   </assemblies>
 </compilation>
</system.web>

Pages Section

<system.web>
 <Pages>
  <Control>
   <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI"
      assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0,
                Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
  <Control>
 <Pages>
<system.web>

HttpHandlers

<system.web>
 <httpHandlers>
  <remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
   <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false"
      type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
   <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false"
      type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/s>
   <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd"
      type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
      validate="false"/>
 </httpHandlers>
</system.web>

System.WebServer

After the system.web element, add the following:

<system.webServer>

</modules>

</handlers>

</system.webServer>

Conclusion

Your website should be now ASP.net AJAX ready.

For more information you can check out this good article here:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/ajax/EnableAjax.aspx

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